Thermal breaks specialist, Armatherm, was recently selected to play a pivotal role in the rebuild of Currie Community High School in the attempt to reach Passivhaus status and contribute to the city reaching net zero by 2030.
After the Scottish Government in January 2023 introduced new minimum environment design standards,equivalent to Passivhaus status, 35 new schools will be built under the City of Edinburgh Council’s new school programme. Currie Community High School is the first secondary school with this status and will open early 2025.
Working with Architype and Goodson Associates, the high school will be a hub for the community with state-of the art leisure facilities and a contemporary vision that meets modern teaching needs.
Armatherm™’s 500 was ideal because of its capability of supporting the column weight of the steel framework whilst preventing thermal bridging with its great thermal properties (thermal conductivity) which is common with these types of structures. The material will be placed within the steel framework to help minimise the energy loss through the building envelope, reducing the energy required to power the building.
Euan Kerr, Associate Engineer at Goodson Associates comments “From the moment we reached out to Armatherm™ to discuss their product offering they have been of massive assistance. They spent time talking us through the capabilities of their various thermal breaks in detail and together we worked to specify the most suitable solution for this project. We would recommend Armatherm™ for similar Passivhaus projects of this nature”.