Elementa Consulting Building Services + Sustainability Heritage Brochure 2020
MEP SERVICES
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
• Mechanical, electrical & public health
• WELL Buildings
• Performance Engineering
• Fitwel Consultancy
• Architectural Lighting
• BREEAM + LEED
• Fire Engineering Consultancy
• Passivhaus advice and consultancy
• MEP project management
• Sustainability statements and strategies
• Input into business cases
• Strategic planning advice to meet national and local
• Budget cost advice
sustainability and carbon requirements
• Acquisition, Condition and Dilapidation surveys
• Guidance on cost-effective means of meeting and
• Seasonal commissioning and performance testing management post practical completion
exceeding Part L • Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and Display
• Asset review and in use feasibility assessments
Energy Certificates (DECs)
• Vertical Transportation advice and consultancy
• Energy audits and building optimisation
• Utility/local authority assessments and reviews
• Post occupancy and operational reviews
• Refrigeration assessments and audits
• Soft landings
• Clerk of works consultancy
• Building Information Modelling (BIM) project design
• Specialist lighting design
and integration
Winner CIBSE Building Per formance Consultanc y of the year 2020 (51-300)
Winner CIBSE Engineer of the Year 2019
Winner CIBSE Building Consultanc y of the Year 2017 & 2018
Winner CIBSE Employer of the Year 2017 & 2018
Shor tlisted : Building Awards Engineering Consultant of the Year 2018
Finalist: CIBSE Learning & Development Award 2018
‘Fit Out of Workplace’ Regional Winner 2018
Winner CIBSE International Projec t of the Year 2016/17/18
A SOS Contac t Centre Leavesden
The Kimpton Fitzroy London
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Contents
01.
Foreword
02.
About Elementa
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Timeline of Impact
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Elementa’s Impact
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Projects
06.
Biographies
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Client’s + Awards
01. Foreword “ We are an 80 -s trong team of building ser vices engineers and sus tainabilit y consultant s with of f ices in London and Ox ford. O ver 30 years of success ful projec ts has established a reputation for collaboration and design excellence. We are the UK arm of Integral Group – a 800 strong international f irm of leading for ward thinking engineers who share a commitment to changing the face of MEP engineering and sus tainabilit y. A s par t of Integral Group, we have the capabilit y and capacit y to tackle the largest and most complex projec ts in the UK and overseas. Our largest UK projec ts have construc tion values over £200m. You will f ind that work ing with Element a is dif ferent to our competitors. A bove all thing s we believe that success is achieved by s trong teams whose relationships are based on trus t. To give our s taf f the skills they need to be ef fec tive team players, we train for technical excellence, leadership, management, communication and most impor tantly how to listen well. Our designs are geared for per formance and going beyond compliance. We get there not by throwing money at complex problems, but by applying strategic thinking and accelerating the adoption of new technologies. The result - buildings that are resilient, resource ef f icient, healthy and produc tive, that connec t us with nature and of which future generations will be proud. In the following pages you’ll see more of who we are and how we work , the streng th of our team and the track record that we have built. We look for ward to working with you to deliver the nex t generation of high per formance buildings.”
Brian Goldsmith - Managing Principal
800+ Staff in 22 offices under a Single Deep Green Umbrella
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30 Years Trusted UK experience
22 Global offices
11 Years of Integral Group
02. About Elementa Elementa Consulting is an Integral Group company with over 80 employees located at of f ices in London and Oxford. The wider Integral Group is a 800-strong interactive global network of design professionals in 22 of f ices, providing a full range of building s ystem design, sustainabilit y consultanc y and energ y analysis ser vices, with s taf f widely regarded as innovative leaders in their f ields. Ever y Element a projec t is led by a Pr incipal w ho ret ains per sonal responsibili t y for the overall per formance of our ser vices. Principals lead the design direc tion of their own jobs and also contribute to the development of projec t s across the company through our design review process. Our A ssociate Principals are both skilled projec t managers and accomplished design engineers. They co - ordinate our ser vices and ensure that appropriate resources are assigned to their jobs to meet projec t needs and our s tandards of ser vice excellence. Discipline Leads provide technical oversight and co-ordination of specialis t resources to the benef it of ever y projec t. These include C AD and Revit BIM, Building Physics Analysis, Architec tural Lighting , Public Health Engineering , Qualit y Management , and Commissioning. Additionally, Elementa is able to draw upon the deep exper tise and thought leadership of our Integral Group colleagues - in areas including Advanced Daylight Simulation, Laborator y Engineering , and Dis tric t Energ y Sys tems.
