Case studies

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Athletes Village for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Code Level 4

Client
Lend-lease

Summary description
Athletes Village is a major part of the Stratford City regeneration area.
Up to 3,400 residential units will be built, providing beds for the athletes during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Post-Games the Village will feature 30% affordable homes site-wide, along with shops, restaurants, medical facilities and a new school academy. Homes will be surrounded by landscaped public spaces and tree-lined avenues and will feature generous courtyard housing and communal gardens.

Client comment
BRE was employed to advise on the sustainability strategy, which assisted us in delivering the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes
- Andrew Kinsey, Bovis Lend-lease

Kingspan Lighthouse on Innovation Park

Code Level 6

Client
Kingspan Off-Site

Summary Description
The UK's first ever net-zero carbon house was constructed using the Kingspan Off-Site TEK Building System.

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The award-winning Kingspan Lighthouse was the first house to reach Code level 6, the Government standard to which all new homes will have to be designed and constructed by 2016.

With unrivalled levels of efficiency in terms of the construction method, energy use, CO₂ emissions and carbon footprint, this high performance, sustainable home, which is exempt from stamp duty, pushes the boundaries of modern housing design.

Every building material and component used in the 93 m², two and a half storey, Kingspan Lighthouse was specified for its ability to optimise the house design's overall sustainability credentials.

Client comment
The Kingspan Lighthouse, first and foremost, demonstrates that you need to drive down the energy demand of the building through the effective selection of the building fabric and its design.

In achieving Code level 6, Kingspan Off-Site has shown it has a portfolio of product offerings and the understanding to deliver all levels of the Code across any master plan.
- Tom Paul, Kingspan