Brent Sustainability Forum - Civic Centre Update Brent Council Aktar Choudhury Civic Centre Team.

Brent Sustainability Forum - Civic Centre Update

Brent Council

Aktar ChoudhuryCivic Centre Team

Progress…

CGI

2013

A model of Sustainability – BREEAM Outstanding

•Commitment to BREEAM Outstanding from outset.

•Design Stage Outstanding Awarded September 2012

•Score of 92.55 per cent

•Greenest public office building in the country

•Fourth greenest building worldwide

•Only ten have received BREEAM Outstanding rating.

Sustainable Elements –Highlights•Natural building ventilation

•Rainwater harvesting

•Indoor winter garden and green roofs

•A green transport plan including 250 cycling spaces and charging points for electric cars

•sustainably sourced building materials

•landscaped courtyards planted with carefully selected drought tolerant species

•IT offer i.e. Colorqube printers, thin client

•Air source heat pumps

•CHP

•Envac

Sustainable Elements –Highlights

•Features will combine to allow the Civic Centre to achieve a 33 per cent reduction in carbon emission with energy consumption

•Two times less than for similar conventional buildings

•Draft EPC ‘A’ rating with score of 22. Potential to lower this still.

•Average score for a newly built building is 60.

•Sustainability measures included within all major procurement activities including architect, contractor, furniture and removals.

Timeline to Occupation

January to March 2013 - Fit out the building with furniture and IT

April – July 2013 Staff move into the building

Any questions?