STRUCTURE

• In-situ re-inforced Concrete structure

• Regular column spacing

• Hotel use required cellular floor plan

• Change of use= reduced floor loading

• Basement with retaining walls on 3 sides

• Approx 6000 Tonnes of concrete

Structure

Embodied Energy

Existing Frame

Cast concrete= 1.3MJ/kg

6000 tonnes= 7,800,000 MJ

7,800,000 MJ= 2,166 Mwh

Existing + Replacement Frame= say 4,300 Mwh

Estimated heating requirement for new building: 68 Mwh per annum

Energy saved by retaining existing frame would heat the building for 63 years

8 Tonne Skip

750 Skips

1500 Trips to Landfill