Sustainability Report
Certificates
BREEAM • UK • Excellent • New construction
2014
Embodied carbon
Low Carbon
Carbon Emissions
28
kg CO₂-eq./m²
- Steel frame efficiency: Achieved a roof tonnage of just 28kg/m² across 30m spans, demonstrating efficient material use.
- Modular services installation: Prefabricated modules minimize on-site work and waste.
- Materials: Tata Steel structural frame and panels, Schüco curtain walling, Paroc cladding.
- Façade integration: Euroclad Europanel vertical joint insulated panels combined with Tata Steel's Colorcoat Renew SC solar collector system, creating a double-skinned envelope that saves one tonne of CO2 per 5m² of collector area.
Operational Emissions / Energy
Low Carbon
- Colorcoat Renew SC Transpired Solar Collectors: Pre-heat ventilation air, reducing heating demands.
- Natural daylighting: Saw-tooth roof profile with north-facing lights and ground-level glazing reduces reliance on artificial lighting and improves wellbeing.
- Sophisticated air handling systems: Maintain precise environmental conditions in the machining hall and provide natural ventilation in office spaces.
- Energy management system: Monitors consumption at a granular level, enabling targeted efficiency improvements.
- PV carbon reduction: Annual CO2 savings exceeding 2,000 tonnes with an 8.5-year payback period.
- Rooftop solar installation: 21,000 photovoltaic panels generating 5.8MW peak capacity, supplying 30% of the facility's power needs and reducing the plant's CO2 footprint by over 2,400 tonnes per year.
Service and maintenance emissions
Efficient
- Sustainable Measures
- Zero operational waste
- Extensive gray water recycling
- Day-lit spaces and naturally ventilated offices
- Innovative solar cladding façade system
- Responsive dimming lighting system utilizing natural daylight - Modular services installation: Facilitates ease of maintenance and potential future upgrades.
- Granular energy tracking: Enables proactive maintenance and optimization of energy-consuming systems.
Afterlife
Disassemblable Elements for Circular Economy
The consistent height and construction methodology of the Machine and Assembly Halls allow for easy reconfiguration, such as for the manufacture of electric motors, contributing to long-term adaptability and minimized future demolition/rebuild impacts.