One Planet Living is an international initiative that aims to
make sustainable living affordable, attractive and easy through
working with partners to support the creation of sustainable products,
services and communities.
Fulcrum Consulting is providing advice on building services and
sustainable design in connection Blocks E & F, part of the
Brighton New England Quarter and in order to achieve our clients
vision for developing and create a new community which enables
residents to lead sustainable lifestyles from day one and into
the future.
The project comprises the construction of 2 residential towers
housing 172 dwellings, with office and community space on the
2 lower floors all totalling an approximate area of 11000m².
Brief compliance required 'excellent' rating for residential units
(ECOHOMES) and the commercial units (BREEAM).
Fulcrum’s scope was to advise on and develop an repeatable
and robust environmental strategy that would achieve the clients
vision of a zero carbon development. The scheme includes use of
a biomass wood chip boiler. A district heating system linked to
consumer thermal interfaces providing hot water and fresh air
heating system with heat recovery in each residential unit. Exposed
concrete soffits provide thermal mass and bypass damper allows
summertime purge and night venting. A community ESCO will be established
to maintain and run the onsite renewables, bulk buy grid delivered
REGO energy direct from the supplier and operate the metering
and billing of all services.