CIBSE
1st
800+
Award Winning
European Fitwel Office
Global employees
BILL OVERTURF CEO
BRIAN GOLDSMITH MANAGING PRINCIPAL
DOUG KERR CRO
PRINCIPALS
ROB HARRIS
SIMON EBBATSON
DAVID GLOSSOP
GRAHAM MARGETTS
EDWARD GARROD
NATHAN MILLAR
MICHEL WIZENBERG
CARL MCKENZIE
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPALS AND SPECIALIST LEADS
HUGH DUGDALE
ANDREW JOLLY HEAD OF BIM
ROB WISE
NICK KENNEDY
ROB TEMPLEY
EMILY SHEARER
PAUL OSBORNE
RONAN PIGOTT
NIGEL GREEN
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03. Timeline of Impact 2013 300+ EMPLOYEES 2005 LEADERSHIP AT USGBC Kevin Hydes is Chair of the USGBC 2008 INTEGRAL GROUP FOUNDED Integral Group founded by CEO Kevin Hydes LEADERSHIP AT WGBC Kevin Hydes is Chair of World Green Building Council 2009 NEW OFFICES: VIRGINIA Offices open in Richmond & Alexandria, VA RUMSEY JOINS INTEGRAL GROUP Rumsey Engineers join Integral Group in Oakland, CA
2011
100+ EMPLOYEES CANADA: COBALT PARTNERS WITH IG Integral Group launches in Vancouver & Toronto when Cobalt joins the firm IDEAS SAN JOSE JOINS INTEGRAL GROUP After successful collaboration on numerous projects, IDeAs San Jose partners with IG
NEW OFFICE: LOS ANGELES, CA NEW OFFICE: CALGARY, AB CANADA 1ST NZE LAB IN THE WORLD J. Craig Venter Institute is the first NZE completed lab in the world 1ST JUST LABEL ENGINEERING FIRM Integral Group is the first engineering firm to receive a JUST Label WELL BUILDING STANDARD PILOT Integral Group helps launch pilot of WELL Building Standard
200+ EMPLOYEES
UK: ELEMENTA JOINS INTEGRAL GROUP Elementa Consulting becomes a member of Integral Group with offices in London & Oxford, UK IG SAN JOSE: 1ST NZE COMM. OFFICE Integral Group’s San Jose office is certified as the first NZE commercial office building in the United States IG OAKLAND: HIGHEST LEED-CI SCORE Oakland receives world’s highest ever LEED Commercial Interiors score: 102 credits
2019 NEW OFFICE: ATLANTA, GA NEW OFFICE: VICTORIA, BC CANADA 800+ EMPLOYEES LARGEST NZE MUSEUM The San Francisco Exploratorium is the largest NZE museum 1ST LEED GOLD RESTAURANT Cactus Club Cafe becomes Canada’s first LEED Gold certified restaurant ASHRAE AWARD: ENG. EXCELLENCE IG wins ASHRAE Award of Engineering Excellence (4th ever in 15 years) for Packard Foundation NZE Headquarters ECODISTRICTS FORMED Integral Group becomes a founding member of EcoDistricts
2016
NEW OFFICE: AUSTIN, TX 50 NZE PROJECTS Integral Group achieves 50 Zero Net Energy designed projects 1ST LEED V.4 GOLD LIBRARY The Alameda Library achieved first LEED v.4 Gold certification of a library NEW OFFICE: SEATTLE, WA
NEW OFFICE: SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, AUS NEW YORK, US BELGRADE
FITWEL CHAMPIONS Integral Group commits to becoming Fitwel Champions 1ST UK & CANADA FITWEL WORKPLACE CERTIFICATION Elementa receives first Fitwel workplace certification outside of North America. IG Toronto then receives first Fitwel workplace certification in Canada 10TH ANNIVERSARY Greenbuild Boston: Integral Group celebrates 10 th anniversary 1ST NZE COMM. BLDG. IN SAN FRANCISCO DPR Construction’s office is the first NZE certified commercial building in San Francisco ONE PLANET GLOBAL FOUNDER Integral Group signs on as a Global Founder of the online platform for One Planet Living JM BEAN & CO JOIN INTEGRAL GROUP Vancouver-based firm partners with IG
2020
AWARD WINNERS Winner CIBSE Building Performance Consultancy of the year 2020 (51-300)
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04. Elementa’s Impact
4 16
Passive House Projects
Certified Passive House Designers/ Consultants
3.3M
Hours Worked Toward the Green Movement
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LBC Projects Completed or in Design
12 3
Fitwel Ambassadors
91 90+
Fitwel Projects (London, Oakland, and Toronto offices)
30+
Countries with Integral Group Projects
Total LEED Projects Completed
LEED Accredited Professionals
153
BREEAM Projects
2
WELL Certified Projects
22 Offices
481M
kWh Project Savings (est.)
85+
Zero Net Energy Projects Completed or in Design
4M
Therms Project Savings (est.)
243M 3M
kWh per Year influenced Savings (est.)
Therms per Year Influenced Savings (est.)
