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 | | £60K HAT TRICK FOR KINGSPAN CENTURY | | | Kingspan Off-site | | 06/02/2007 | | | The SIXTYK Consortium, of which Kingspan Century is a leading member, has been awarded its third contract under the Design for Manufacture competition. Based on Kingspan Century's TEK Building System, the consortium's low carbon, energy efficient, sustainable approach to the development of the former Rowan High School site in the London borough of Merton pushed its bid into the winning position for the third time.
As part of the project, the SIXTYK Consortium will be constructing 227 low carbon footprint, highly energy efficient homes on the Rowan High School site, which is the largest of the 10 sites available for development under the Design for Manufacture competition and the last to be awarded. With a total of three successful bids, the SIXTYK Consortium has won more sites than any other entrant in the competition and will be constructing a total of 441 new homes across the three sites in Maidstone, Newport Pagnell and London.
Jeff Tomlinson, national sales manager for the TEK Building System, explained: "In addition to delivering cost efficiencies in the design, manufacture and construction process, central to the consortium's success in winning the Rowan High School site was its very strong focus on sustainability, renewable energy and cutting carbon emissions.
"The TEK Building System that will be used for the project achieves a U-value of just 0.20W/m2 K, which cuts heating bills by a significant 80% and considerably reduces carbon emissions by 70%. "This performance, together with the combined heat and power (CHP), mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) and photo-voltaic systems we have included, makes for a very low carbon development. In fact, properties on the development will not only go beyond the performance required by current Building Regulations for carbon emissions, they should also easily exceed the government's `Carbon 60' objectives contained in its White Paper."
In addition to the low carbon, energy efficiency measures incorporated in the design of the properties, the conservation of water was also addressed in the consortium's bid for the Rowan High School site and each home will feature rainwater harvesting and recycling systems, as well as water saving WCs, taps, showers and appliances.
The other two sites that the SIXTYK Consortium has already been awarded are the former Linton Hospital site in Maidstone, Kent and Renny Lodge in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. Like the Rowan High School site, all the energy efficient homes designed for these two sites will be certified with the EcoHomes `Excellent' standard, which is above the competition minimum standard of `Very Good'.
Jeff Tomlinson added: "To be awarded a third site in the Design for Manufacture competition has given a strong validation to our approach to environmentally sustainable housing design, supply and construction. The next step is to implement the designs in practice on the three sites and following that, we will be looking at how to develop our approach and identify ways in which we can continue to drive forward change in the delivery of housing in the UK."
The SIXTYK Consortium includes Kingspan Century, Crest Nicholson, Sheppard Robson (architect), Arup (civils, structural and building services consultant), Davis Langdon (cost planner) and MacFarlane Wilder (landscaping specialist).
Kingspan Century is Europe's leading manufacturer and innovator of timber engineered building systems, providing high performance solutions to the private housebuilding and commercial sectors, as well as the public sector. The company uses the latest in off-site manufacturing techniques to produce complete timber and structural insulated panel engineered systems for a broad range of applications at its UK and European facilities. | |
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