Saint-gobain UK

Multi Comfort Buildings

The Multi Comfort approach is a way of designing, building and renovating our homes, workplaces, schools and other buildings to deliver improved comfort and wellbeing for everyone

Online RIBA Approved CPD - How do we create better learning spaces

This RIBA Approved seminar/CPD is concerned with typical design challenges in the evolving school environment and provides an overview of third-party studies that have considered the impact school design has on its occupants.

Thermal Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Policy,
Wellbeing,
Schools,

Designing a building for comfort

Like all mammals, we are relatively fragile beings, so we have come up with various strategies, to protect ourselves from the outside environment.

Thermal Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Wellbeing,
Health,
All Buildings,

What is Thermal Comfort?

The building environment, which acts as a filter between the inside and the outside, gradually became more sophisticated.

Thermal Comfort,
Wellbeing,
Health,
All Buildings,

What is Visual Comfort?

Though we are now able to provide adequate artificial lighting day and night, it is well established that daylight and a view to the outside are essential to our wellbeing.

Visual Comfort,
Wellbeing,
All Buildings,

What is Acoustic Comfort?

A ‘comfortable’ acoustic environment can be defined by the quality of sounds we want to hear and the absence of sounds we don’t want to hear.

Acoustic Comfort,
Wellbeing,
All Buildings,

What is Indoor Air Comfort?

As pollution levels have risen, attention has been given to the threats of outdoor air pollution on human health and the environment. It is only in the last few decades that attention has been paid to indoor air quality.

Indoor Air Comfort,
Wellbeing,
All Buildings,

Monitoring the performance factors of school building

A multi-purpose school hall has been undergoing continuous monitoring and scheduled testing to compare its performance in-use versus the parameters set out at design stage

Thermal Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Wellbeing,
Homes,
Schools,

The Multi Comfort design concept defined

Read More At Saint-Gobain, our mission centres around creating great places to live and improving peoples’ daily life, which led us to develop the Multi Comfort building concept. The Multi Comfort design concept is about building and renovating our homes, offi

Thermal Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Wellbeing,
Health,
All Buildings,

An introduction to healthy, efficient, Multi Comfort buildings

We all deserve Multi Comfort buildings

Thermal Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Wellbeing,
Health,
All Buildings,

Multi Comfort Projects

Homes, workplaces, schools and other buildings designed and built to show the Multi Comfort approach in practice - where we can monitor performance and get real-life feedback on what a Multi Comfort building feels like

Bartholomew Barn

Thermal Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Air Quality,
Building Fabric,
Holistic Design,
Wellbeing,
Schools,

Multi Comfort Product Solutions

Solutions delivering Thermal, Visual, Acoustic and Indoor Air Comfort

ACTIVair technology

A new technology added to Thistle PureFinish plaster and Gyptone and Rigitone ceiling products.

It is designed specifically to decompose formaldehyde emissions into non-harmful inert compounds, thus eliminating the risk of re-emission.

Indoor Air Comfort,

Proplas PVC Wall & Ceiling Panelling

Proplas provides a stylish and practical alternative to more traditional methods of decoration such as tiles or paint.

Visual Comfort,

Ensign and EEZI-FIT

Cast iron above ground drainage systems kitemark approved to BS EN877.

Acoustic Comfort,

GypWall ROBUST

A high impact-resistant partition system for use where a more durable solution is required.

Acoustic Comfort,

SageGlass (Acoustic Comfort)

Feel comfortable and cool regardless of the day and weather. Experience the benefits of natural daylight without glare. Feel its impact on your productivity in an office, your learning process in a school or university or the healing process in hospitals.

Acoustic Comfort,

SGG PLANICLEAR and SGG DIAMANT

Standard glass substrates offered by Saint-Gobain Building Glass, for maximising light transmittance and increased neutral aesthetics.

Visual Comfort,