350+ Industry Awards
800+ Employees
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05. PROJECTS
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1. 61 Lincoln’s Inn Fields Grade II (+ Grade II *) Lis ted Architec t: Rober t Hut son Architec t s 2. Hotel Du Vin Poole Grade II Lis ted 18th Centur y ‘ Mansion House’ Architec t: Michael Philllips Architec t s
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3. Sof itel St. James Grade II Lis ted Client: MWB/Accor Architec t: RHWL 4. School of Oriental and African Studies Universit y of London Grade II* Lis ted 5. Nor th Her t fordshire Dis tric t College Grade II Lis ted Architec t: Scot t Brownrig g 6. The Brunswick Centre Grade II Lis ted Architec t: Levit t Berns tein 7. Crowne Plaza, Hey throp Park Grade II Lis ted Architec t: Auket t Fit zroy Robinson
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8. The Principal London Grade II Lis ted Architec t: EPR Architec t s
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9. Eton College Grade II* Lis ted Architec t: Corrigan & Soundy Kilaiditi
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Heritage We love the challenge of working with heritage buildings. Our sympathetic approach includes using innovative designs which look to the future, f inding appropriate new solutions which modernise and improve energ y consumption. We strip away years of incremental building ser vices installations to restore the integrit y and func tionalit y inherent in the original design
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Releasing valuable areas by rationalising plant space
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Co-ordination of new ser vices within highly cons trained his toric ser vices routes
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Reins tatement and res toration of architec tural features
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Inser tion of new uses with minimal impac t on exis ting s truc tures
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Providing unobtrusive and delicately integrated ser vices solutions
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Experience of iconic, period and lis ted buildings
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Forensic approach to reveal original passive design intent
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3D co-ordination so that we can ‘build before we build ’.
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Gain a fundamental unders tanding of the buildings exis ting infras truc ture
Our of fer Working with his toric buildings is a hugel y rewarding experience. U p g r a d i n g a n d e x te n d i n g t h e l i fe o f i co n i c h o te l s , co l l e ge s , f ine houses and commercial proper ties secures these buildings for future generations.
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University of London School of Oriental and African Studies Location: Camden, Central London Client: Grahams Construction Tenants: University of London Project Size: £12 million Heritage: Grade II* Listed This project involves the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, relocation to a single site campus at Senate House in the heart of Bloomsbury. Senate House, designed by the British architect Charles Holden (1875–1960), houses the unique resources of Senate House Library, one of the world’s largest humanities collections. The grade II* listed building presents challenges for building services including co-ordination issues, high efficient performance in an ageing building and ensuring the aesthetics were not compromised. The relocation will bring many benefits for staff and students, including new state-of-the-art research, teaching and student facilities, all in one precinct. This exciting opportunity offers the potential for growth and development as they prepare to commemorate their centenary and plan for the next 100 years. Elementa have undertaken Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health consultancy services in conjunction with a peer review of the services design for the project on behalf of Graham Construction. In addition Elementa have undertaken the complete design of the energy centre located in the adjacent Brunei Gallery building. This energy centre will be used to provide heating from central gas fired boiler plant to both the Brunei Gallery building and the SOAS accommodation in Senate House. The Brunei Gallery Energy Centre incorporates provisions for its future connection to the local Grosvenor District Heating System to provide further energy savings once this system has been upgraded and extended.
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University College London Kathleen Lonsdale Building Location: Central London Client: Graham Construction Architect: Bond Bryan Architects Project Size: ÂŁ11 Million Heritage: Grade II listed
The Kathleen Lonsdale Laboratory Building is a Grade II listed building constructed in 1915 as the first purpose-built Chemistry building for UCL. The building is to undergo a phased refurbishment, as part of the major projects being carried out as part of Transforming UCL. A number of specialist laboratories have been provided with significantly upgraded facilities. The first challenge was to ensure the University Campus remained operational throughout the refurbishment, a larger challenge given the close proximity of each building. To combat this, Elementa delivered the project over 5 phases to ensure the least disruption to on-going lectures/ student living. To further the phase delivery, a zero defects strategy was applied throughout the duration of the project. This required high levels of communication between Elementa, the client and contractors to guarantee zero defects at each handover phase of the project. A focus on a robust commissioning review programme at the early stages of the project allowed this to be coordinated in the contractors programme for a succinct finish. Elementa were on hand for strict weekly site visits to ensure the defects strategy was on target for a smooth and efficient handover. To achieve the aspirations of the University for a world class facility while working around the other live university buildings, Elementa proposed an
accessible maintenance scheme set over the 5 phase delivery. This meant a strategic delivery of services had to be incorporated with core systems routed through circulation areas to ensure that stage works were complete in order to make the next phase of delivery possible and avoiding disruption to the previous stage. Within the lab facilities, designs had to consider ultra-sensitive lab equipment, lighting, vibrations, noise and climate conditions. Significant modifications were proposed to improve access around the building, as well as improving environmental performance and space utilisation. The Earth Sciences department which has previously been split between different locations has benefited from the improvements as they are now fully accommodated in the new building. The completed refurbishment offers new open plan offices, shared studio space called Hubs and a variety of break out spaces.
