This is a project for an as-green-as-possible dance shed.

 

The selected materials are stone, wood and polycarbonate.

 

A hardwood floor will help to dance better.

 

Wanting to collect and keep much of the energy from the sun, the roof is design to be made of polycarbonate.

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A geothermal system may give comfort to the building. An air-ground heat exchanger is preferred. In winter time it could provide a 4C to 7C over the average temperature and a bit more in coldest days. It may contribute significantly to reducing future heating bills, and installation is much cheaper than a Geothermal heat pump.

A 30 m long 200 mm in diameter pipe Should be installed under the shed at 1.5 meters in depth. The extra heating needed in winter times should be provided by electrical or gas heaters. In summer no further requirements will be needed.

 

The shed will need also a ventilation system and a rolling shading fabric cover, over the polycarbonate roof, to make it comfortable on the hottest summer days.

 

The side walls will have the ventilation and climatization system built in, so by opening and closing manually some outlets, you will be able to control the temperature in the building

 

The glass doors on the front side could be built with a glass/mirror system so it allows you to turn them into large mirrors when needed or leave them as see-through doors.

 

The coating to do that is usually installed on the reflecting side facing out. In that case, installing the reflective side facing in will increase the greenhouse effect, which is good in winter and because the doors are facing north will not increase the temperature in hot weather if the shading roof is used.

 

A curtain hanging along the shed will divide the space to have a more private place to change clothes.

 

The toilet would get the water from harvesting rain falling on the roof and filtered through gravel and sand, which would make it clean enough to flush the toilet and maybe wash hands.

 

Electricity should be connected to the main building.

 

The back wall of the building would have a built-in storage space. So would be the water tank.

 

 

Those are the geothermal data.

 

The average temperatures measured at different depths on Jan 9th in London were

surface             2.50 deg C
1m deep            6.93
2m deep            9.87
3m deep           11.12
4m deep           12.00
5m deep           12.25
5.45m deep       12.25