We are currently working with Barker and Stonehouse, on a proposed new Retail Unit in Knaresborough. Barker + Stonehouse are the largest independent family run furniture retailer in the UK, having been in business for more than 60 years. Barker + Stonehouse are already heavily involved with sustainability – nurturing its own environmentally friendly led project Trees4Trees; buying wood ethically for the furniture business, sustainable replanting, and providing education, employment and protection for the environment and natural habitats in Indonesia where the wood is primarily sourced . Trees4Trees has helped 9,483 farmers and planting more than a 586,520 trees.
Naturally, their efforts do not stop there. The new retail unit proposed for Knaresborough will have much focus on the building’s energy efficiency and sustainability: its design, construction and use being developed under BREEAM Retail. BREEAM is the world’s foremost environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings; setting the standard for best practice in sustainable building construction and operation. BREEAM aids the discovery of innovative solutions that minimise environmental impacts, reduces running costs, improves working environments and demonstrates progress towards environmental objectives. Complete Energy has undertaken the BREEAM 2011 retail project for this development, and it is anticipated that the store will receive a “Very Good” BREEAM rating focusing on aspects such as CO2 Emissions, Building Fabric, Heating and Ventilation.
- BREEAM
- Pre Assessment
- Design Stage
- Post Construction
- Design Stage SBEM Assessment
- Post Construction Sbem Assessment
- Surface Water Runoff Calculations
- Flood Risk Assessment
- Detailed Daylighting Calculations
- Building User Guide
- LZC (Low To Zero Carbon) Technology Study
- Specification of Natural Ventilation Louvers And Fresh Air Rates
