The 11-storey building at 6 Pancras Square, London, includes two large roof terraces and 31,500sqm of office space with retail on the street level. The developers committed themselves to meet the highest sustainability targets.
The requirement
A BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating was required for the office building. The architect paid particular attention to glare and solar gain reduction in order to meet the BREEAM criteria. They also recognised the importance of maintaining a view to the outside from all elevations to improve staff health and wellbeing.
The solution
The use of window blinds for glare control contributes one credit under BREEAM 2008 in the Health & Wellbeing category. A thermal modelling study proved that Verosol’s high performance 205 SilverScreen metallised screen fabric with 4% openness returned the optimum shading coefficient. Use of this fabric contributed an extra BREEAM credit related to thermal comfort in the Health & Wellbeing category.
Project details
Project: 6 Pancras Square, London
Floors: 11
Floor area: 31,500m²
BREEAM Rating: Excellent
Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
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- Ambience Multi-Link Roller Blind
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Featured Fabric: 205 SilverScreen 4%
