Category: Student Accommodation

Princess Road East, Leicester

Architect:MAS Architecture

Project Manager: MDA Consulting

New build 110 bed student accommodation block in the vicinity of University of Leicester.

The project was the winner of ProCon Leicester Awards for the large residential project of the year 2018 category.

The scheme incorporates energy-saving technology, including high efficiency heat recovery ventilation systems, air source heat pumps for hot water pre-heating, and solar PV panels.

Duties: Full detail design client-side with later novation to the contractor.

Dover Street, Leicester

Architect: Staniforth Architects

Project Manager: MDA Consulting

New build, student development, consisting of 135 multi-bed student units spread over two blocks in Leicester city centre. One block each with frontage on Dover Street and York Street. The hot water design was based around air source heat pumps and central gas fired plant to allow the building to be electrically heated whilst still being compliant with Part L2A.

Underground private services routed between the single plant and the remotely served apartment block were design challenges, but a close working design team has delivered a coordinated solution to this site’s unique challenges.

Duties: Full detail design of M&E services including site inspections, thermal modelling, SBEM and EPC.

Derby Road, Nottingham

Architect: Cleveley King Architects

Project Manager: MPP

New build mixed use development in the heart of the Canning Circus area of Nottingham. The development is for retail/commercial use at ground floor facing onto Derby Road with student accommodation in the form of studios across the five floors above. The new building respects the form, scale and massing of the adjacent historical buildings and adopts a balanced rhythm to the rooflines and steep incline of Derby Road.

The Building Services design centred around electric heating and hot water provided by air source heat pumps. The ventilation employs acoustic attenuator passive ventilators to achieve the acoustic performance whilst considering mitigation of summer overheating using thermal modelling.

Duties: Full detail design to Stage 4, including site monitoring, SBEM, summer overheating assessments and EPCs.

Summerfield Street, Sheffield

Client: Abode Hallam Limited

New build private residential apartments in the heart of Sheffield. The project funders insisted upon an electrically heated building, which was incredibly difficult to achieve.  The final solution incorporated very high-efficiency photovoltaic panels, very high-efficiency heat recovery ventilation, low loss hot water cylinders and exceptionally low U values such as 0.85 for triple glazed windows.

Duties: Concept Stage 3 design, including thermal modelling and dynamic simulations to prove compliance.

YOHO Student Accommodation, Leicester

Architect: rg+p Ltd

Project Manager: MDA Leicester

Contractor: JA Ball

New build student accommodation development consisting of around 135 studio apartments. The hot water design employs air source heat pumps and central gas fired water heating to allow the building to use electric heating whilst still being compliant with Building Regulations for energy conservation.

CIBSE TM59 overheating modelling was utilised to design ventilation to unsure the building did not overheat as window openings were restricted.

Duties: Full detail design to RIBA Stage 7 including site monitoring, SBEM and EPCs.

Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham

Contractor: EME Installations

New build student development consisting of around 120 student units. The hot water design was based around CHP and central gas fired plant. This allows the building to be electrically heated whilst still being compliant with Part L2A. Ventilation systems are designed around central heat recovery units with constant pressure controls to allow apartment ventilation to work in a constant trickle with boost function when cooking or using sanitary accommodation.

Duties: Full detail design, including site monitoring, SBEM, thermal modelling and EPC.

Canning Circus, Nottingham

Architect: Staniforth Architects

Project Manager: MDA Consulting

A new build, nine storey, 103 bed student accommodation scheme on a gateway site to Nottingham city centre. This was a complex site where due to strict planning criterial internal acoustic levels and air quality needed careful consideration. BEC provided full M&E design services for installation by the M&E services contractor. The scope included, but not limited to, design of the main heating plant and distribution, apartment ventilation, smoke ventilation, domestic water services, lighting and small power and external services.

Duties: Full detail design.

Newarke Street, Leicester

Part new build and part conversion, the development consists of around 300 student units. The design centred around electric heating and hot water whilst maintaining a high level of energy efficiency with a very thermally efficient building.

The addition of photovoltaic (PV) cells on the roof further enhanced the efficiency and made steps towards Leicester City Council’s renewables targets.

The new build element of the site, which was a Fusion pre-fabricated structure, proved a challenge to design around but turned out to be an excellent efficient solution.

Duties: Full detail design, including site monitoring, SAP and EPCs.

Lillie House, Phase II, Leicester

Architect: WSM Acanthus Architects

Project Manager: MDA Leicester

Contractor: JA Ball

New build student development which consists of around 140 student units. The hot water design was based around air source heat pumps and central gas fired plant to allow the building to be electrically heated whilst still being compliant with Part L2A.

Duties: Full detail design including site monitoring, SBEM, thermal modelling, and EPC.