What makes a building 'green'?
Perhaps a few of the following:
- Super insulation - 300mm insulation reduces energy consumption to less than half a conventional building. The starting point for eco-construction.
- Natural ventilation – wind cowls ventilate without the need for electric fans - heat exchangers recover up to 70% heat loss. A healthy building without draughts.
- Solar panels - evacuated tubes for water heating, with provision for photovoltaic cells to be fitted later.
- Biomass heating - underfloor heating and hot water from a 75kW wood pellet boiler.
- Onsite micro generation - 4 x 6kW Proven wind turbines - energy generation is about doing what you can, where you happen to be.
- Low VOC paints, low formaldehyde floor coverings, natural fibres & surfaces, PVC only where unavoidable - a healthy environment.
- Reduced water consumption - low flush toilets, aerated taps, grade A consumption appliances.
- Community creation & revitalisation - a hub for craft makers, quality childcare onsite from Jumblies Nursery, health & fitness classes, café for socialising.
- Keeping it local - with good public transport links, Jubilee Wharf is nestled in the heart of Penryn making pedestrian access easy.
- Using local & reclaimed materials - old floorboards, granite, Cornish cedar cladding and larch soffits, even some unused windows from BedZed!
Designed by Bill Dunster architects, trading as ZEDfactory, Jubilee Wharf tries to foster community through the range of activities that take place here, within a building that aims to reduce it’s resource consumption without compromise to the quality of living environment. We think we have succeeded, but here are what others have been saying:
"In fact the brand new Jubilee Wharf might well be the greenest British building to date."
Jonathan Glancey, The Guardian
"A model for other developments."
English Nature
"Innovative…resulting from a contemporary approach clearly derived from the historical character of the area!"
English Heritage