Footprint

Go Green Energy & Efficiency Evening Event

Charles Curnock 9th March 2016

Roman temple, three churches, a monastery and a convent

Community – local, national and international

A sense of place

Footprint - what are the main needs?

• Major repair and conservation of the collapsing Abbey floor

• Better accessibility and capacity for visitors, residents and the wider community

• Improved interpretation & educational capabilities

• Reduced energy consumption

• Space for activities which support the use of the Abbey

• Facilities to enable the building to operate more effectively (including toilets!)

…...detailed in the 44 page Statement of Need…….

Footprint - what will it provide?

• Repaired Abbey floor and environmentally friendly heating and lighting

• Flexible furniture in the Abbey and other spaces

• Cloister style gathering and retail space

• Renewed main entrance to the Abbey

• Rehearsal spaces for choirs & the schools’ singing programme

• Interpretation & learning facilities

• Modern kitchens and catering facilities

• Meeting rooms, new vestries and an administrative hub

• Toilets, cloakrooms and baby changing facilities

• Storage spaces

• Landscaped public space

Footprint – other Energy saving possibilities

• LED lighting throughout

• Wall & roof insulation?

• Double glazing?

• Solar panels? To fuel the Heat Pumps?

Skidmore designed chandeliers as installed by George Gilbert Scott in about 1870

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