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Sustainable design 9 Standard: Standard: Type: Architect: Client: Ward: Regent Street,W1 1 Vine Street, facades, mixed use, listed building building listed use, mixed facades, New build behind retained retained behind build New BREEAM ‘excellent’ BREEAM Allies and Morrison and Allies Estate Crown The West End End West

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Sustainable design 13 Standard: Standard: Type: Architect: Client: Ward: Warwick Way, Pimlico,SW1 Glastonbury House, Refurbishment, residential residential Refurbishment, Anders Thompson Cole good’ ‘very EcoHomes CityWest Homes Homes CityWest Warwick entrance canopy. entrance the on Sedum of Alpine roof’ a ‘living by reduced is water run-off surface and water. retained Water further is to conserve help harvesting rainwater and toilets dual-flush while building of the requirement energy the reduce to help ) to preheat spaces (acting solar as balconies enclosed and lighting energy low insulation, Cavity-wall to residents. the of renewable and a sustainable provide turbine wind a6kW to include capability the and panels Photovoltaic stock. housing existing regenerating while technologies green’ and ‘intelligent implementing for project pilot apioneering represents scheme House Glastonbury The

Water and energy efficiency conventional systems. conventional than efficient energy more are which ceilings chilled system uses conditioning air The appropriate. where flow the down shut and leaks detect valves electronic waterand wasted is no that ensure taps the on switches Electronic lavatories. the to flush used is roof and the from year). per collected is Rainwater £5,000 (saving around needs energy buildings 11% around provide measures, of the passive with system, together power and heat combined efficient an and energy Solar water efficient. and to energy be designed been has 16 Place Burlington at Estate’s Crown The headquarters new Standard: Type: Architect: Client: Ward: Regent Street,W1 16 NewBurlingtonPlace, use mixed build, New Trehearne Architects Trehearne Architects ‘excellent’ BREEAM Estate Crown The West End End West

Sustainable design 15 Type: • • • to: how in practice good demonstrating of purpose the with installed been has measures energy-efficiency of proven arange which in townhouse, terraced a 19th is century Home Flagship The Consultant: Architect: Client: Gardens, Knightsbridge, SW3 The FlagshipHome,Beaufort in a conservation area. aconservation in refurbishment efficient energy Deliver insulation wall cavity as such measures efficiency energy to common themselves lend not do which buildings Refurbish (HMOs) Occupation Multiple in Houses sector, particularly rented private the in housing Improve Estates and Land SE and Chelsea Royal Borough of Kensington and and Kensington of Borough Royal Refurbishment, residential, residential, Refurbishment, Westminster City Council, Council, City Westminster Rickaby Thompson Thompson Rickaby area conservation ECD Associates ECD Ltd Associates over the course of the year. of the course the over residents the by water required hot of the 60% around roof provide the on panels Solar building. of the fabric historic the to change visible little with building the of efficiency energy the have increased that design of sustainable features all are lighting and appliances boilers, energy-efficiency building, of the rear the to glazing double roof,insulation, floor ahighly-insulated windows, stripped draught- walls, external Dry-lined historic environment are retained. retained. are windows historic the ensuring therefore glazing secondary with windows the and floor roof and walls, external the insulating by cut been has building the of requirement energy The structure. existing of the possible as much as retaining on focused refurbishment so Area Conservation Belgravia the within 1870 around built is was and property rating. The EcoHomes ‘excellent’ an to UK achieve the in building oldest the is 11 Mews Crescent Grosvenor Standard: Standard: Type: Architect: Client: Ward: Mews, SW1 11 GrosvenorCrescent Retrofitting the Belgravia and Knightsbridge Refurbishment, residential, residential, Refurbishment, EcoHomes ‘excellent’ EcoHomes conservation area conservation Architects Moxley Grosvenor Grosvenor

Sustainable design 17 Type: Architect: Client: Ward: Covent GardenPiazza,WC2E London Transport Museum, building, listed building building listed building, Transport for London for Transport Avery Associates Avery Retrofit, public public Retrofit, St James’s St saving £3000 per year. per £3000 saving needs electricity museum’sthe annual 2.5% generate of panels system. The panel solar alarge-scale toUK install the in building II listed Grade first the is Museum Transport London The panels. solar incorporates which building of historic example an is Garden Covent in Museum Transport London The Engineer: Engineer: Client: Ward: Eaton Square,SW1 Type: of the project is 45 tonnes per year. per tonnes 45 is project of the saving carbon estimated The irrigation. garden for used be also water will Discharged listed II buildings. Grade of these three in parts common and to flats the heating and cooling provide system will the and garden the in drilled have been boreholes Two buildings. historic in 150m deep this of retrofitting the trial to garden Square Eaton north-east the in installed been system has cooling and heating A geothermal Knightsbridge and Belgravia Belgravia and Knightsbridge Retrofit, residential, residential, Retrofit, Edward A Pearce APearce Edward listed building building listed & Partners Grosvenor energy supply energy Sustainable

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