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Queens Market, Newham
Client: St Modwen Properties plc
Role: Sustainability and Energy Consultants
Value: £72m
This mixed use scheme replaces an existing market with the provision of 46 retail units covering an area of 5,900m², a 2,000m² library and local service centre, and 350 residential units.
The residential element ranges from four bed terraced houses to one and two bed flats in blocks above the market area, and a 31 storey tower on the north east edge of the site.
A detailed site wide sustainability strategy in London with the GLA’s London Plan will enable us to develop the design to achieve a minimum Level 3* - 4* based on the Code for Sustainable Homes. The retail units will be designed to achieve BREEAM Very Good.
We are targeting to achieve over 15% reduction in CO2 emissions through energy efficiency as well as 50% reduction in CO2 emissions from the incorporation of CHP to serve all uses on the site. PV panels on the tower and terraced housing will provide a further 2.5% CO2 offset.
Our design makes use of an innovative waste management strategy that will see organic waste from the market being fed into an on-site composting facility, which will divert the 4,000 tonnes of weekly waste from landfall by reducing its quantity down to 10% and re-using it on local allotments.
Green roofs on some residential blocks will enhance biodiversity and provide rainwater attenuation and improve energy efficiency whilst reducing the urban heat island effect. Generous open green space above the market provides good amenity space for residents.
