Construction firm Wates Group and the Department for Education (DfE) have commenced construction on some of the UK’s first net-zero schools.
The schools include Lytham St Annes High School, Whitworth Community High School and Littleborough Community Primary School and Nursery.
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These are the first schools to be constructed as part of the DfE’s 10-year Schools Rebuilding Programme.
They are part of a batch of six schools that were awarded to Wates Construction in January last year through DfE’s modern methods of construction (MMC) Framework.
The company stated that it will use a component-based school-building kit, Adapt system.
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At Lytham St Annes High School in Lancashire, Wates will deliver a two-storey main school block and detached sports hall. Work on the school is expected to be completed in 2023.
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By GlobalDataThe new Littleborough Community Primary School in Manchester will be a two-storey building on land within the existing Littleborough campus.
It will include 14 new classrooms, a new sports/assembly hall, a 26-place nursery, a library, multi-use games area (MUGA) and a 420-place primary school providing 60 places for each year group.
The Whitworth Community High School will be a new 750-place secondary school in Lancashire.
It will include construction of a two and three-storey main teaching block, which will feature classrooms, main hall, specialist technology spaces.
Wates stated that about 70% of the building’s pre-manufactured value (PMV) will be built using offsite manufacturing techniques.
Additionally, the building will feature heat recovery systems, biosolar green roofs, roof-mounted photovoltaics, sustainable drainage systems, offsite engineered thermal envelope and electrical car charging points
Wates education director Gary Campbell-Dykes said: “We are delighted to be supporting the Department for Education on this exciting and innovative project, delivering one of the first net-zero schools in the UK.
“The construction industry has a huge role to play in helping meet the country’s ambitious climate goals, and this marks an important step in our journey towards achieving net-zero.”
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Rendering of Lytham St Annes High School in Lancashire. Credit: Wates 2021.
