Case Study Adnams Brewery, Reydon, Nr Southwold, Suffolk
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Case Study Adnams Brewery, Reydon, Nr Southwold, Suffolk Introduction A distribution centre for Adnams brewery in Southwold, Suffolk can probably lay claim to being Britain’s greenest warehouse, thanks to a range of hemp and lime based products from Lime Technology. Adnams Brewery Project: New brewery distribution centre Architect: Aukett Fitzroy Robinson Product: Sumatec® blocks, Tradical® Hemcrete®, and Limetec® hydraulic lime mortar, render and plaster Completion date: Lime and hemp help warehouse save over 500 tonnes of CO2 Client: 2006 Presented with a challenging brief to minimise environmental impact and create a building that will meet the needs of the Adnams business for years to come, architects Aukett Fitzroy Robinson needed to nd the most sustainable method of construction to t in with Adnams’ corporate ethos of seeking to be a leader in corporate responsibility. To help achieve this goal, Aukett Fitzroy Robinson turned to Lime Technology and specied Tradical® Hemcrete®, a building material that can help to reverse the damaging effects of greenhouse gases. By using Tradical® Hemcrete®, over 150 tonnes of CO2 have been locked up in the logistics centre’s walls. In addition, creating walls within a conventional building of the same size would have generated around 400 tonnes of CO2 emissions. By using Tradical® Hemcrete®, the Adnams distribution centre has therefore made a potential saving of over 500 tonnes of CO2. “The best value materials for low impact sustainable construction.” Limetec® is a registered trademark of Lime Technology www.limetechnology.co.uk

The Solution: Locked Up CO2 For Aukett Fitzroy Robinson, the solution to creating an ultra sustainable building lay in constructing the logistics centre using a revolutionary new masonry system developed by Lime Technology. The project marked the product’s rst commercial scale application in the UK. Over 150 tonnes of CO2 have been locked up in the logistics centre’s walls, thanks to the Tradical® Hemcrete® inll. That’s equivalent to 1.5 million miles of emissions from a Ford Escort or sixty times around the Earth! In addition, creating walls within a conventional building of the same size...