Morgan Lovell's' inspired office interior design and consultancy services will transform your office interiors to places your people want to be. Find out how! en-gb sustainable office design has been submitted to Bath council by developer Topland, which could help create up to 200 new jobs in the area.

The Bath Chronicle has reported that plans to demolish a 1960s building - Green Park House - are currently being considered by council officials, with the design for the new office interior space having been shown to the public last October by the firm.

Martyn Stutchbury, a director at Topland's planning agent Scott Brownrigg, told the local paper: "There was universal support for the redevelopment of the existing Green Park House building and the overwhelming majority of people thought our design approach was what Bath needed."

In total, the new building could provide up to 2,634 sq m of office interior space which would be available for rent.

Lucy Pedler, director of the Green Register, recently said that developers must look to incorporate aspects of sustainable office design into their projects when creating new buildings, in order to help meet the government's targets on CO2 emissions reduction.


]]> Morgan Lovell Sustainable office design of the future should focus on the use of solar energy, the National Energy Foundation (NEF) has claimed.

The organisation noted that across the globe, the planet is bombarded with 8,300 times more solar energy is consumed each day and if efforts are made to harness this power, then businesses could significantly boost their sustainable office design credentials.

A spokesperson for the organisation commented: "We have only got to trap one eight-thousandth of that energy and we can supply the whole world's energy needs."

The representative added that every property in the UK should be fitted with its own solar panels to make use of this free and abundant energy source.

Meanwhile, new research by UK Climate Projections forecast that the average temperature in the UK will rise by two degrees by 2050 and could increase by up to eight degrees by 2080.


]]> Morgan Lovell sustainable office design has become key to developers in recent months following the introduction of new legislation.

While many businesses are interested in sustainable office design because of its environmental benefits, with many large firms viewing sustainable design as a key tenet of their new business philosophies, it is has been the actions of the government which have really made developers pay heed to the green message.

Steve Oxley, deputy editor of Sustain Magazine, commented: "It's a massive issue. Legislation is one of the main driving factors for people considering it, but also the wider public are becoming more and more aware of it."

According to a recent report compiled by King Sturge, the construction of new buildings to meet the government's zero carbon targets could push up building costs by between 25 and 42 per cent.

In April's Budget Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling pledged £375 million to help businesses make their premises more energy efficient.


]]> Morgan Lovell sustainable office design might wish to go along to this year's Greenbuild Expo which is currently taking place in Manchester.

Housed at Manchester Central - a building which is itself currently undergoing green refurbishment - the event started yesterday (June 17th) and finishes this weekend.

More than 50 exhibitors filled the exhibition space at the centre, with representatives from all areas of sustainable design being present - from the Centre for Alternative Technology, through to EcoSkies and the Department of Communities and Local Government.

Steve Oxley, deputy editor at sustain magazine, commented that many of the attendees of the event are "very interested in sustainability and environmental issues".

Meanwhile, Liz Peace, chief executive of the British Property Federation, recently urged the government to put sustainable office design high on its agenda in order to help industry become more environmentally aware and responsible during the economic downturn.


]]> Morgan Lovell office interior development Thorpe Park has embraced the principles of sustainable office design and created a building suitable for firms looking to improve their green credentials.

Space is now available at the development, which offers suites ranging from 2,000 to 21,500 sq ft, with the building itself receiving a BREEAM rating of "Excellent".

Sustainable office design features include tiles made from recycled mobile phones, grey water vacuum flush toilets and a vegetation roof to improve insulation, according to the Business Desk.

Further development of the premises is on the cards, with Kevin McCabe's Scarborough Group International - owners of the development - planning a further £500 million investment in the site.

Meanwhile, delegates from across the globe recently attended the annual Green Symposium: Capturing Efficiencies in the Commercial Office, where methods for boosting sustainable office design were discussed in depth.

Possible solutions included ways to reduce operating costs and how to optimise employee efficiency while reducing environmental impact.


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Delegates from firms around the world attended the event and discussed a number of issues including reductions in operating costs through more efficient use of space and how to optimise employee productivity and satisfaction.

Modern office design initiatives such as recycling and the use of green products were all considered, along with the prospects of green leasing of environmentally sound buildings. It also advocated the benefits to landlords of upgrading their structures to be more ecologically sound.

Meanwhile, Liz Peace, chief executive of the British Property Federation, recently urged the government to explore plans to boost sustainable office design in the UK through tax relief and incentives.

She argued that measures such as this could help the government in meeting its projected targets for reducing carbon emissions.


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Liz Peace, chief executive of the BPF, said: "The government should explore how the tax system might be used to actively incentivise improvements."

She argued that measures such as this would help make businesses more inclined to invest in modern office design and to help in the drive for a low-carbon economy.

Peter Clarke, executive officer at British Land, added that by sharing data on carbon output between firms, commercial property landlords and investors, significant savings on energy usage and carbon output can be made.

Lucy Pedler, director of the Green Register, also recently noted that an increase in green building practices in the UK would be of assistance to stabilise future development of commercial property and would help the government meet its carbon reduction targets.


