Crest Diary Entry No.13 – Final Finishes
The CREST Pavilion is now handed over to the client, South West College. All the building works are complete and external grassing and landscaping is being left until the planting season.
Crest Diary Entry No.12 - Carbon Neutral
Zero carbon construction guidelines require new buildings to take into account their emissions from space heating, ventilation, hot water and fixed lighting
Crest Diary Entry No.10 – Air tightness testing
The air tightness, as already mentioned in previous diary entries, is crucial for the overall success of the building and for achieving the stringent passive house standards that were set at the outset of the project. In previous diary entries, we have discussed the high risk air leakage components such as wall openings, floor-to-wall junctions
Crest Diary Entry No.7 – Achieving Air Tightness
Since the last Article, the erection of the SIPS panels is nearing completion and both the vapour barrier and air tight membrane is being attached to the panels.
Crest Diary Entry No.6 - SIPS Panel Construction
Since the last Article, the construction of the Glulam frame and the thermal blocks has been completed and the erection of the SIPS panels is well under way.
Crest Diary Entry No.1 – The Beginning
Over the following months, Paul McAlister Architects will be writing a regular diary documenting the construction of the much anticipated CREST Pavilion in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Similarly to the ‘Passivhaus diaries’ we will discuss in detail the design and construction of the CREST Pavilion, focusing on the challenges and rewards of sustainable architecture.