Power On has been awarded the contract to design and build the communal heat network and Community Heat Hub for The Green Quarter in Southall, West London. The Green Quarter is a pivotal development in terms of the measures taken to reduce its carbon footprint and to meet new regulations.
Power On’s low carbon solution will provide a Community Heat Hub for the Quarter Yards phase, which includes 1,270 new homes. It will also supply 1,268 existing plots, thus supplying 2,538 homes in total. While heat hubs are conventionally built in the basement of high-rise buildings, at The Green Quarter, Power On will be constructing a modern purpose-built standalone plantroom that will house the four heat pumps that will heat this phase of the development. Unusually, this is a modular structure, pre-built in the UK. This is a new concept, which will significantly reduce onsite build duration and was one of the factors that made Power On stand out to the developer, Berkeley Group.
Plug and play solution
The modular approach allows for rapid installation, with around 18 weeks to complete the energy centre, compared to 35 to 40 weeks for a traditional fit out. Power On will take full responsibility for the design and build of the Community Heat Hub, along with the installation of over 1.7km of pipework, up to the building connection.
The Community Heat Hub will arrive as a fully modularised fit out, manufactured for quick on-site assembly.
Alex Randall, Business Lead for Sustainable Heat at Power On said:“The Community Heat Hub is essentially ‘plug-and-play’. Whilst this is relatively common for low-rise, low-density developments, it is a new concept in the UK market to use modular Community Heat Hubs for high-rise. I believe Power On is the only company actively installing them.”
The Green Quarter
The Green Quarter is the most recent milestone in the expanding relationship between Power On and Berkeley Group. Having already adopted the utilities networks and a heat centre for Oval Village, the 1,374-home development overlooking The Oval cricket ground, Power On is looking to continue this partnership with Berkeley Group with plans for further Community Heat Hubs and network adoptions.
Xander du Plessis, Development Director at Berkeley Group, says: “Delivering low-carbon heat at the scale required for a development like The Green Quarter demands innovative thinking and trusted delivery partners. As we continue to deliver fantastic new homes for our customers, approaches like this will play an increasingly important role in helping us build efficiently while meeting evolving environmental standards.”
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