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News Release from: Norbord | Subject: Oriented strand board
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 July 2008
Norbord SterlingOSB for Angelsey Green
school
Oriented strand board from Norbord is a major component of the timber frame system used to build the first environmentally-sustainable school in Anglesey.
Ysgol-y-Graig, in Llangefni, sets a new standard of environmental design and sustainability Designed by the Isle of Anglesey County Council's property design team, the new GBP3.7 million school replaces three old schools on the island and is designed for low energy consumption and minimum carbon emissions
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 8 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Built around a sustainable timber frame, the building features solar photovoltaic panels, a wind turbine and a 'green roof' which will provide a natural habitat for plants and insects.
The school is the first to be built by the Authority using a sustainable timber structure which is highly insulated and therefore extremely energy efficient.
All internal lighting will also be fitted with energy efficiency lamps while the school will generate its own electricity through the wind turbine and photovoltaics with any surplus electricity being sold back to the national grid.
The timber frame contractor, Powys-based Frame Wise , is supplying wall and roof panels made using Norbord's market-leading SterlingOSB.
Manufactured using timber harvested from sustainably-managed native forests, SterlingOSB is a renewable resource as well as a valuable and highly versatile building material.
The wall panels comprise 9mm SterlingOSB sheathing on 140mm timber studs with a breather membrane and either a lightweight timber cladding or rendered outer skin.
The roof structure comprises lightweight timber I-beams with glulam purlins supporting Norbord's 15mm and 18mm tongue-and-grooved Sterling Roofdek OSB.
Over this is a single-ply membrane and the living 'green' roof.
Frame Wise is a regular user of SterlingOSB which is the main structural component of many timber frame systems.
"Environmental sustainability is a major feature of this building which is why timber frame was chosen" says Frame Wise Managing Director, Simon Orrells.
Wynne Construction is the main contractor on the project which is due for completion in October 2008. Request a free brochure from Norbord ...
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