Sustainable Office Named Nation?s Greenest
By admin on June 20, 2010, 2:49 amA pilot project to create a ‘green’ workplace in the unlikely event of an office building in London, in 1960 targeted a sustainable buildings in the United Kingdom named. Morgan pioneered the development of Lovell has desk sustainable future, the form of securities in the UK BREEAM Awards 2008. BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) is a method for assessing the world-class environment for building. As specialists in the design and construction of offices, Morgan Lovell set about creating a green workplace at their headquarters – located in Noel Street, Soho – last year. in-house team pooled their expertise and eventually achieved the highest score to develop BREEAM environmental assessment in the UK to date for the project, an “Excellent” rating with a total score of 76 percent – awarded in March this year. David Henderson, managing director of Morgan Lovell, said: “We wanted the widespread notion that it is impossible or too hard to green an existing building or more challenging. ”The renovation of your office has the perfect opportunity to transform this problem to address and put an old office into a model of sustainability. ”It was an ambitious project. The office exists in two floors of a 1960s, seven-story office building with several tenants – the nature of the building, which normally would be as a radiation environment. ”Even the external experts have estimated that achieving a BREEAM rating of” very good “would be in such an old building is very difficult or impossible. ”Now the finished project offers a model to reduce the significant carbon footprint currently in the United Kingdom office buildings. ”Nearly 50 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in the UK come from buildings and most businesses are housed in the old” ecological development. ”We found that UK businesses often believe that to reduce their carbon footprint, they need to build a new office – a procedure, such as massively expensive and inaccessible for most as. ”16 Noel Street proves you can take to an old building and” green “, without the cost and upheaval of moving office or to the detriment of the building structure.” With almost 100,000 buildings certified and over half a million registered, BREEAM sets the standard for sustainable design and is the recognized benchmark for a building in environmental performance. A spokesman from BRE Global – the body behind BREEAM said – “The BREEAM Award winners in 2008, examples of really top UK Sustainable design are.” To learn more about green office interiors at http://www. morganlovell. / Definition of sustainability END Notes to Editors Morgan Lovell’s Green Office report Morgan Lovell seventh was announced in May 2008 with the “greenest employees on the list of the Sunday Times Green Companies – The new office noted many in this success. Characteristics of the restoration includes plastic bottles for kitchen surfaces and colors on clay recycled to reduce solvent emissions. To limit waste, furniture was reused – and products, including flooring and furniture come as close as possible to high-quality recycled and recyclable. Desks and computers not needed were donated to charity. Lighting, heating and cooling are zoned on the floors of offices. Sensors for use in the zones only where people work and the lights automatically adjust to natural light conditions the less artificial lighting is necessary. The heat rejected in the areas of heat for cooling other parts of the building is required. All of the energy supplied by renewable energy purchased by the company on green energy. Among other improvements in animal welfare factors associated with working in an office with greater use of fresh air and natural light associated – and provides heating, the temperatures in small areas controlled by them. The products have been given with little or no VOCs, a healthier environment. Finally, a break area creates a heart-out in the office, with poor lighting, benches style and state of the art-gloss, accessories for the kitchen. A survey conducted after the restoration has yielded exceptionally high employee satisfaction with a score of 95%. The new office was as a location for a fact-finding visit by members of the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFMA) is used to examine issues surrounding sustainable refurbishment. He has hosted a series of seminars Sustainable Office, so that property professionals the opportunity to learn and see first hand how a refurbished ‘green’ office concept works. About Morgan Lovell Based in London, Birmingham and the Thames Valley, Morgan Lovell’s headquarters in the United Kingdom of Interior Design, Construction and rehabilitation specialist. With its own team of designers, consultants and project managers, the company can design and implement projects jointly with the advantage of a Single Point of Contact. www. morganlovell. com It is one of the five largest UK construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall plc which operates through five specialist areas of the fit out, construction, infrastructure services, affordable housing and urban renewal. Morgan Lovell is a licensed BREEAM Offices Assessment Organisation. This means it is now licensed to measure the sustainability score of an office to identify ways companies reduce energy consumption and waste, while the comfort and satisfaction of users of the building. Contacts Press release by Jane Shepherd, Shepherd PR Limited written. Tel 01538 308685 or 308,099th Mobile 07985 129315 Jane @ Pasteur-PR. com
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