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movies, digital signage, telepresence, cloud computing, building management services and many more applications and services. This state-of-the-art communications
infrastructure will pave the way for MediaCityUK to become one of the most digitally advanced communities in the world. With speeds of up to 10 Gigabits available on the new purpose-built network, this partnership will provide one of the most advanced communications infrastructures of its kind, tailored to meet the specialist needs of the local media community, which demand higher bandwidth in order to thrive during this exciting digital era. It also further demonstrates Greater Manchester’s commitment to driving innovation and enterprise across the region PM-Select: I understand that you have recently won recognition from BRE Global for your development. Can you explain
The BBC will be moving around 2,500 staff to MediaCityUK from 2011. The University of Salford is creating a new higher education campus here, designed to accommodate around 700 students and staff.
what this was for? Bryan Gray: In September 2009, MediaCityUK became the first scheme in the world to become a BREEAM approved sustainable community by incorporating leading edge technology into this £500 million development – this is testament to Peel’s commitment to achieving very high levels of sustainability on the development. Phase I has incorporated many features to meet the BREEAM criteria, in particular using its greatest asset – water from the Manchester Ship Canal – to power, heat and cool the buildings on the 36-acre site. Buildings including the 216-bed-hotel and the seven HD and two audio studios will benefit from the use of a combined heat and power plant energy system known as Tri-Gen, which has many benefits
including reducing CO2 emissions. Media and creative companies are
typically heavy users of power and, in
particular, air-conditioning and cooling, so we wanted to incorporate techniques to make MediaCityUK as sustainable as possible. MediaCityUK gained credit under the Climate and Energy category of BREEAM Communities through the use of a tri-generation energy system. In comparison to a conventional approach where boilers and chillers are located in each building, the Tri-gen scheme provides a number of benefits including cost-saving phased installation, flexible operation and maintenance, adaptability for future proofing and changes in fuel sources. Sustainability goes much further than
this, however. It is all about people and their lifestyle. We need to encourage them to travel to work in a more environmentally friendly way and despite our having constructed the multi-storey car park on-site, we are doing everything we can to get people to use public transport, to cycle or to walk. In addition, by providing as many amenities as possible on site – supermarket, bars, cafés, restaurants, shops and medical facilities etc – we want to encourage them to treat this as a modern city. We are putting in new cycle ways,
cycle crèches and cycle stores. We have created a walkway into Castlefields in Manchester and we have set up bus routes to link the city to Salford and to the main university campus. We have
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