BREEAM
We are aiming to achieve a BREEAM rating of 'good' to 'excellent' for the Plymouth Life Centre project.
BREEAM is one of the most widely recognised ways of measuring a building's environmental performance. It sets the standard for best practice in sustainable building design, construction and operation.
Assessment criteria relate to a range of features including energy and water use, the internal environment (health and well-being), pollution, transport, materials, waste, ecology and management processes.
Size of scheme
- Total site area - 8.84 hectares
- Gross internal floor area - 18,161 square metres
Function areas
- Pool hall - (ground and first floor spectator seating) - 1,946 square metres
- 'Wet-side' changing, showers and toilets - 841 square metres
- Sports hall and spectator seating - 2,429 square metres
- Dry side changing - 206 square metres
- Climbing area (including aerial experience) - 533 square metres
- Bowls rink - 2,176 square metres
- Multi-purpose area - 642 square metres
- Squash court - 131 square metres
- Fitness suite - 927 square metres
- Dry dive training area - 203 square metres
- Offices and staff rooms - 300 square metres
- Coach education and committee room - 117 square metres
- Ancillary toilet facilities - 174 square metres
- Café - 103 square metres
- Kitchen and servery - 82 square metres
- Plant areas - 3,204 square metres
- Circulation - 1,389 square metres
- Stores - 511 square metres
Predicted energy consumption
This is based on a building area of 14,956 square metres (total without plant areas).
- 290kWh/m2 fossil fuel (gas)
- 510kWh/m2 renewable energy (biomass)
- 267kWh/m2 electricity
- 9m3/person/year water
- 5 per cent predicted water use to be provided by rainwater