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St. Hugh’s School Auditorium Alterations
A key design feature includes the displacement ventilation system proposed to provide conditioned supply air below tiered seating, with extract located at high level. In addition, extensive electrical modifications have been required to facilitate the partition alterations, as the majority of existing electrical equipment (e.g. dis board, AV system lighting control panel, etc.) are mounted on the existing partition.
Location: Caterham, Oxfordshire Client: St. Hugh’s School Architect: Oxford Architects Project Size: £150,000 Heritage: Grade II
This scheme consists of the retrofit of a school auditorium within an existing Grade II listed barn conversion to improve space capacity and storage space. Features for the project include new tiered seating and provision of a mezzanine. Elementa’s work includes all mechanical and electrical design consultancy and CFD modelling. The project has presented many challenges to overcome including the relocation of a partition which resulted in significantly reduced plant area to accommodate the extensive ventilation plant required to cater for the proposed 160 occupants. In addition, the grade II listed status meant that we had to design the system around the existing external louvre penetrations and extensive oak roof timbers. These challenges needed to be addressed whilst also ensuring a noise rating of NR25 was maintained. We were able to address these challenges by bespoke plant selections and extensive detailed coordination.
The results will mean a comfortable cooled ventilation system that will significantly improve the internal space temperature, improve air distribution and reduced associated noise levels within the auditorium, or an increased number of occupants. Provision of a more flexible and useable space, that will add significant value to this private school.
We have been able to display innovation by undertaking extensive thermal modelling works (CFD analysis) carried out to demonstrate the implications in terms of internal space temperature, based on the provision of a ‘fresh air only’ ventilation system (option1) and the provision of a ‘comfort cooled’ ventilation system (option 2). This enabled St. Hugh’s School to make an informed decision on whether or not the additional costs of comfort cooling would add justifiable value.
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Holy Trinity Residence Location: London Client: Bellways Construction Architect: Consarc Design Group Project Size: circa ÂŁ4 million Heritage: Grade II Listed
This challenging project entails the development and refurbishment of a high class listed property to residential use. Elementa have a clear understanding of the design issues associated with listed buildings and have worked sympathetically with heritage features to create 20 luxury apartments and one gate house residence. The building was previously used as both a convent and school which presented the challenge of integrating a scheme to allow residential dwellings to be formulated in the property. Elementa are providing complete mechanical, electrical, public health design for the development. The challenges surrounding the building services element of the refurbishment are integrating the services into a heritage site without comprising external fetaures. Routing and distribution were key to operational success, basing the scheme around a district centralised boiler and CHP system which allows non intrusive impact.
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Previously unknown features are regularly discovered through survey, during strip out and in construction. Trust and effective communication with our client and across the project team were essential to effectively respond to issues as they emerged. For Glossop maintaining momentum was critical: “We made sure we always had the right people on site so that ‘on the spot’ decisions could be made for any unforeseen turn of events” – these were not in short supply. The discovery of hidden marble mosaics and boarded up bathrooms presented opportunities for preservation and restoration. But layer upon layer of old pipes and wiring also needed to be unpicked, replaced and rerouted. Wherever possible we harnessed existing infrastructure such as covered up old chimneys to reroute service pipes and wiring. The project not only safeguarded the hotel’s architectural heritage but also significantly lowered its ongoing environmental footprint. All rooms were fitted with smart, user-triggered, and energy efficient power, heating and ventilation systems. LED lighting was installed and secondary glazing fitted to the original windows. Additional insulation was added where refurbishment provided an opportunity to improve thermal efficiency of the building envelope.
Kimpton Fitzroy London Location: Central London Client: Starwood Capital Group Architect: EPR Architects Project Manager: Tower 8 Project Size: £85 million Heritage: Grade II Listed The Russell Hotel opened in 1900 to the designs of architect Charles Fitzroy Doll, boasting a restaurant identical in design to the dining room on the RMS Titanic. As one of London’s original “Grande Dame” hotels, the Kimpton Fitzroy – as it is now known - is steeped in history. With deep expertise working with heritage assets Elementa were ideally placed to reveal and repurpose its listed fabric to accommodate modern building services. Our brief was to recreate the grandeur and beauty of the original hotel without compromising its character, or incurring excessive costs. “We treated the budget as if it was our own money”, says lead engineer and Principal, Dave Glossop, “If a specific system would last for many more years, we left it in place. Everything else we replaced.” This could only be determined by extensive surveys from our most experienced engineers. Their analysis of the performance of the existing installations was essential in deciding which systems could be retained, at time requiring overnight investigations.
Was the pain of threading modern mechanical, electrical and water systems throughout the building worth it? “Absolutely” beams Glossop. “I’m very proud of it. The drama and sleepless nights have been long forgotten - I look back now and think: ‘wow, that was awesome, we did that’.” vEighty-five million pounds, two years, and over a thousand architects, designers, builders, carpenters and craftspeople came together to breathe life back into this London landmark. The Kimpton Fitzroy is finally restored to the opulent grandeur of its early years, delivering a guest experience that now meets the demands of the 21st century.
