Active Building Demonstrators
Around 40% of UK carbon emissions are linked to the built environment. Our ‘Active Buildings’ concept offers a solution to this problem by creating buildings that generate, store and release their own solar energy.
SPECIFIC’s demonstrator programme proves the Active Building concept in different building typologies, including the retrofit of an industrial warehouse, a new single storey classroom, and a new two-storey office. This is vital to enable the approach to be adopted widely by the construction sector, regulators and consumers. Working with partners, we aim to enable adoption of the Active Building concept, by steering project delivery teams through the process of designing, constructing and operating Active Buildings.
Ian Campbell, Executive Chair of Innovate UK:
“It’s difficult to overstate the potential of developing a building that powers itself. The concept could genuinely revolutionise not only the construction sector but completely change how we create and use energy, so the opening of the Active Office in Swansea is an exciting step forward. Developing technologies like those demonstrated in the SPECIFIC Active Office can play a strong role in the Government’s modern industrial strategy to create ‘clean growth’ and fulfil our mission to halve the emissions of new buildings by 2030”
Latest Active Building Demonstrator News
Using the Active Classroom to Assess Design for Disassembly Buildings
The Active Classroom was designed to be disassembled: most of its main components can be…
New Young Person’s Guide to Active Buildings
Our new Active Building Guide will help young people to consider the impact of buildings…
An Economic Analysis of the Active Office’s Integrated PV and Batteries
In a new paper, Dr Guangling Zhao and colleagues undertook an economic analysis of the…
SPECIFIC featured in flagship Net Zero report
SPECIFIC’s Active Classroom has been featured in the first Royal Anniversary Trust report, which outlines…
The Active Building Centre Showcase Demonstrated the Need and Opportunity For Delivering Low Carbon Buildings
As world leaders convened in Sharm El-Sheikh for COP27, it was fantastic to take part…
The Future of the Active Classroom: Deconstructability of Buildings for a Circular Economy
We will soon have to say a fond farewell to our Active Classroom on the…
The Demonstrator Buildings
The Active Classroom
The Active Office
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