Camouflage green
With its sweeping green roof, this hempcrete warehouse and customer service centre for brewer Adnams nestles into the surrounding landscape. It sets a gold standard for the F&B industry – treading gently on the earth.
📍Location
Suffolk, UK
🏢Building Details
Completed 2006: one of the 1st BREEAM Excellent industrial buildings
Primary site for Adnams brewery Warehousing & Distribution, Customer Services, and Cellar Services
47,400 sq ft
David Alsop Sustainability Award 2007
👷🏾♀️Contractor
Haymills Construction Ltd
✍️Architects & Engineers
Luke Schuberth, Managing Director @ Aukett Swanke
🌱Sustainability
UK’s largest green sedum roof upon completion (0.6 hectares or 1/3 football pitch)
Energy savings = £50,000+ per annum due to high thermal performance of roof, regulating temperatures all year round
Hempcrete construction (lime + hemp) means 150 tonnes of CO2 is sequestered in walls (comparable brick + mortar construction produces up to 600 tonnes)
Works with SmartestEnergy to purchase 100% renewables and offset 25% of Scope 1 and 2 emissions
Golpla carpark paving: reinforced grass surface made from low-density recycled plastic minimises concrete, provides natural draining, and prevents erosion
🥦 Wellbeing
Green roof filters out pollutants and improves local air quality
Clerestory windows and roof lights provide ample natural light
Relocation from cramped site in central Southwold significantly reduces employees commute and saves approx. 60 HGV journeys a day – reducing local congestion and noise pollution
🎈Bonus feature
They have their own beekeeper, Steve Barret. Steve cares for around 1 million bees on-site – forming the Suffolk coast bee corridor. And if that isn’t enough, the hives are painted to resemble bathing huts. Sustainability with a buzz.
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