Sustainability & Building Physics

Greenford Quay is an environmentally sustainable development, with high building fabric efficiencies, photovoltaic panels and a centralised CHP energy centre all playing their part to minimise carbon emissions. A sustainable travel plan was created for the site catering for electric vehicles, promoting bicycle and car clubs for residents and enabling access to improved public transport options such as new bus routes and more direct routes to the tube.

As part of our evidence based post-occupancy evaluation, a recent study by Cambridge/Napier Universities shows that the modular system reduced embodied carbon by more than 40%. More buildings are in progress which will take the total of homes completed to 1500 by 2025, in less than 10 years from acquiring the site.

Seeing the real benefits of prefabrication, Greystar have been working with Tide Construction and their volumetric manufacturer Vision Modular Systems to embrace the sustainable benefits of prefabricated modular construction. We have worked with them to deliver 630 homes in Tillermans and Lyon’s Dock which have been fully let in just under 4 years. This rapid pace of delivery significantly reduced local disruption.