This commitment was to prove invaluable. Our team uncovered significant temperature control issues in the plant area within the hotel’s existing central courtyard. Using computational fluid dynamics to model air circulation and heat dissipation we quickly identified the root cause. Our new configuration of plant not only solved the problem, but also freed up space to create a new garden terrace at the heart of the hotel. Working with listed buildings is an inherently unpredictable endeavour.
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Mumsford Flour Mill Location: Greenwich Client: CYZ Ltd Contractor: UCM Ltd Architect: CYZ Ltd Project Size: £7.5 million Heritage: Victorian Flour Mill This project comprised the conversion and refurbishment of a former Victorian Flour Mill to create 36 luxury, contemporary apartments with concierge facilities and video door access. The services designs covered the electrical, lifts, mechanical and public health installations encompassing items such as fire fighting services, pre-wired for home entertainment systems and terrace located hot tubs. Elementa’s work on this project included all mechanical, electrical and public health design incorporating comfort cooling and contemporary radiator and heating services, energy efficient lighting compliant with Part L and independent electrical services to each apartment. Integrated cabling for home entertainment systems & plasma screen technology was also provided.
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Northumberland House Location: London Client: Masterworks Development Corporation Contractor: Costain Architect: Robert Hutson Associates Project Size: £30 million Heritage: Grade II* Listed Situated on Northumberland Avenue in London, this project involved the transformation and restoration of the Grade II* listed Northumberland House into a modern business hotel and student accommodation. The project entailed adding 15 new stories over three separate wings. The building was built in 1878 as the Hotel Victoria and was occupied by the MOD for the last 60 years. The hotel comprises a 260 room Club QuartersTM hotel, 380 bed student accommodation for the London School of Economics and a separate restaurant, banqueting and conference facility. Elementa provided full mechanical, electrical & public health design, together with energy & sustainability strategies and options appraisals. The challenge was to integrate modern services in a commercially viable way. Across all elements of the project the client was keen to reduce energy wastage & future operating costs whilst keeping the cost of installation on-budget. Existing air-conditioning & ventilation systems were carefully reviewed & upgraded with modern technology as part of the new scheme. This delivered a saving in embodied energy as well as in installation cost. Elementa’s design scheme also delivered a number of simple and practical energy reduction measures. These included: improved air tightness, use of the Whitehall district heating system & effective easy-to-use control systems throughout the building. These measures helped to deliver energy usage well below the benchmark for a hotel of this size.
Innovative solutions were developed in order to retain original features and install a mix of pod and on site fabricated bathrooms and risers to maximise lettable area. This development highlights Elementa’s practical approach to energy and sustainability, the outcome being an exemplary energy performing building. Due to its nature and working with a grade II* listed interior, the location, routing and distribution of services were key to the operational success of the project. It was necessary to work within some tight environmental constraints due to the restrictions of the site but by working with the Victorian ventilation design principles, a neat solution has been provided to give comfortable conditions with the least visual impact on the superb interior spaces and that only operates when required.
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Savoy House Location: London Client: The Savoy Project Manager: Evolve Energy Contractor: Evolve Energy Project Size: ÂŁcirca 2 Million Heritage: Grade II Listed A London landmark refurbishment which Elementa had the pleasure of taking a principle role in. Elementa provided the design and coordination consultancy for the buildings primary services refurbishment including; boilers, central hot water services, combined heat and power (CHP), low voltage and high voltage infrastructure, the emergency generator installation and all the associated ventilation equipment. We worked closely with the client to integrate a 1000kVA generator set, 500kWe CHP unit and 4 Mega Watts of boiler plant, along with the associated electrical infrastructure all at basement minus three level. This posed some complex ventilation and therefore coordination challenges to allow us to serve the needs of this large centralised plant without direct access to external fresh air. Our proposals reduced the required boiler house footprint to a quarter of the previously installed steam plant, increasing lettable floor area, as well as providing a large increase in system efficiency. This in combination with the new CHP unit will allow the Savoy to operate at modern day sustainable performance standards for years to come and the benefit of much reduced running costs.
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61 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 42 Kingsway Location: London Client: Masterworks Architect: Robert Hutson Architects Contractor: Mulalley Project Size: £15 million Heritage: Grade II (+ Grade ii *) Listed Sitting between Holborn and Kingsway within the heart of London this project provides the area with a multitude of uses. Housed within its Grade II and II* envelope and interiors (which include Lutyens features) we have incorporated a London School of Economics lecture theatre, 5 luxury apartments, 8000 ft² of restaurant, 1450 sqft of prime retail space, 4 commercial office lets and a 157 bed hotel. The key challenge on this project was to delicately integrate all the usage requirements into a complex heritage building which include 3 basements. We used our multitude of varying sector experience to tackle this complex building. With an over-arching aim of maintaining the integrity of the building and its place in the local environment we focused on making sure we maximised what the building had to offer. 3 stories were unobtrusively added to the building and an additional basement level was included. This required extremely careful coordination due to restricted ceiling heights and 3D BIM was fully utilised to aid coordination. Added value items include: Maximisation of usable floor area, robust and economic application of Section 20, use of BIM to integrate additional stories, Energy and CO2 compliance by sympathetic envelope upgrades and micro CHP, integration of a transformer at basement minus 3, minimising and being flexible with required plant spaces and single stair mechanical smoke extract design increasing room count.
