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The Entopia Building, is a retrofitted 1930s Telephone Exchange in Cambridge. It is the new home of the for the Cambridge for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).
The Entopia Building has been built as an international exemplar for sustainable office retrofits, demonstrating how an existing office building can be made highly energy efficient in its redevelopment and use, while supporting the enhanced wellbeing of staff and visitors. The building provides a base for the Institute’s digital learning programmes which reach more than 4,000 executives each year through remote learning. High tech video conferencing facilities and collaborative digital platforms enable its network of 16,000 alumni, fellows and associates to collaborate and engage with its work remotely.
The Entopia Building aims to achieve multiple sustainable building certifications, including BREEAM (Outstanding), the Passivhaus ‘Enerphit’ standard, Well (Gold) certification, alongside the application of ‘circular economy’ principles to minimise the volume and impact of natural and made-made resources used in the building.
Cambridge for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has produced a detailed description of the project see Download below..
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