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Inverdee House wins major environmental award

May 31 2011

Inverdee House wins major environmental award
Inverdee House, regional headquarters for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, has won an International Green Apple Award for the Built Environment.

Designed by Keppie the scheme comprises a low energy office and laboratory in Aberdeen, recipient of both a BREEAM Excellent rating and an EPC A designation.

Developed in collaboration with Scottish National Heritage and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee the building buries back of house areas into a semi basement, presenting itself as a two storey structure to residential neighbours.

The buildings full height is revealed to the north where an array of randomly spaced windows frames views of a working oil port.

Project architect Ben Rainger, said: “Inverdee House integrates thoughtful holistic design and user-friendly technical controls to make an environmentally frugal building. The project demonstrates an attitude to design which reasons that sustainability has to become mainstream and quickly. “
Aberdeen possesses one of the few remaining working harbours in Britain
Aberdeen possesses one of the few remaining working harbours in Britain
Keppie set out to create a building which marries civic architecture with high environmental standards
Keppie set out to create a building which marries civic architecture with high environmental standards

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