The new WISE building (Wales Centre for Sustainable Education) Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales UK
The Wales Institute for Sustainable Education (WISE) is CAT�s new, state of the art sustainable building. WISE will provide tens of thousands of people the opportunity to gain vital skills in emerging environmental technologies through its Graduate School of the Environment and short courses. Jane Davidson, Welsh Assembly Minister for the Environment who opened the building said "education and training are at the heart of our efforts to build a more sustainable future for Wales, which is why the Wales Institute for Sustainable Education's role in delivering high quality training and education is so important.� WISE combines renewable technologies with natural building materials such as rammed earth, hemp and lime with intelligent architecture to achieve a light, warm, energetic building that exudes a sense of well-being. The building design utilises energy efficient glazing to enhance natural day-lighting and passive heat gain, meaning that energy requirements are minimal. Waste and water systems are designed using natural zero energy treatment. Paul Allen, Director of CAT said �CAT is a world-class training centre with 35 years of expertise and working examples of sustainable technologies. No organisation is better placed to deliver training essential to tackle climate change, no building is better built to host that training.�
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Location: Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, UK, GB, Great Britain, Europe
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