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Sustainability award for Land Rover BAR
25 Jul 2016
The Land Rover BAR base at Portsmouth
Land Rover BAR is forging ahead with its goal to become the UK‘s most sustainable professional sports team with its headquarters receiving a BREEAM Excellent award.
The team’s 74,000sq.ft waterfront home on Camber Quay, Portsmouth, which opened in June 2015, has been designed and built to reduce carbon emissions.
A transparent roof lights the building’s atrium, giving natural light on every floor, reducing the demand for interior artificial light.
“It is also used to draw air up through the building, releasing it through glazed louvres to help regulate internal temperatures,” explained architect Vivienne Conway.
Other features include 432 solar panels that generate 20% of the building’s energy, with the remaining electricity supplied by renewable sources.
Another feature is a heat-saving air cushion around the building to control the amount of sunlight entering the building, reducing the energy used for cooling.
Ecology efforts include saving oysters from a dredge site and moving them to protected oyster beds to help restart a viable population in the Solent region.
Around the area, 69 new species of marine life have been found on the site compared to eight prior to the development.
The organisation is working alongside sustainability organisation 11th Hour Racing, and with the help of Land Rover and other sponsors, BT and Low Carbon, is committed to becoming the most sustainable sports team in the UK.
“We are proud of Land Rover BAR’s achievements and progress across the board of their sustainability strategy, which is highlighted in the team’s headquarters,” said Jeremy Pochman, 11th Hour Racing president. “The team’s base is a true testament to innovation, technology, long-term vision and sustainability.”
He added: “By investing in such a progressive structure, Land Rover BAR has demonstrated how smart sustainable design and construction can lead to enormous gains in terms of efficiency – not only as far as energy, but also at a competitive and sporting level.”
“We want to achieve a lasting legacy,” added team head Sir Ben Ainslie. “As sailors we see the threat to the oceans at first hand.”
BREEAM is a worldwide certification.
via Boating Business | Sustainability award for Land Rover BAR.