Oxford Road Denham SL9 7AR
A new HQ office development19,698 sq ft / 1,830 sq m
with 78 car spaces
Sustainability
Phoenix House has been designed to achieve a "Very Good" BREEAM rating.
What is BREEAM?
BREEAM means the Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method and it comprises the world’s longest established and most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings. It sets the standards for best practice in sustainable development and demonstrates a high level of achievement, becoming the defacto measure of a building’s environmental performance.
What are the benefits?
Current building methods can result in high energy usage, large quantities of waste, poor occupancy comfort and low user satisfaction. BREEAM addresses these environmental impacts and offers a range of benefits to occupiers.
A BREEAM assessed development can mean:
- Improved functionality, flexibility, maintainability and durability.
- Lower costs both operationally and environmentally.
- Higher user satisfaction.
What this means for occupiers of Phoenix House
In addition to the benefits associated with occupying a building compliant with BREEAM, as of April 2006 the Government introduced requirements for new office developments to show a 20% improvement in carbon dioxide emissions to comply with Part L of the Building Regulations legislation. Based on the materials used and design, Phoenix House will show a further 15.75% reduction in annual carbon dioxide emissions over and above the threshold required by legislation.
It is therefore anticipated that potential occupiers will incur lower annual energy bills throughout the period of occupation. The building will incorporate the following energy efficient features:
- Main Central Fresh Air handling unit incorporates a heat exchanger which reclaims heat that would otherwise be vented to atmosphere.
- Main Central Fresh Air Handling Unit incorporates speed controlled fans.
- "VRV" type comfort cooling to all offices spaces is of the 3 pipe heat recovery type and is zoned wing by wing and floor by floor with local time of day and temperature control.
- High efficiency gas fired condensing boiler.
- Digital / Analogue Building Energy Management controls system.
- Zoned Controls for maximum flexibility.
- Water conserving controls, outlets and cisterns.
- Office area lighting control / management system.
- Main energy use meters and sub meters for continuous monitoring of energy usage.