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Lucy Pedler, director of the Green Register, said that green building growth must step up a gear in the future or face being outpaced by the effects of global climate change.

She commented: "The increase has been slow but steady. It is, however, too slow to adequately deal with the incredible challenges that climate change presents to us."

According to figures compiled by NextGen Research, the worldwide green building materials market was valued at $455.3 billion (£282.2 billion) in 2008. However, this figure is set to increase to $571 billion by 2013.

The sustainable building initiative is being embraced by all sectors that are looking to improve their green credentials and help reduce the impact of climate change.


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The Birmingham Post reports that the two firms will be working on the Athena Point development by junction six of the M6 motorway.

Carl Durrant, industrial and logistic partner at King Sturge, told the resource that "sustainability is key for the industrial market of the future".

He went on to comment that second-hand properties are increasingly popular, with firms seeking office spaces that boast sustainable office design.

Among the energy-efficient features of the new office space will be eco-friendly lighting and solar panels, with water-saving measures also set to be put in place.

Those attending a design conference in Dubai were recently told of the importance of office design in the world of modern business.

Zawya reports that those at the OFIS Design Futures 2009 conference were told that despite the ongoing downturn, office design is still key to business.


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Green Building Press has reported that Lion House received a score of 80.2 per cent for its green features and was subsequently awarded a BREEAM rating of "Excellent".

Sustainable design initiatives carried out at the site included rainwater harvesting, low water use fittings for toilets and sinks, sanitary supply shut offs and leak detection technology.

In theory, it is believed that the sustainable aspects of the office will save its owners up to £800 million per annum and the building also benefits from a 12,000-litre underground water storage tank.

Meanwhile, Ask Development's One First Street in Manchester has been awarded an "Excellent" BREEAM rating for its sustainable design by the BRE Group.

Crain's Manchester Business reported that the structure features a green roof and walls and a water-cooled VRF air conditioning system.


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The company recently submitted a planning application for a new 16-storey, 320,000 sq ft office development in Manchester city centre.

As part of these modern office designs, the firm has now revealed that it plans to create a 20-acre public area, complete with green spaces and parks to benefit the local community.

Peter Marks, Co-operative's group chief executive, said: "The new building will be good for our business, good for our staff, good for the communities which surround it and good for Manchester."

If planning permission is granted, the company hopes to have new the office interior up and running by mid-2012.

Elsewhere in the city, Crain's Manchester Business recently reported that grade A office interior building One First Street - located in the city centre - has been awarded a BREEAM rating of "Excellent" following its completion.


]]> Morgan Lovell Contemporary office design company Morgan Lovell has been voted the 14th greenest business in Britain.

According to the Times Green List, the firm ranked strongly in answer to a number of sustainable design questions - with a score of 96 per cent for the statement that it takes its green commitments very seriously and 90 per cent for minimising its environmental impact.

David Henderson, managing director of Morgan Lovell, said: "Being recognised as the country's 14th greenest company is a testament to the hard work staff have put in over the last year to make Morgan Lovell more sustainable."

In other sustainable design news, Architecture and Design Scotland has launched a new paper to discuss the best ways to involve local communities in sustainable design practices for the future.

The organisation has set up a cross-party group to examine architectural planning and ways to incorporate environmentally friendly practices into everyday life.


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The organisation unveiled the paper at the Scottish Parliament's cross-party group on architecture and the built environment, where it outlined ways to incorporate sustainable design into everyday living.

Speaking after the launch, A+DS chief executive Sebastian Tombs said: "The publication makes clear that creating sustainable places is about much more that creating greener buildings."

He added that it outlines the challenges that the public and private sectors must face to deliver real sustainable development in the UK.

Meanwhile, an office interior development in Manchester has been awarded a BREEAM rating of Excellent.

Crain's Manchester Business reported that One First Street - owned by Ask Developments - achieved the award for its numerous sustainable design features, including a green roof and walls and a water-cooled VRF air conditioning system.


]]> Morgan Lovell BREEAM rating of "Excellent".

The sustainable design of the office interior was praised by BRE when rating the property, which benefits from modern office design features such as a green roof and walls and a water-cooled VRF air conditioning system.

Julian Stott, development executive at Ask Developments, told Crain's Manchester Business: "Most buildings rarely undergo the post construction audit owing to the risk that a completed building will no longer meet the stringent BREEAM criteria."

One First Street was completed last year and presently offers 178,500 sq ft of prime office space.

Elsewhere in the city, the 120-year-old grade II-listed Spring Gardens is to undergo an office refurbishment to create 17,000 sq ft of grade A office interior space.

Manchester-based property consultants P3, who plan to rename the building Waterhouse - after its designer Alfred Waterhouse, are carrying out the makeover.


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The new building has achieved a BREEAM rating of Excellent and according to the local council, is set to become on of the most iconic sustainable buildings in the city.

Features of the building include a green roof - which contains a variety of plants - to help reduce the risk of flooding and decrease pollution, through to water saving devices and the use of insulation materials which have zero ozone-depleting potential.

