• 200,000 square foot, fully-let ’14 Pier Walk’ building secures BREEAM ‘Excellent’ Rating with a score of 76.11% and leading Energy Performance Certificate band B rating with score of 37.
• The Transport for London occupied building uses bore holes for ground water cooling and heating; rainwater storage; green roofs; intelligent controlled gazing and lighting controls.
• Result is a 41% reduction in the building’s carbon footprint than the stated target within current Building Regulations.

14 Pier Walk, the newly opened 198,000 square foot building at Greenwich Peninsula occupied by Transport for London, has received some of the highest sustainability ratings ever awarded to a large-scale commercial office development.  The 76.11% score in the BREEAM rating puts in well into the top ‘Excellent’ category.  The energy efficiency score of 37 (Band B) in the Energy Performance Certificate compares with typical ratings of 62 (Band C) for new build offices and 118 (Band E) for existing stock. 

The building, designed by Sir Terry Farrell and Partners, lies at the heart of the new commercial district, Peninsula Central.  It has been developed by Lend Lease and Quintain who together lead Greenwich Peninsula Regeneration Limited (GPRL).  Hilson Moran undertook both the Sustainability and Building Services Consultancy as part of their role, developing the energy strategy, BREEAM assessment and integrated engineering services design on this project.

Andrew Storey, Joint Chief Executive of GPRL said:

“The first commercial building at Greenwich Peninsula is at the cutting edge of environmental technology, using ground water to heat and cool the building and achieving a market-leading EPC rating as a result. These results clearly demonstrate our commitment to creating London’s first environmentally sustainable commercial district in action”

“Located next to Canary Wharf on the Jubilee Line, Greenwich Peninsula’s established central-London office district combines excellent sustainability credentials with fantastic office environments, great retail and public transport amenities, and an occupancy cost that represents leading value-for-money for our tenants.”

The scores are especially impressive as 14 Pier Walk is a large scale, air conditioned building.  They have been achieved through the use of a combination of technologies which include:

• Cooling, heating and domestic hot water is delivered from an on-site, 110m-deep, ground-source system which provides 10% of the building’s total energy.
• Water conservation measures include rainwater harvesting, the water from which is used in flushing toilets and for landscape irrigation.
• Actively chilled beams help control office temperature and solar controlled double glazing facades incorporate opaque panels to help control energy transfer to & from the building.
• 1128 m2 of extensive, living, bio-diverse roofs support 35 different species.
• 90% of construction waste was recycled with recycled materials and FSC timber used during construction.
• Transport impacts are minimised as the building is located 2 minutes from North Greenwich underground station and bus interchange.
• The Building Management System provides energy and carbon reports for major systems and each quarter-floor-plate, ensuring continued performance monitoring.
• Greenwich Peninsula Regeneration Limited and TfL have also entered into a “Green Lease”, agreeing to collaborate in continually maintaining and improving the building’s operational efficiency over the 20-year term of the lease.

Together they deliver a 41% reduction in the building’s carbon footprint against the stated target within current Building Regulations (Part L).  Commercial properties and public buildings currently account for nearly 25% of the UK's carbon emissions, contributing to global climate change and Energy Performance Certificates were introduced in October 2008 to help improve the energy efficiency of all buildings.

14 Pier Walk is the new home for Transport for London, with 1,600 employees now working on Greenwich Peninsula with the building formally opened by Mayor Boris Johnson in June 2009.

NOTES TO EDITORS

For further information about the Greenwich Peninsula, contact

• Jonny Popper, London Communications Agency, 020 7612 8480, 07771-735000,  jp@londoncommunications.co.uk  or Kate Fisher, London Communications Agency, 0207 612 8480, 07977-141216, kf@londoncommunications.co.uk.

Greenwich Peninsula

The £5 billion regeneration of 190 acres of Greenwich Peninsula led by Lend Lease and Quintain working in collaboration with the Homes and Communities Agency – a true public private partnership.  The scheme will create a thriving new riverside community for London over the next 15 years.

• 10,000 new homes in distinct residential neighbourhoods
• 24,000 permanent jobs
• Peninsula Central - a new business district for London 
• 150 new shops and restaurants
• 1.6 miles of river frontage; the distance between Waterloo and London Bridge
• 48 acres of open spaces and parks; the size of Green Park
• Extensive new community and leisure facilities
• The O2 entertainment destination delivered and operated by AEG Europe
• Excellent transport links, situated in zone 2 on the jubilee line
• Aspiration for the highest environmental standards for new buildings

www.greenwichpeninsula.co.uk

Lend Lease

Lend Lease, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, is a leading real estate specialist which creates and manages real estates assets around the world.  In the UK its business is focussed primarily in the delivery of large scale mixed use schemes which lead to the regeneration of major urban sites.

www.lendlease.com

Quintain

Quintain creates value from property, operating through three businesses: fund management, property investment and urban regeneration. Quintain is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

www.quintain.co.uk

The Homes and Communities Agency

The HCA is the single, national housing and regeneration agency for England.  We bring together the development and regeneration expertise of English Partnerships, investment functions of the Housing Corporation, and the Academy for Sustainable Communities, with major delivery programmes of Communities and Local Government.

Our role is to create opportunity for people to live in high quality, sustainable places. We provide funding for affordable housing, bring land back into productive use and improve quality of life by raising standards for the physical and social environment.

During the next three financial years the HCA controls a budget of £17.3bn.

Terry Farrell and Partners

Terry Farrell and Partners is one of the world’s leading masterplanning and architectural practices with offices in London, Edinburgh and Hong Kong.  Buildings include several London landmarks including the redevelopment of Charing Cross, the MI6 headquarters and the Home Office headquarters. Masterplanning work includes the Greenwich Peninsula masterplan as well as a spatial vision for the Thames Gateway Parklands project. Overseas work includes Beijing South Railway Station – one of the biggest railway stations in the world – which recently won a prestigious RIBA International Award.

Hilson Moran

Hilson Moran is a leading multidisciplinary engineering consultancy for the built environment.

About 14 Pier Walk and Mitre Passage

The buildings comprise a set of curved “blades” of office accommodation and landscaping that establishes new public space. The building blades have different heights and colour, and form a family of dynamic shapes along a curve that appears to ripple out from the O2 and responds to the river. Unlike most office buildings, the façade is irregular and colourful, and adds interest to this new and exciting quarter of London.