Rock Village Hall, GloucestershireHaving secured Lottery funding for a new village hall to replace the dilapidated structure, the villagers secured additional funding from other agencies whose stipulations were environmentally and eco-friendly. The final building is consequently a flagship that demonstrates best practice in sustainable construction.The new timber framed building, partly two-storey, accommodates a 130m² hall, smaller rooms for meetings and functions, a fully equipped kitchen, a bar and changing rooms. There is a mile (1400m) of pipe work for the ground source energy system required which, fanned out away from the building, funnels through a single pipe to the heat exchanger; a challenge lay in finding enough land for enough trenches, consequently there is a complex network of pipes under the sports pitches and car parking area. Sustainability features include:
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