Berkeley Homes Case study
PDF | 544.81KB
A UK Pension Scheme established a collaborative development partnership with Berkeley Homes to construct two multi-storey residential buildings, providing a total of 249 private rental units. The development is located at a former retail park site on St Albans Road in Watford. JLL oversees asset delivery on behalf of the UK Pension Scheme.
Daikin’s Ambient Loop heat pump solution delivers high-efficiency, low carbon domestic hot water and heating for UK Pension Scheme
The UK Pension Scheme is committed to leading the way in delivering world-class sustainability in its developments, to minimise the carbon footprint of its assets and to create genuinely sustainable living spaces where residents and communities can flourish.
The original development proposals, designed to comply with planning permissions, were based on an all-electric system for heating and hot water generation. BWP and JLL engaged jointly with Berkeley Homes in 2019 to explore new highly sustainable and low-carbon technologies to provide the heating, cooling and domestic hot water delivery to the development.
Air Cool Engineering Service & Maintenance Ltd (ACE) was approached by JLL and Berkeley Homes during the first week of the Covid pandemic in 2020, to discuss The Exchange project. Having a long association with both Daikin and Berkeley Homes over many successful developments, ACE’s Kevin McLeod met with Daikin to look at their new Altherma water source (WS) heat pump system coupled with their applied air source heat pumps.
Multi-storey solution
Set in 1.6 acres of green space, The Exchange takes inspiration from the area’s printing and paper industry heritage. Each studio or apartment is equipped with its own Altherma WS heat pump providing domestic hot water, heating, and the possibility of cooling at a later date if required.
The ambient loop system will minimise heat loss throughout the building, keeping running costs low
Bourne Wood Partnership MD, David Kilby
Heating, cooling and domestic hot water on tap
The Central Water Loop will prevent the communal areas and corridors overheating, maintaining a temperature of around 23oC, as water is circulated from the high efficiency reversible heat pumps on the roof at an ambient temperature. The Altherma WS units allow for each property occupant to manage the heating, cooling and domestic hot water to meet their individual requirements via their own metered electricity supply.