Heworth Green

At Heworth Green in York we have developed new offices for developer Heworth Green Ventures. The £12 million development offers a total of 60,000 sq ft of Grade A office accommodation with open plan floor plates of 9540 sq ft, some of the largest in the city.

This highly sustainable new building is part of the redevelopment of the former car park and former gas works. The site was heavily contaminated and excavated material was removed to a depth of around 4m from the site, allowing the creation of a large underground car park for the new housing and offices.

Many sustainable features were incorporated into the design including a combined heating and cooling system with an integrated heat recovery system to reduce running costs. In addition, the off site construction method utilised by Tolent Construction for the external walling aimed to reduce the CO2 emissions and speed up the erection process. This also allowed for a highly insulated shell, further reducing energy consumption.