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Sofitel Hotel St. James Location: London Client: MWB / Accor Contractor: YJL Architect: RHWL Project Size: £25 million Heritage: Grade II Listed The Sofitel St. James is a 186 bed luxury hotel situated in the cultural heart of London. The project required the conversion and extension of the historic, grade II listed, former headquarters of Cox and Kings Bank into a six storey, 186 bed, luxury hotel. The hotel includes a 100 cover gourmet restaurant run by the world renowned Chef Albert Roux, adaptable conference and function suite and health and fitness centre. The conversion and extension included 2 basement levels and a new mezzanine floor was added between the ground and first floors. Elementa’s work on this project included provision of all mechanical and electrical services (including full air conditioning with very high acoustic limitations) and multi-scene programmable feature lighting. Across all the engineering services we delivered, we worked closely with the interior designer and team and sought to match high end aesthetic considerations with the strong functionality, energy efficiency and flexibility required in a contemporary business environment.
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Marriott Park Lane Location: London Client: MWBl Interior: Richmond International Architect: RHWL Project Size: £30 million Heritage: Grade II* Listed This project involved the development of an existing residential building in London’s world renowned Park Lane into a 157 room, 5 star Marriott Hotel. Work on this project included mechanical and electrical design for the main hotel and 18 luxury serviced apartments. Key features included building services engineering for a fitness centre and leisure pool (located in the basement), high end acoustic specification and service design for the hotels extensive restaurant and kitchens. As with all projects of the scale and standard, meticulous preparation, attention to detail and exemplary project management were the key to successful delivery and all within a grade II* listed building.
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Crowne Plaza Heythrop Park Location: Oxfordshire Client: Firoka Contractor: Galliford Try Architect: Aukett Fitzroy Robinson Project Size: Circa ÂŁ40 million Heritage: Grade II Listed The project involves the refurbishment and extension of a Grade II listed building into a 175 bed 4-5 star Crowne Plaza Hotel and conference facility complete with leisure spa and golf course. Our work on this project included the provision of all mechanical and electrical services design, planning submissions, public health design, energy and sustainability, budget cost advice and energy strategies. Elementa worked very closely with the client, architects and design team in order to facilitate an energy efficient building and achieve the brand vision without compromising the historically listed aesthetics. Elementa provided feasibility advice for a centralised site wide biomass faculty for future consideration providing significant savings and less than four year payback when compared to the oil currently used.
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St Johns College Oxford Belsyre Court
Architectural History The site, part of the St. John’s College North Oxford estate, was first considered for a theatre. In 1932, a mixed-development scheme of shops, offices, and flats, was selected. An initial design by J. C. Leeds was rejected. The final block was designed by Ernest R. Barrow and built in 1936. Belsyre Court was the first large block of flats in Oxford. It was built of brick in a Jacobethan style. The building was Grade II listed in 2008.
Location: Oxford Client: St. John’s College Architect: Verity & Beverley Project Size: £4 Million Heritage: Grade II Listed
We are undertaking the complete design of the mechanical, electrical and public health services from RIBA stages 2 – 4 for the refurbishment of luxury apartments and offices facilities within this prestigious Grade II Listed building in the heart of Oxford. The contraction value is anticipated to be in the region of £4M. The key objectives of the project include; creating attractive and welcoming circulation spaces that reflect the character of the building, providing efficient heating systems that are value for money and upgrading the status of Belysre Court with modern flats in line with contemporary living. Our duties include the full range of building services design, working to our brief which requires modern, cost effective and sustainable solutions. Most notably of which is the removal of the antiquated existing communal oil fired heating system and replacement with individual extremely high efficiency condensing gas boilers. The project is being undertaken in occupation and a complex programme to minimise inconvenience and disruption to tenants has been devised. Elementa have been working closely with the Architects, Verity & Beverley to ensure the integrity of this significant building is not compromised in any way whilst offering St. John’s the most modern and contemporary solutions for their tenants who include some of the Colleges most senior professors and fellows.
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06. Biographies Brian Goldsmith MIET FCIBSE Fitwel Ambassador Managing Principal, London, UK Brian joined Elementa as a Principal in July 2013 to lead our Commercial s e c tor of fer. B r ian has over 28 year s of e x p er ience wor k ing on leading commercial, residential and mixed use projec t s. Within the commercial sec tor Brian has carried out many Lease Negotiations for end user clients, understands how to secure the necessar y provisions and have these recorded af fec tively within legal documentation. Brian has s trong leadership skills, he uses a methodical approach to ensure that high qualit y schemes are delivered within the client ’s budget and programme. Brian has excellent communication skills and is able to translate complex building ser vices s ys tems into layman’s terms for client s and professional teams. Within Elementa Brian is the Principal sponsor of our Graduate and Trainee scheme and enjoys developing our talented s taf f to their full potential.
