Mariner's Quay, Newport
Low/Zero Carbon Category
Client: Fairlake Properties (Part of the Seren Group)
Architect: Powell Dobson
D&B Contractor: Leadbitter
Mariner’s Quay, Newport, won the Low/Zero Carbon category at the Constructing Excellence in Wales Awards held on 2 July 2010 at the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff.
Mariner's Quay is a development of 101 affordable housing units located in one of the most deprived areas of Wales.
Hoare Lea acted as MEP consulting engineers, with Hoare Lea Sustainability providing additional specialist advice. Hoare Lea Sustainability also acted as Code Assessors to the Code Level 5 (Code for Sustainable Homes) scheme (one of the largest of its kind in Wales and part of a Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) pilot project).
Mariner's Quay is at the forefront of implementation of Site Waste Management Plans, Energy and CO2/emissions reporting. A total of 12,000 m3 of waste will be generated by the end of the project; so far around 88 percent of it has been diverted from landfill whilst over 60 percent has been re-used on site. The energy usage at Mariner’s Quay is monitored daily; this includes reading all statutory meters to keep an accurate account of the amount of energy being used; the data is then analysed to find the peaks and troughs of energy use.
The Constructing Excellence in Wales Awards celebrate success and commitment to collaborative working in the construction industry.
For more information go to:
http://www.cewales.org.uk/awards/
Paragraph 4 reproduced by kind permission of Constructing Excellence in Wales.
