Camden Yard

Project Description

Westridge Real Estate is developing their property Camden Yard on the site of the old TUD Main Building on Kevin Street. The development comprises approximately 58,764m2 commercial office space, 712m2 retail and community, and 299 residential units including tenant amenities.

Ethos Input

Ethos Sustainability provided the Planning Energy Statements for the scheme and are also appointed to carry out the LEED Assessment (targeting Platinum), WELL (targeting Gold), and Home Performance Index.  As part of the LEED submission, Ethos Sustainability is also appointed to complete the embodied carbon analysis (Whole Life Carbon) and the LEED Energy Model.

Unique / Key Features

The building is designed to achieve LEED v4 Platinum & WELL Gold accreditation and an A3 BER.

-High-efficiency plant and equipment have been designed throughout including the incorporation of all-electric multifunctional chillers to reduce energy use by 26% below baseline

-Low flow sanitary ware, showers, and taps will reduce water use by 40% below baseline

-Intensive green roofs will reduce heat inland, provide habitat and reduce stormwater runoff

-Secure bicycle storage with shower facilities and electric vehicle charging points are provided

-Air quality strategies adopted will provide high levels of indoor environmental comfort

-Advanced energy use and water use metering to provide detailed feedback to building operators.

-Electric Vehicle Charging

-Verification testing of water, IAQ, lighting, and acoustics as part of the WELL Performance Verification

-Embodied Carbon (Whole Life Carbon) assessment to allow for benchmarking against LETI 2030 and RIBA 2030 targets and provision of simple options which demonstrated how a 25% reduction in embodied carbon could be achieved