Carl McKenzie Eurlng CEng MAPM FIHEEM MCIBSE Principal, London, UK Carl is a highly skilled engineer with out s tanding sus tainable k n o w l e d ge a n d e x te n s i v e e x p e r i e n c e o f d e l i v e r i n g ‘ h i g h e n d ’ engineering /technolog y ’ projec ts within the UK , Middle East and India. Carl is responsible for client relationship liaison, s trategic planning and det ailed development of complex built env ironment schemes. Carl ’s vas t years’ experience within projec t management and deliver y set him as a s trong , ef fec ti ve communic ator and proac ti ve leader, guiding our team to prov ide succes s f ul large scale projec t s. Carl ’s broad pas t experience within the Middle Eas t and India makes him one of our international specialis t s with par ticular knowledge within the healthcare and life-sciences sec tor.
Ed Garrod MBA MA(Cantab) MPhil DipArch LEED AP Fitwel Ambassador Principal, London, UK Ed is an inf luential sus tainabilit y s trategis t and environmental design consul t an t w h os e p as sion lie s in de vel oping comp elling v isions and innov at i ve desig n resp ons es for major proje c t s in t he buil t environment. Ed joined Elementa in March 2014 to focus on growing their international workload and fur ther s treng then their capabilities in environmental analysis and sustainable design consultanc y. Edward was Co -founder, and equit y direc tor of PH A Consult , a sus t ainable de sig n an d env ironm en t al eng in e er ing con sul t an c y a cquire d b y F os ter + Par tners in 2011. Before joining Elementa, Ed was Par tner and Deput y Group Leader for Environmental Engineering at Fos ter + Par tners – providing sustainabilit y strateg y for international projec t s, and direc tion of CSER initiatives.
Rob Harris BEng (Hons) CEng MCIBSE MSc Fitwel Ambassador Principal, London, UK Rob is a qualif ied mechanical engineer with over a decade’s e xper ience in building ser v ices desig n , coordination and projec t management. He is a sk illed communicator, creating good work ing relationships with client s and contrac tors alike and is used to leading large teams of engineers. Rob joined Elementa in 2002 and embodies our progressive approach to training , engineering design and projec t ow ner ship, company leader ship, per sonal development as well as business ownership. His inclusive and immersive career path within Elementa is an ethos that he continues to pass on to the team today. A s a Low C ar b on Consul t ant , licens e d B R EE A M A s s es s or, w i t h a mas ters in building ser vices engineering and management, he has a broad k nowledge of building t y pes, sus t ainable technologies, their implementation and the abilit y to work across disciplines to deliver fully integrated coordinated designs.
Simon Ebbatson BEng (Hons) CEng FCIBSE Fitwel Ambassador Principal, London, UK Simon has over 20 year s pos t g raduate exper ience as a building ser vices engineer in the construc tion industr y. Simon joined Elementa in 20 02 before subsequentl y qualif y ing as a Char tered Engineer in 2003. Believ ing logic al think ing and ef fec ti ve communic ation to be mos t i m p o r t a n t to p ro j e c t s u cce s s , S i m o n e n d e a v o u r s to p ro v i d e a personable and proac tive level of ser vice. A s a qualif ied Low Carbon Consul t ant , Simon is par ticular l y interes ted in the desig n of low environmental impac t buildings and their interac tion with occupant s. W i thin Element a, Simon is responsible for leading the companies technical development and qualit y s ys tems.
David Glossop BEng (Hons) MCIBSE Fitwel Ambassador Principal, London, UK Dav id is a prac t ic all y minde d , s el f mot i v ate d indi v idual show ing s treng th of leader ship by ensuring the ef fec ti ve deli ver y of t ask s through his team. He adopt s a hands- on s t y le within coaching and developing indi v iduals to contribute to the overall per formance of the team to achieve their goals. He brings this inclusive management approach to his engineering projec t management. He is anal y tic al in proces s with the abilit y to make s trategic decisions in line with business strateg y. David has breadth and depth of knowledge within a wide variet y of areas including leisure, hotels, residential, commercial and education sec tors worldwide. David is key lead and inf luence in Elementa’s London Of f ice and has proved to be a valued key member of the company. He dri ves projec t s proac ti vel y, ensuring timelines and budget s are met and has a depth of sus t ainable k now ledge, specif ically passivhaus.
