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Leeds development is a green refit |
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7 Oct 2010, 10:38 PM
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Last week saw the opening of an innovative green collection of homes and offices, and no, they’re not in London, but Leeds, thanks to local, Northern developer Citu's commitment to regenerating local communities and choosing the city as the home for their pioneering low carbon development. Opening the doors for the first time to the business community, the launch of Greenhouse and their 'offices of the future' has been 3 years in the making, as Citu worked to regenerate a run down building into a mixed used contemporary, sustainable, high-tech development.
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Shaftesbury House was built in the 1930’s as a lodging house for around 500 seasonal workers in the South Leeds area. At the time of its construction, the building was part of the modernist era with revolutionary new methods of construction and modern concepts of housing which ultimately improved standards of living for thousands of people. Now the art deco style apartment block has been given a green refit and relaunched as ‘Greenhouse’, a mixed tenure development of office and residential accommodation.
The multi-million pound regeneration of Shaftsbury House has been a labour of love, and now Citu proudly reveal what lies beneath...wind turbines, solar power, 100meg next generation internet, heat exchange systems and car clubs are just some of the things that make this development like no other in the region.
Greenhouse boasts 15,000 sq ft of Grade ‘A’ sustainable office space over four floors, which has been built around the courtyard area of the development, to maximise natural light. Committed to creating mixed use developments to enhance sustainability Greenhouse uses the latest technologies throughout the building to effectively reduce tenants carbon footprint (65% less than recommended guidelines) and will provide SMEs energy saving facilities that will dramatically reduce their energy bills by up to 60%.
To optimise energy resources, heat is shared between apartments and offices at key points in the day to ensure there is never energy wastage. If offices require extra heating or cooling during the day they can draw that from the renewable resources, which are then channelled back into the apartments come home time, to ensure the building is working hard for its tenants and residents 24/7.
The residential accomodation comprises both apartments and various sizes of house, intended to provide homes for old, young and families in order to create a sustainable community. Allotments are provided for growing fruit and vegetables, and some local residents with gardening expertise are moving into the development.
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