Magna Park North Unit 3, Lutterworth

TSL was contracted to deliver the shell and core of three identical commercial units with integrated offices in Magna Park Lutterworth with a total of 1,000,000 square foot of internal space. Construction activity included groundworks on a greenfield site and then construction of foundations, steel frame and composite cladding. This case study focuses on one of the three units, Magna Park North 3a.

Working closely with all project parties, TSL was able to identify a series of changes to the baseline design that would deliver significant reduction in emissions. These changes are communicated in the table below using real world data at the end of the project.

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The embodied carbon of MPN3 was compared with its operational carbon. The latter arises from building heating and electricity demands. Operational carbon is compared using the emission figures taken from the Building Regulations UK Part L (BRUKL) certificate, which all non-domestic new builds require.

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A 49% reduction in operational emissions was achieved. MPN3 was estimated to have an operational carbon of 2,136 tCO2e over 30 years (building regulations energy only). This includes grid decarbonisation. Without grid decarbonisation, the estimate was 4,237 tCO2e over 30 years. Reduction actions included LED lighting with selected circuits on motion sensor, a solar hot water thermal system, a hybrid air source heat pumps and photovoltaic panels.

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