Graham Margetts HND (Diploma Environmental Engineering) CIBSE Low Carbon Consultant Principal, Ox ford, UK Graham has spent over 30 years as a building ser vices engineer and is a regis tered CIBSE Low Carbon Consultant. Graham is our healthcare and science / technolog y lead and has an unrivalled knowledge of systems within this capacit y. He has exper tise i n a l l a rea s of h ea l t h a n d s c i e n ce / te c h n o l o g y s e c to r i n c l u d i ng specialis t laboratories and highly complex operating theatres where contamination issues are critical. Graham is a highl y respec ted team player who has a great deal of e x p er ience r unning mul t idis ciplinar y teams . His s t reng t hs lie in hands- on projec t management ; commercial awareness, client focus and in his commitment to success ful projec t deliver y.
Nathan Millar Principal, Sus tainabilit y, London, UK Nathan prov ides specialis t env ironmental design and sus tainabilit y consul t anc y for projec t s around the globe. His broad exper ience within the sus tainable design processes, makes him a key champion in the deliver y of our projec t s. W i t h e n v iro n m e n t a l e x p e r i e n ce b o t h in t h e p ub li c a n d p r i v a te sec tor s , he joined Element a from F os ter + Par tner s , where he led the development of sus tainabilit y and environmental s trategies on a variet y of projec t s, along with projec t management and coordination as par t of a multi- disciplinar y design on projec t s around the globe. Nathan’s experience in both architec ture, environmental design, and sus tainable planning makes in an invaluable resource. A n ef fec ti ve communicator, he is able to unders tand the needs and requirement s of client s and s t akeholders, prov iding ef fec ti ve responses that are simple to unders tand.
Michel Wizenberg BEng (Hons), MIFireE Principal, Head of Fire Engineering , London, UK Michel is a highly experienced and technically advanced f ire engineer, w ho ac t s as Element a ’s head of f ire eng ineer ing. Michel ’s s trong communic ation sk ills allow s him to ef fec ti vel y and ef f icientl y co o rd i n a te b e t w e e n p ro j e c t tea m s a n d s t a ke h o l d e r s i n o rd e r to unders tand both aspirations and prac tical requirement s of projec t s. When work ing on specif ic projec t s Michel ’s role is to env isage and p re p a re F i re En g i n e e r i n g s o l u t i o n s ( i n c l u d i n g C F D, e v a c u a t i o n s trategies and f ire protec tion solutions) and to provide advice on f ire safet y arrangement s in building. He is responsible for all s tages of the f ire engineering design from the initial client cont ac t , through the tendering phase, across the cons truc tion as well as the ongoing management and maintenance of the f ire safet y s ys tems and passive f ire protec tion of a building.
07. Clients ADP Architects Allied World Assurance Company Architype Balfour Beatty BAM Construction Bouygues CBRE Curl La Tourelle Currie & Brown Cushman & Wakefield DNB ASA Bank E C Harris Entertainment One Frimley Park Hospital NHS FT Galliford Try GB Partnerships German School Association Girls’ Day School Trust Gloucestershire NHS FT
GolDev Graham Construction Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS FT Hampshire County Council Harrow School Imperial College Interserve ISG Jones Lang LaSalle Kings College London Kingston University Knight Frank Legal & General Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust London Borough of Lambeth London Borough of Richmond MACE Marriott McLaren
MEPC Merlin Magic Making Mid Counties Co-operative Morgan Sindall Osborne Overbury Peabody Pringle Brandon Perkins + Will Quadrant Estates Re-format Retirement Villages Sheppard Robsonco Standard Life Starwood Capital Group St Antony’s College Estates The University of Nottingham Unilever Willmott Dixon Wilson Mason
Awards Project
Award
Year
Boden
BCO National Awards (Shortlisted)
2019
Boden
Design Week Award in the ‘Workplace interiors’ category
2019
Boden
Regional BCO London Award ‘Recycled / Refurbished Workplace’ (Winner)
2019
Clara Bagenal George
Inaugural Engineer of the Year award (Winner)
2019
Confidential Tech Client
CIBSE Building Performance Awards - International Project (Shortlisted)
2019
CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2019
Building Performance Consultancy of the Year - up to 100 employees (Shortlisted)
2019
CIBSE Young Engineer Awards
Winner: Employer of the Year (51-300 employees) and Overall
2018
Boden HQ
Architects Journal Retrofit Awards (Shortlisted)
2018
ASOS Leavesden Contact Centre
BCO Midlands and Central England Awards (Winner)
2018
Building Awards
Engineering Consultant of the Year (Shortlisted)
2018
CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2018
Building Performance Consultancy of the Year - up to 100 employees (Winner)
2018
Pomona College Millikan Laboratory & Andrew Science Hall, USA
CIBSE Building Performance Awards - International Project (Winner)
2018
CIBSE Young Engineer Awards 2017
Employer of the Year - 51-300 employees (Winner)
2017
CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2018
Performance Consultancy of the Year - up to 100 employees (Shortlisted)
2017
DPR Net Positive Energy San Francisco Office, USA
CIBSE Building Performance Awards (Winner: International Project)
2017
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