CHILLER FIVE PANCRAS SQUARE
OF COOL KING
Camden council can afford to include two public swimming pools and a library in a prestigious new office block in King’s Cross in part because of predicted energy savings of £500,000. An innovative chiller was a key specification in the low-energy design
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he redevelopment of land around King’s Cross station is an object lesson in urban regeneration. With a long way still to go, already the mix of high-
quality offices, elegant squares and restored Victorian warehouses has turned a seedy industrial zone into an uplifting environment. Part of the appeal is the diversity and quality
of tenants being attracted to the site, from Google and Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, to the Art Fund. One 2014 arrival will be the London Borough of Camden’s 22,500 m2
There are two reasons why Camden
can afford such a prestigious building: it is rationalising its property portfolio and selling valuable existing sites in central London; and it estimates the new building will cut its energy bill by £500,000 per year. The new HQ will have a host of passive
Five Pancras
Square, designed by Bennetts Associates, with building services design and sustainability strategy undertaken by Grontmij, on the King’s Cross Central site. As well as 11 floors of offices for council workers, it will feature two swimming pools, a leisure centre, customer service area, café and public library.
features including: exposed thermal mass; optimisation of daylight factors across the occupied floor plate; solar shading, angled to help minimise direct solar gain; and the ability to benefit from night-purging to cool the building naturally. These measures, in conjunction with
an energy-efficient ventilation system and an innovative modular central cooling system, adaptive control methodologies and connection to the King’s Cross Central low carbon district heating network, is predicted to result in carbon emissions 50 per cent lower
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