University of Leicester - George Davies Centre

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University of Leicester - George Davies Centre

The largest non-residential Passivhaus building in the UK. Completed in 2016, the building provides 13,000m2 of teaching, office and laboratory space.

The Team

  • Client - University of Leicester
  • Architect - Associated Architects
  • Services Engineer - CPW
  • Main Contractor - Willmott Dixon

Our Focus

This project brought many ‘firsts’ for the UK, principally how to apply the Passivhaus standard to large and complex buildings; our role was to fill in all the knowledge gaps to ensure the project was a success.

Our approach was to collaborate and upskill those working on the project.