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The UK’s first Net Zero commercial building.
The Forge is The UK’s first Net Zero commercial building. But it’s not the only place breaking new ground in sustainable construction around these parts. Throughout Bankside, an enlightened and ambitious approach has been adopted to design, develop and manage places to tackle climate change and enhance the health of the environment by achieving targets and going beyond them.
At Landsec, we create places that make a lasting positive contribution to our communities and our planet. This means we design, develop and manage buildings in ways that will enhance the health of our environment and improve quality of life for our people, customers and communities now and for future generations.
The Forge is the UK’s first commercial development designed and built to meet the UK Green Building Council’s net zero carbon definition, covering construction and operation.
CLT
(Cross Laminated Timber)
Timber Square is currently by volume the largest commercial development in the UK using CLT and has the tallest hybrid frame.
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The Forge is the largest scale commercial development in the world be designed and delivered using a Platform approach to Design for Manufacture (P-DfMA), reducing embodied carbon by 39% and winning the British Council for Offices Innovation Award 2024.
All Bankside dev pipeline are targeting embodied carbon of less than 600kgCO2e/sqm which well achieves the GLA’s aspirational benchmark for 2030 (500 – 600kg C02e/sqm GIA).
All electric, powered by air source heat pumps, targeting EPC rating A.
We have 2 x 3-year employability partnerships, with Construction Youth Trust and BounceBack, providing then with annual funding to support school awareness and employability programmes.
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Since 2019, we have supported 481 people towards the world of work through our education and employability partnerships, and have delivered over £500k in social value for the Southwark area.
We have awarded £20,000 of grants funding to small charities in Southwark and will award up to £20,000 again this year.
£205m
It is estimated that Timber Square will generate approximately £205m of social and local economic value throughout its project lifecycle.
