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Bartholomew Barn

Multi Comfort school design to promotes better health, comfort and wellbeing

The Kings School, Worcester required a new multi-purpose hall for sports, assemblies, drama, music & dance for their Junior School, Kings Hawford. They envisaged the building being used for the school and for external lettings and events. This building was to replace the existing school hall (The Cobb, 141m2). The new multi-purpose hall would also have a requirement for a kitchen and server for after-match catering and events, and changing facilities with showers and bathrooms to suit all of the potential users.

Thermal Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Wellbeing,
Health,
Productivity,
Schools,

Bartholomew Barn - Timelapse of build

The video shows the creation of Bartholomew Barn from start to finish.

Constructing a thermally efficient school building

Jim Turner, Head at King’s Hawford School and Dave Mann, Project Manager, share their thoughts on the multi comfort build of Bartholomew Barn.

Build Process,
Schools,

Bartholomew Barn - Building an energy efficient school building for a healthy environment with Isover insulation

Dave fills us in on the team's progress seven months into the MULTI COMFORT build.

Thermal Comfort,
Building Fabric,
Build Process,
Schools,

Constructing a healthy school building with Multi Comfort

Filmed at the Bartholomew Barn Launch Event

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

Bartholomew Barn - The Multi Comfort specification for a multi purpose school building that promotes health and wellbeing

The Kings School, Worcester required a new multi-purpose hall for sports, assemblies, drama, music & dance for their Junior School, Kings Hawford. They envisaged the building being used for the school and for external lettings and events. This building was to replace the existing school hall (The Cobb, 141m2). The new multi-purpose hall would also have a requirement for a kitchen and servery for after-match catering and other functions and events, plus changing facilities with showers and bathrooms to suit all of the potential users.

Thermal Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Building Fabric,
Schools,

Bartholomew Barn - The specified building products for the new Multi Comfort school building

In May 2015 ground was broken and the build of the King’s School, Worcester multi-purpose hall got underway.

Building Fabric,
Schools,

Creating an effective teaching and learning environment

The space is bigger, the sound and the acoustic quality is much, much, better.

Thermal Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Wellbeing,
Health,
Productivity,
Schools,

Pupils sharing their experience with the new, healthy school building

Pupils from the King's School, Worcester, talking about their old hall and their new MULTI COMFORT sports and drama facility.

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

Factors to consider when measuring acoustic comfort in schools

How to measure Acoustic Comfort explained by Tom Cox, Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland's Research and Development Manager

Acoustic Comfort,
Noise Control,
Schools,

The importance of designing healthy, sustainable school buildings

Watch John Alker's, from the UK-GBC, presentation from the opening of the UK's first MULTI COMFORT building, the King's School in Worcester.

Thermal Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Wellbeing,
Health,
Productivity,
Schools,

How skill gap is impacting the construction of healthy buildings?

Watch Adrian Speller's, from Speller Metcalfe, presentation from the opening of the UK's first MULTI COMFORT building, the King's School in Worcester.

Thermal Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Build Process,
Wellbeing,
Health,
Schools,

Building sustainable and healthy schools cost effectively

Watch John Christophers', from Associated Architects, presentation from the opening of the UK's first MULTI COMFORT building, the King's School in Worcester.

Thermal Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Holistic Design,
Build Process,
Wellbeing,
Health,
Schools,

What does Multi Comfort building mean?

Watch Mike Chaldecott's, from Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland, presentation from the opening of the UK's first MULTI COMFORT building, the King's School in Worcester.

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

What is biophilic design and its importance?

Watch Oliver Heath's presentation from the opening of the UK's first MULTI COMFORT building, the King's School in Worcester.

Thermal Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Eco Footprint,
Outdoor Space,
Holistic Design,
Wellbeing,
Health,
Schools,

The benefits of Multi Comfort school buildings

Watch Galen Bartholomew's, from The King's School, presentation from the opening of the UK's first Multi Comfort building, the King's School in Worcester.

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

Construction News Sustainable Project of the Year awards

Saint-Gobain is proud to announce that the UK's first Multi Comfort building has been shortlisted in the Construction News Sustainable Project of the Year awards

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

Addressing visual comfort in Bartholomew Barn

To control the levels of natural daylight, the choice of a solar shading solution was key to adjusting the levels of visual comfort required for the many different activities for which the barn is used.

Visual Comfort,
Productivity,
Schools,

Downloadable Case Study - New School Multi Comfort Sports and Drama Hall

Downloadable case study of the UK's first Multi Comfort building. A new sports and drama hall for the King's School in Worcester.

Thermal Comfort,
Visual Comfort,
Acoustic Comfort,
Indoor Air Comfort,
Air Quality,
Building Fabric,
Noise Control,
Productivity,
Wellbeing,
Schools,

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,

Multi Comfort by Saint-Gobain

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,

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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,

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