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liftshare match car drivers with people wanting a lift, and offer a free web based service to
individuals. liftshare want to work from a building demonstrating the interconnection between
green transport and green buildings.
The site is adjacent to the major A11 trunk road. The building sits lightly on the site, allowing
the ground to remain largely undisturbed below it, with natural meadows and water to enhance
its environmental qualities.
The building creates an acoustic wall with small fixed windows on the east side facing the road
and large opening sliding doors facing west to the meadow. The plan is gently curved to
create a sense of enclosure towards the meadowland, and cowls on the roof provide vents for
the natural ventilation system which hark back to the vents on the local turkey sheds.
The building is of timber frame construction, with locally sourced larch cladding, wood fired
heating, rainwater recycling, solar hot water heating, wind powered electricity generation and
natural ventilation. The project has received planning permission and will go on site 2008.