BSP is celebrating the news that Carlton fire station has received an award for being the most sustainable new fire station in the country.
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service’s new £3.2m fire station at Carlton picked up the accolade at the BREEAM 2013 Building Awards.
BSP Consulting was civil and structural engineer for the scheme, which involved demolishing the former fire station and creating a new purpose-built station featuring three appliance bays and associated facilities. The site also has a new five-storey tower with two-storey training building to enable realistic training to be undertaken.
The fire station was awarded a BREEAM excellent rating for its environmental credentials, and has now been named as one of 17 winning buildings at the BREEAM Awards, which were presented at this year’s Ecobuild Conference in London.
The award was presented to the team involved in the project including Nottingham-based Focus Consultants, who designed and project managed the development in Manor Road.
The new station’s green credentials include timber cladding, stone blocks and a ‘green’ sedum roof. It also has energy efficient heating and cooling, low flush toilets and restricted flow rate taps, plus a water treatment and recirculation system in the vehicle wash area to both minimise water usage and the potential for watercourse pollution.
High levels of insulation to the building, coupled with energy efficient heating and cooling, has resulted in a community building delivering key services but with lower operational running costs.
Other ‘green’ features of the development included a travel plan to limit car usage and encourage cycling, with bike spaces and cyclist facilities provided and careful consideration to scheme planting working with an ecologist to maximize wildlife support. A robust site waste management plan was implemented during construction, to keep waste to a minimum through procedures to reduce and recycle, and at least 80% of the waste generated was diverted from landfill.
BSP managing director David Sumner said: “BSP Consulting is delighted to hear of the success of the Carlton Fire Station project in the BREEAM Awards.”
Contractor for the scheme was Bowmer & Kirkland Building Services.
