Mapei joins net zero carbon in operation spec at Winterstoke Hundred Academy
Mapei floor preparation and fixing products have featured as part of a net zero
carbon in operation school project at Winterstoke Hundred Academy secondary
school in Somerset. Works carried out by Flortec included installation of Forbo
vinyl flooring throughout the new building. The construction was carried out by
Kier, for North Somerset Council and the educational trust the Cabot Learning
Federation. The project was funded through Homes England’s Housing
Infrastructure Fund.
Winterstoke Hundred Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth
form located in Weston-super-Mare. The new building, at Locking Parklands,
provides an investment in the future of the region, increasing intake by 900
school places across years 7 to 11, with the sixth form provision accommodated in
the original building. It was designed to achieve a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating and
protected local plants and wildlife through a biodiversity net gain of 10%. It
includes solar panels, which will power the classrooms and bike storage areas to
encourage more sustainable travel, and the school aims for carbon neutrality by 2030.
Forbo designs specified included Sphera Element homogeneous vinyl
flooring, Sphera SD anti-static vinyl flooring, Surestep Original safety flooring and
Safestep R12 safety flooring.
During the flooring installation, Mapei Eco Prim T Plus universal acrylic primer was
used to treat the substrates. Mapei Latexplan Trade – a protein-free, low odour
levelling and smoothing compound – and Ultraplan Renovation Screed 3240
fibre-reinforced self levelling compound were used to prepare subfloors, along
with Mapeproof One Coat surface damp proof membrane. Two Mapei adhesives,
featuring solvent-free and very low VOC formulations, were used to complete the
flooring installation. They included multi-purpose adhesive, Ultrabond Eco Fix and
Ultrabond Eco TX3 wet grab adhesive.
To find out more about the project and Mapei products specified, please contact:
[email protected] or visit www.mapei.co.uk
