Gilberts Creates End-to-End Calm in Edinburgh City Centre
Turning 11 separate residential properties and an existing hotel into one venue in the heart of Edinburgh was always going to be a challenge. Delivering all the associated rooftop plant screening louvres amid constrained site logistics took that challenge to new heights- scaled by Gilberts. With the aim of creating the first Scottish hotel for […]
Gilberts Helps University Balance Sustainability and Quiet
Future generations of vets are being given a green and peaceful environment in which to study, due in part to Gilberts. The University of Bristol has commissioned a new Veterinary School to support its commitment to a case-based learning model, providing specialised spaces for small-group learning. The two-storey building, designed by ADP Architecture […]
Gilberts Goes Green- in More Ways than One
The green approach has been adopted on multiple levels at a new recycling plant in Kent. And Gilberts- Britain’s leading independent air movement specialist- is similarly contributing in more than one way. The depot on the Thames estuary is naturally ventilated, harnessing air circulating through a bank of six louvre screens between 6.8m and […]
Gilberts goes above and beyond to help cut noise in Hackney
Gilberts’ talent for problem-solving has helped cut decibels in one of Europe’s noisiest cities whilst taking steps to address London’s severe housing shortage. Higgins Partnerships was commissioned by London Borough of Hackney to redevelop derelict garages in Wimbourne Street Hackney to create two new blocks of 59no mixed tenure flats with commercial and community space. […]
Gilberts’ Ventilation Contributes towards Zero Waste Goal
Even the ventilation is playing a part towards achieving net zero at Pembrokeshire County Council’s new Eco Park Waste Recycling facility. The Milford Haven Eco Park is fundamental to the Council’s plan to achieve net zero carbon and zero waste. Contractor Andrew Scott Ltd implemented numerous measures to deliver a sustainable development, across the three […]
Case Study: Gilberts Brings Quiet to Peckham Flaxyard
New affordable homes in the centre of Peckham are delivering a quiet sanctuary, thanks to a stand-out rooftop acoustic louvre screen designed and manufactured by Gilberts Blackpool. The Flaxyard is a £46+million mixed-use development to provide 120 affordable homes across three buildings ranging in height from four to six storeys, abutting the area’s busy civic […]
Gilberts Helps Everybody Get Better Health in Cheshire East
The £10m redevelopment of Congleton Leisure Centre is the latest step by Cheshire East Council to deliver on its policy to provide a sustainable, well designed and durable- better health- environment for its people and buildings. Run on behalf of the Council by Everybody Health & Leisure, the new Centre has been constructed by Pulse […]
Gilberts screens noise reduction
Air movement specialist Gilberts is playing a quiet role in helping University of Birmingham develop its first ever net zero carbon student accommodation. The Pritchatts Park Residence Project sees refurbishment of existing and building of new sustainable residences for students, to enhance their experience and help establish the University as one of the top 50 […]
Rolling out discreet way to address fit-out needs
It is almost inevitable when moving into an existing commercial or industrial space, a degree of remodelling will be needed for it to deliver the tenant’s needs. For Hardide Coatings, the problems involved adequate ventilation for its chemical processes whilst maintaining a discreet façade that blended in with the surrounding buildings. Hardide turned to building […]
Protecting Environmental Retrofit
In the drive towards reducing carbon emissions, Cambridgeshire County Council is leading by example. It is actively working towards becoming net zero, as a result of diverse measures including a £16m Environmental Fund to convert all Council buildings to fossil-free heating by 2025. One of the latest buildings to benefit from the Renewable Energy Retrofit […]