London’s first carbon-neutral office building has taken a step forward after getting the go-ahead from Lambeth council.
The development known as Paradise will replace the disused Costa Coffee roastery on Old Paradise Street and transform a neglected and disused site into 60,000sqft of net carbon zero work and maker space setting becoming an exemplar for low carbon and sustainable building design
The designs by Feilden Clegg Bradley utilise timber frames rather than concrete and steel beams, significantly reducing its levels of embodied carbon during construction.
The scheme, recently won the prestigious National London Architecture Award, scooping the award in the Working category. The design has impressed judges with its plans to use an innovative Cross Laminated Timber structure to make the building carbon neutral for 57 years of operation. This even includes the transporting of timber sourced predominantly from Austria to London.
This technology also means the scheme will be able to capture approximately 1,000 tonnes of carbon across its lifecycle, setting a new standard of true net-zero development in the capital. It will even include storage for 99 bicycles in the basement.
It was also featured in Dezeen’s top 10 carbon-neutral buildings for 2020.
The building should be completed by early 2023 – For more info
