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Overview
Earth Trust is an environmental learning charity championing accessible green spaces for all. They care for diverse green spaces of different sizes; smaller wildlife havens and iconic landscapes including over 1,200 acres of farmland, wetland, woodland and five community reserves.
Earth Lab is a new skills and learning eco-building at the heart of the Earth Trust, oozing its ethos and values and sitting sensitively in its environment. Earth Lab sits at the foot of the Wittenham Clumps, one of Oxfordshire’s most visited green spaces and a significant wildlife and conservation area and the aim was for Earth Lab to create connections to this unique place. The wildflower roof is an example of those connections, a curved wildflower meadow roof resonating with the wildflower meadow around the Clumps.
The Project
The Earth Trust appointed Agile Design to create a green roof design for their new Earth Lab in Oxfordshire, an environmentally focused education centre. The project remit was to convert one of the Earth Trust’s existing barns. The work will mean more people of all ages can engage with the environment and climate change through access to natural green spaces.
The project as a whole is a prime example of how future-proof construction can contribute to achieving climate protection goals. The RESITRIX SKW Hybrid EPDM membrane was specifically selected for the roof waterproofing because the material is highly future-proof, making it the obvious choice for this client and the project’s requirements. Thanks to its high flexibility, the RESITRIX® membrane is ideally suited for waterproofing the curved shape of the roof. In line with the client's design criteria, FG40 solvent-free primer was used to prime the deck to accept the EPDM membrane. CCM provided the complete roof system specification proposal from the deck above the glulam structure to the green roof detail.
QUICK FACTS
Project: Earth Trust
Main Contractor: Beard Construction
Roofing Contractor: Delomac Roofing
Material:Waterproofing membrane: RESITRIX® SKW
Application: Green roof
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