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EcoTech - November 2009

Front cover
St Luke's Primary School in Wolverhampton, by Architype (photo: Leigh Simpson)
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Update
News, projects and diary, including Foster & Partners' Incheon masterplan in South Korea, Cartwright Pickard's dwellings for emerging communities, and the 2009 Wood Awards.

Prototypes
Brian Edwards visits the prototype Active House in Denmark by AART Architects that suggests an alternative approach to PassivHaus.


Education

Richard Weston reveals how Architype achieved the first BREEAM Excellent rating for a primary school by focusing on performance rather than conspicuous green gimmicks.


Materials

With carpet and vinyl remaining the preferred choice of flooring for many projects, John Ramshaw investigates what manufacturers are doing to improve their sustainable credentials.


Refurbishment

Bennetts Associates' refurbishment of Hampshire's county offices may have the lowest carbon emissions of any UK building.

Masterplanning

Mark Tuff of Sergison Bates on eco-planning and its sustainable industry park in Dagenham.

Books
Staff at Anne Thorne Architects Partnership review the latest books on sustainability.