Sustainable Office Named Nation's greenest
A pilot project to create a 'green' workplace in the unlikely setting of a 1960s to establish offices in London, has been named one of the most sustainable buildings in the UK.
Morgan Lovell's pioneering development sustainable office of the future has taken the fit out title in the 2008 UK BREEAM Awards.
BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) is a world leading environmental assessment method for buildings.
As specialists in the design and construction of offices, Morgan Lovell set about creating a green workplace at their headquarters – located in Noel Street, Soho – last year.
The company in-house team pooled their know-how and finally achieved the highest BREEAM environmental assessment score to equip the UK to date for the project an "Excellent" rating with a total mark of 76 per cent – awarded in March this year.
David Henderson, managing director of Morgan Lovell, said: "We wanted the common misconception that it is too hard or impossible to green an existing or older building challenge.
"The Rehabilitation of our own office is the ideal opportunity to address the problem and transform an older office into a model of sustainability.
"It was an ambitious project. The two floors of an office in 1960, seven-story, multiple tenant office buildings exist – the nature of the building, normally an environmental impact depreciation would be considered.
"Even the external experts believe that a BREEAM "Excellent" rating would be reached in such an old building, very difficult if not impossible.
"Well, the finished Project provides a blueprint to reduce the significant carbon footprint currently pounding the United Kingdom of office buildings.
"To get almost 50 percent of UK carbon emissions from buildings and most companies are housed in 'older' environmentally unfriendly developments.
"We found that UK companies often believe that to reduce their carbon footprint, they need build a new office – a process as massively expensive and inaccessible for most as.
"16 Noel Street proves you can an old to incorporate the building and "green", without the cost and upheaval of moving office or to the detriment of the building. "
With almost 100,000 buildings certified and over half a million registered, BREEAM sets the standard in the field of sustainable development and is the recognized benchmark for a building in environmental performance.
A spokesman from BRE Global – the body behind BREEAM said – "The winner of the 2008 BREEAM Awards really represent the UK's top examples of sustainable design. "
Find out more about green office interiors http://www.morganlovell.com/sustainability
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Morgan Lovell was for seventh place among the "greenest people in the Sunday Times Green Companies List announced May 2008 – the new office in strongly that the success assessed.
Features include the conversion of recycled plastic bottles reduce for kitchen surfaces and clay paints, solvent emissions.
reused to limit waste, furniture was – And products, including flooring and furniture as local as possible, covered with a high recycled content, and even recyclable. Desks and computer needs were given to charity.
Lighting, heating and cooling aggregates on the office floors. Sensors in Zones provide illumination only where people work and lighting automatically adjust to the natural conditions needed less artificial light. Heat is cooled in the areas used to warm other parts of the building as needed.
All of the energy demand from renewable sources of energy supplies, purchased from The Green Energy Company.
Other improvements include the well-being factors in the work a Office with greater use of fresh air and related natural light – and heating that provides a controlled temperature for small areas. The products were very low or no VOCs is determined to create a healthier environment.
Finally, break-out area creates a heart within the Office, with little Light, high-level seating and state-of-the-art gloss kitchen fittings.
A survey after the refurbishment was exceptional level of satisfaction among employees with a score of 95%.
The new office was used as a location for a fact-finding visit by members of the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) looking at issues surrounding sustainable refurbishment. It was the host for a series of sustainable office seminars played, making the property professionals opportunity to learn and see first hand how a refurbished 'green' office concept works.
About Morgan Lovell
The hotel is located in London, Birmingham and the Thames Valley, Morgan Lovell is the UK's leading office interior design, fit and Rehabilitation specialists. With its own team of designers, consultants and project managers, the company can design and deliver entire projects, with the advantage of only one contact person. www.morganlovell.com
It is part of the top five UK construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall plc by the five departments of the fit out, construction, infrastructure services, affordable housing and urban regeneration operates.
Morgan Lovell is a licensed BREEAM Offices Assessment Organisation. This means it is now licensed to measure the sustainability score of an office at the way Companies high energy consumption and waste, can reduce while increasing comfort and satisfaction for users of the building identified.
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