Westborough Primary School / Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture Ltd.

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Text description provided by the architects. Given the fact that UK educational buildings generate approximately 15% of the UK’s carbon emissions attributable to the public sector, schools not only have a responsibility but also a unique opportunity to set an example for communities in the campaign to reduce our carbon footprints. At Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture we are concerned that as we embark on major building programmes to refurbish primary schools, not enough has been done to test and confirm the best methods and approaches by which to proceed. There is an urgent need to better understand how schools can be refurbished in a sustainable, affordable and low carbon manner.