Stepping into a low carbon world
The Epic Centre is available at competitive commercial rates for conferences, exhibitions, product launches, meetings, banqueting and other events. Set at the centre of a fully serviced 270 acre showground Epic offers a wide range of bespoke client opportunities.
Construction time 10 months commencing July 2007. A two storey building containing:
- 3 interlinked exhibition halls – 1,570 m2
- Suite of offices & meeting rooms – 485 m2
- Kitchens, plant rooms toilets & circulation area – 1,243 m2
- Construction ethos that focuses on sustainable materials
- Minimal use of concrete and structural steel
- Ground bearing raft foundations using reclaimed concrete
- Laminated timber frame
- Living green roof over the exhibition halls
- Rainwater harvesting
- Natural ventilation systems
- Renewable energy features including:
- Biomass & Bio-fuel boilers
- Solar water heating & photovoltaic panels
- Wind energy