Battle McCarthy’s R & D department is developing new ways to make the built environment more efficient and sustainable for economic, social & environmental reasons. We feel that it is important to be innovative and explore new discoveries in a commercial arena to prepare the construction industries for an uptake in the mass markets. Current R & D projects that Battle McCarthy is working on include:

• MUSEUMS - Energy efficiency & sustainability in retro-fitted and new museum buildings (European Commission)
• Sustainable Towers - an exploratory study on the benefits in today's context (UK Department of Trade and Industry)
• ZEN - Zero emission neighbourhoods (European Commission)

Some of the recent R & D projects that Battle McCarthy completed include:

• The use of steel wire mesh as protective blast screens behind glazed structures
• Double skin façade technologies
• Wind tower design guide

Battle McCarthy has also been consistently researching various projects internally as they coincide with work with various Clients.

Links to some of the research projects we are involved with :

Battle McCarthy Sustainable Towers Website
Battle McCarthy Double Skin Website
www.sustainable-european-museums.net
www.sustainingtowers.org