Llanelli’s Ysgol Ffwrnes has won a major construction industry award.

Llanelli’s Ysgol Ffwrnes has won a major construction industry award.

Led and developed by Carmarthenshire County Council’s in-house design and projects team, and built by WRW Construction Ltd,  the school was named the best sustainable building in Wales and highly commended in the building of the year category at the 2015 Construction Excellence Wales awards.

It will now go forward to the UK finals, which will be held in London later this year.

The joint submission by WRW and the council highlighted the school’s eco features, as well as the sustainable methods used in its design and construction.

Cllr Hazel Evans, Executive Board Member for Environment, said: “Winning this award proves that Ysgol Ffwrnes is one of the best in Wales. We are very pleased that it has been recognised by construction industry leaders, although our most valued feedback is from staff and pupils who use the building daily – and they think it’s fantastic too.”

The Welsh medium school, built through the council’s Modernising Education Programme, achieved BREEAM outstanding at design stage and is scheduled to become the first BREEAM outstanding school constructed in Wales, owing to its high environmentally friendly standards.

Various measures were considered and built in to design, with the aim of considerably reducing energy demand and use, and encouraging eco-friendly behaviour and responsible use.

Features include rainwater harvesting