Beaufort Court:
Renewable Energy Systems Headquarters
Beaufort Court is the head office and visitor centre for the RES Group.
It’s a part new build, part renovation project of a picturesque former egg farm.
As you would expect with RES as the client, the building focuses on low carbon, renewable energy systems. These, together with its intelligent use of passive solar features, make it an exemplar of sustainable design. It features on site power generation from a wind turbine and a photovoltaic array, space heating from a solar thermal heat store and biomass boiler, borehole water cooling and vegetation to provide natural shading.
Roof comprising combined solar thermal and photovoltaic panels creating hot water and electricity. The hot water is stored in the 1400m3 inter-seasonal reservoir.
A range of renewable energy systems were used to meet the brief of providing all the energy requirements of the building.
Boxed hornbeams provide solar shading.
Top rooflights provide good daylight.
Beaufort Court: Renewable Energy Systems Headquarters is one project in our continuing story of nearly 50 years of delivering workspace buildings.