CR4Incorporate sustainability aspects into the new Railway North Multi Storey Car Park (MSCP)

Similar to all the other Regeneration Projects - "Sustainability" has been one of the key considerations from the start of the MSCP project. Substituting the existing Railway North surface car park, it increases the number of parking spaces near the station to 622 bays and improves the general transport link. The sustainable measures during construction and sustainable features of the building include:

• Lightweight structure foundations to minimise the use of carbon intense concrete for reinforcement
• Use of steel and prefabricated items to reduce operation time and waste on site
• Optimising fleet management for material and waste transport to reduce the amount of transport movement, hence less air and noise pollution
• Open sided design to maximise natural ventilation and to avoid mechanical ventilation
• Motion detectors and dimmable LEDs that reduces unnecessary lighting and light pollution
• Solar panel and battery system to power basic demand of the car park such as lighting

The life cycle impact assessment had been undertaken to calculate the embodied carbon of the MSCP during the service life (assumed to be 60 years). The MSCP has an Embodied Carbon Benchmark Grade A owning to all the sustainability measures.

Above images credited to Chris Winter Photography and Huber.