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Another high-quality project in London has recently been recognised with a dual accolade for its strong commitment to environmental efficiency . Innovation and sustainability continue to be an effective answer to best value. Developer Great Ropemaker Partnership, a 50:50 joint venture by Great Portland Estates and Ropemaker Properties, wanted a high-quality building with solid sustainability credentials that would appeal to corporate occupiers in a tough market.
The 19-storey sharp-edged crystalline building, designed by award winning architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, was developed to comply with the 2011 version of BREEAM New Construction.
“The facade was optimised to allow in as much light as possible while minimising solar gain and balancing the amount of heat that could be released through the facade. Efficient solar control glass was selected to allow in the same amount of light while cutting solar gain. Fabric airtightness was set to 3.5m3/m2 hr@50pa.” explains Andrew Grint, Hilson Moran’s project director.
Efficient chillers, air-handling units fitted with high efficiency heat recovery systems via thermal wheels, low NOx centralised gas-fired boilers for heating and roof-mounted photovoltaic cells are among the technologies adopted for the development.
The building achieved BREEAM Excellent rating during the original construction process.
More recently the fit-out for new UBM’s offices, the multinational media company which occupies the top nine floors of the building, were awarded Platinum rating under the LEED environmental accreditation scheme by the US Green Building Council.
UBM employed architect Gensler to design the fit-out scheme for its space and multi-disciplinary engineering consultant Hilson Moran was responsible for the sustainability assessments for both BREEAM and LEED.
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