Project overview
Waldeck provided digitally focussed Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) Building Services Design consultancy for the new eco-leading flagship store.
Delivering best value for our clients, our team utilised our Building Information Modelling (BIM) expertise to deliver a future-proofed solution by ‘starting with the end in mind’ through a deep understanding of IKEA’s long-term operational requirements for their assets.
Overall, the store achieved a BREEAM rating of ‘Outstanding’ (90.4%), with significantly good scores in areas such as Low and Zero Carbon Technologies, Water Consumption and NOx Emissions.
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OUR SOLUTION
Our team were originally appointed by IKEA to deliver the Mechanical and Electrical Building Services Design for RIBA Stages 1-3. Following the success of this, we were later novated to carry out RIBA Stages 4-5 for the contractor, Norstead.
The project utilised the following list of technologies and environmental features in the design and construction:
- Solar PV: A 850 kWp solar array supplements the store’s energy requirements and reduces the energy dependence from the grid
- Water Efficiency: Two rainwater harvesting tanks alongside low water use fittings reduce the store’s water consumption by up to 50%
- Evaporative Cooling Units: Evaporative cooling help reduce energy demand from the stores air conditioning system
- Ground Source Heating: Ground source heat pumps provide the store with 88% of the annual heating and cooling demand
- Biodiverse Green Roof: A green roof consisting of various substrate and habitat areas provides fantastic new and varied habitat for local wildlife
- Sustainable Transport: Various public transport links, cyclist facilities and provision for EV vehicles give IKEA staff and store visitors sustainable transport options when travelling to the store
- FSC Certified Timber: The store incorporated 100% FSC in the timber constituents of the build
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RESULTS
Targeting BREEAM ‘Outstanding’, the following achievements were successfully reached:
- During construction of IKEA Greenwich, the construction scored 42/50 demonstrating ‘beyond
compliance’ in the Considerate Contractors Scheme assessment of the site’s considerate construction attributes. - The biodiverse roof achieved compliance with the Green Roof Code, enhanced ecological features on site, and has featured as an exemplary case study in the new London Green Roof Report
- The building achieved an innovation credit for the inclusion of evaporative cooling with rainwater harvesting from the roof