2008
NT3271 : Student accommodation, Queen Margaret's University
taken 16 years ago, near to Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
Student accommodation, Queen Margaret's University
Newly built campus for Queen Margaret University, the first new university campus in Scotland in forty years. Sustainability has been very important in the design. Buildings gave been designed with natural a ventilation strategy and provide good access to natural daylight. Concrete has been used for heating / cooling purposes and energy consumption and heat generation have been reduced through the use of ‘thin client’ technology. Carbon emissions have been reduced by 75% using a biomass heating system and rainwater is harvested in a SUDS pond.
Students are accommodated in this 'student village'.
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