Congratulations to everyone involved with the St Dominic's College development, Harrow on the Hill.

The blessing and re-dedication by Archibishop Vincent Nichols of the newly renovated Chapel and the opening of the Siena Building / Sports Hall at the college on 15th July, was an inspiring and very enjoyable morning. The Siena building will provide much needed sports facilities for the students at the college. The development scored a Very Good BREEAM rating, which was achieved through the incorporation of the building’s living wall, green roof and natural ventilation strategy. 

Issue 4.0 of the BREEAM Education manual is out.

Children Centres and Nursery Schools can now be assessed under BREEAM Education - which is less expensive and easier to assess than Bespoke Assessment types....

We are recruiting!!

If you have an interest in Sustainable Design and the Environment, we’d like to hear from you. Its not essential, but we’d prefer any applicants to be licenced BREEAM assessors or have experience in this field, alternatively if Renewable Energy, Ecology or Waste Management is your thing why not write to us and arrange an informal introduction.

If you are interested in joining our team, or would like a detailed copy of the job description, please forward a CV and covering letter with a bit about yourself to Sam Grimstone at Sam(at)eightassociates.co.uk

We’d love to hear from you…

Eight are involved in two of the winning Retrofit for the Future Schemes

Eight Associates are part of the design team for two of the successful projects, with the following partners:

1. Octavia Housing, alongside Paul Davis + Partners and Green Tomato Energy
2. The Metropolitan Housing Trust, with Anne Thorne Architects and Partnership and King Shaw Associates

The first of these, with Octavia Housing, is the refurbishment of a three storey solid brick Victorian terraced house in a conservation area in London. The property’s energy consumption and CO2 emissions will be reduced by 94% and 83% respectively, saving the future tenant an estimated £910 a year in gas and electricity bills.  Although the cost of doing this is higher than a standard renovation, materials and technologies are being specified to minimise expense.  The scheme also aims to promote systems that are currently cutting-edge to help reduce their costs and move them into the mainstream.
On completion, these 87 projects should create practical and effective whole-house prototypes that provide comfortable, healthy and affordable homes for tenants.

Eight Associates appointed to carry out a BREEAM assessment of the refurbishment of the NHBC (National House Building Council) office in Milton Keynes.  They are striving for exemplary environmental performance with a photovoltaic array, a detailed ecology plan and a state of the art BMS (Building Management System) to allow them to thoroughly monitor the performance of the resulting building.  Eight will be working alongside Winvic to achieve an Excellent rating.