Nelson Place
Student Accommodation.
Sound insulation and airtightness testing for a 774-bedroom student accommodation development in Belfast.
Student Accommodation
Student Living
at Scale.
Nelson Place is a £48 million student accommodation development in Belfast, providing 774 bedrooms across 12 storeys.
The development achieved an EPC A rating and BREEAM Very Good. These building-wide outcomes provide the context for a project in which envelope airtightness formed part of the energy strategy.
EBSNI delivered sound insulation and airtightness testing, bringing two complementary building-performance disciplines to a large student residential scheme.
Acoustic & Airtightness
Testing.
EBSNI’s scope combined sound insulation testing and airtightness testing. The two services address different aspects of residential building performance: sound transfer between spaces and air leakage through the building envelope.
Sound Insulation Testing
Testing to assess sound insulation performance between relevant spaces within the student accommodation development.
Airtightness Testing
Testing to assess air leakage through the building envelope, supporting evaluation of this element of the building’s energy performance.
Performance Across
774 Bedrooms.
At this scale, acoustic separation and envelope performance are important considerations for student residential accommodation. EBSNI’s involvement covered both sound insulation and airtightness testing.
The development’s EPC A rating and BREEAM Very Good assessment are overall project achievements. They are presented here separately from EBSNI’s testing scope.
774 bedrooms across a 12-storey student accommodation development in Belfast.
Sound insulation and airtightness testing delivered by EBSNI.
EPC A and BREEAM Very Good, as recorded in the project brief.