Couch Perry Wilkes (CPW) has been appointed as the main mechanical, electrical and plumbing consultant on a unique new council housing development in Hackney, which will see an old boiler house transformed to create sympathetic new housing for the area.
CPW were tasked to create a robust energy strategy for the development, which has already satisfied planning considerations and will meet The London Plan. This included a 35% reduction in CO2 emissions which was achieved through the inclusion of photovoltaic panels to generate electricity onsite, which will save over nine tonnes of CO2each year and electric vehicle charging points.
As part of the project, CPW undertook enabling works to redesign the existing boiler house which currently supplies nearby council properties, this involved careful planning to redesign the boiler house, including new boiler flues and a controlled turn down of the existing heating system to ensure that reduced hot water supply to local residents was minimised whist the project timings were also unaffected.
The development, which will replace a tired old boiler house and create much needed genuinely affordable housing for the Borough of Hackney. It will comprise 26 units in total, half of which will be social rent and half of which will be offered as shared ownership.
from Specifier Review http://bit.ly/2JnXgvo
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