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released of CPMG Nottingham
bioscience facility
Images released by The Conygar Investment Company – the developer behind Nottingham’s The Island Quarter development – showcase what the scheme’s next phase, a new bioscience facility, could look like.
Designed by CPMG Architects, the plans include 245,000 ft2 of fl exible research and laboratory space, across two buildings that will be connected by a glazed link at upper levels and provide a mixture of laboratory, offi ce and meeting spaces. Proposals were submitted to Nottingham City Council in December and, if approved, will see the facility “boost the city’s reputation as the bioscience capital of the UK, acting as an incubator for new and growing businesses within the sector,” said Christopher Ware,
property director at Conygar. The images showcase the facility’s rainwater gardens and medicinal planting as part of the building’s external landscaping, with an “ecology-focused” street that links the latest phase with the rest of The Island Quarter – “echoing the vision for the overall site,” said the developer. The surroundings are “designed to
respond to the emerging wider masterplan, which is being developed in collaboration with the planning authority and is the subject of ongoing community engagement.” These latest proposals will continue the development of the northern edge of the 36-acre development, which also features a 693-bed student accommodation block, due for completion in summer 2024.
Pascall+Watson announces ambitious carbon targets SUSTAINABILITY PLEDGE
Architecture practice Pascall+Watson has announced its sustainability targets, which include a pledge to reduce the company’s emissions by 90% by 2040. Having started 2023 as a “carbon neutral business,” the practice has confi rmed that its carbon targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Pascall+Watson – which has offi ces in London, Dublin, Limerick and Abu Dhabi – has recently signed up to the Carbon Footprint Tree Planting Programme, which will plant 690 trees in London and the south east to offset its emissions. The architects commented: “The planting will predominantly be in school grounds, reserves and managed woodland, where the trees will live their natural lifespan, meet biodiversity targets, provide wildlife habitats and enhance the natural UK landscape.”
The practice has also invested in a new Verifi ed Carbon Standard (VCS)
Phillip Wilson of Pascall+Watson
wind farm project, to generate “clean” electricity through renewable sources which will result in carbon emission reductions each year. The company’s sustainability strategy contains two distinctive strands – “how it will operate sustainably as a business,
and how it will deliver sustainable design goals within its projects.” Pascall + Watson’s in-house Sustainability Leadership Team developed a strategy founded on six sustainability “pillars” – which have been infl uenced by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The practice’s plans and initiatives have all been developed in line with both the UK Government’s commitment to achieving net zero, and the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge. To ensure continued accountability, the practice – which has specialist expertise in the transportation, education, leisure, hospitality, healthcare, retail and workplace sectors – will have its efforts objectively verifi ed by organisations. These bodies include Cundall, a multi- disciplinary consultancy delivering sustainable engineering and design solutions across the built environment, and the British Standards Institute.
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