Rob Boddy, chief librarian at Cardiff city council, commented: "Its unique sustainable features make it not only a functional building but one that will attract the attention of keen environmentalists."

Elsewhere in the Welsh capital, global accountancy firm Deloitte recently announced that it is to relocate its main office across the city from Fitzalan Court to 5 Callaghan Square, where it will take up 54,000 sq ft of grade A office interior space.


]]> Morgan Lovell Office interior design business Morgan Lovell has attended an office refit event at London's Excel centre this week.

Sustainable design manager Lara Conaway represented the company at the recent easyFairs Interior Fit Out event, which took place on Wednesday (April 29th).

She held a workshop entitled Economical Sustainable Refurbishment and the Role of the UKGBC, which outlined realistic approaches to the greening of existing office interior space in the UK and the need to do so.

Ms Conaway commented: "We need to make better use of the reuse concept of sustainability and convert the building stock we already have in a more environmentally friendly manner."

In other sustainable design news, the UK's largest new office park which is presently under construction was recently awarded a BREEAM rating of "Very Good" prior to its completion.

Maxim Office Park in Lanarkshire will offer 756,000 sq ft of new grade A office interior space when finished and has also embraced sustainable design ideals.


]]> Morgan Lovell BREEAM rating of "Very Good" in regards to its sustainable design and overall level of environmental impact.

It is currently the single largest office interior complex being created in the UK, with a total office interior offering of 756,000 sq ft to be delivered upon completion, which is scheduled for March next year.

Maxim Office Park chief executive Karen Campbell commented: "The BREEAM ratings achieved for each of the buildings further emphasise the quality levels we are seeking and enhance our belief that the office park will be seen as the blueprint for projects of this stature in the future."

Elsewhere in Scotland, the Edinburgh News recently reported that Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has finished work on three new office buildings in the city, which in total offer 210,000 sq ft of new grade A office interior space.


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A new £233 million headquarters is being created in Osterley, west London, which will utilise 80m-tall wind turbines providing natural ventilation for the structure and up to 90 per cent of all energy for lighting, according to Building.co.uk.

The structure has been named Harlequin 1 and the building's designers - Arup Associates - claim the structure will be the most energy-efficient studios in Europe and deliver 35 per cent energy usage reductions.

Paul Brislin, a director at Arup Associates and the architect for the scheme, told the website: "BSkyB is not after high-end corporate facilities - what it wants is to get the most out of its technology and that really drove the design."

Elsewhere in the capital, construction is preparing to get underway on the striking London Shard office building which once completed will offer up to 1.4 million sq ft of grade A office interior space.


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He stated that this cash injection will help combat climate change and invigorate the construction industry to deliver more sustainable residential and commercial property in the months and years ahead.

Royal Town Planning Institute president Martin Willey commented: "The planning process looks at the evidence, reviews the options and impacts on society and then secures the framework for secure public and private investment."

In related news, Design Week recently reported that trade minister Mervyn Davies has hailed the recent G20 summit as key to improving the sustainable design provisions available in the UK.

He noted that sustainable design will become increasingly important in the years ahead and this latest meeting of world leaders has helped to pave the way for future green investment and design.


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Design Week has reported that trade minister Mervyn Davies believes the recent G20 summit provided the perfect opportunity for world leaders to promote the idea of sustainable design as a way of reducing carbon output.

"This year's G20 meeting will provide an opportunity for the world to come together on sustainable design in the UK," he commented.

He noted that sustainable design will become increasingly important in the UK over the next 20 to 30 years and this year's meeting has helped to pave the way for these ecological improvements to take place.

Meanwhile, the Welsh Assembly has unveiled plans to promote sustainable design for offices across the country.

The assembly is working in partnership with Eco Design in Demand to provide guidelines for sustainable office design to firms across Wales over the next 12 months.


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Eco Design in Demand - a Cardiff-based initiative for creating sustainable design proposals - is to work with office design and property development firms for the next 12 months to develop a set of guidelines for ecologically sound office refurbishment in the country.

Frank O'Connor, director of EDC, commented: "Eco-design is good design and we need to create a demand for these products through public sector procurement. Doing so will send a clear signal about government leadership as the UK moves towards a low-carbon economy."

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the Empire State Building in New York is to receive a sustainable refit in order to improve its energy efficiency.

The building is to benefit from a $500 million (£339.9 million) overhaul which, once completed, could provide energy usage reductions of up to 40 per cent and save the building's owners $4.4 million per year in reduced energy bills.


]]> Morgan Lovell UK to be awarded a BREEAM rating of "Outstanding".

It has been predicted that the environmentally-friendly improvements to the site will bring about annual cost savings of more than £300,000.

The 35,500 sq m development scored above the 85 per cent threshold for an "Outstanding" site and has been heralded as a benchmark for future green office design.

Paul Gibbon, director of sustainability at BRE Global, commented: "This development scored very highly in all sections of BREEAM and achieved exemplary credits in the key areas of daylighting, reduced CO2 emissions, construction waste management and use of low carbon technologies."

Meanwhile, sustainable office design company Morgan Lovell recently announced the completion of the refit of Stiefel Laboratories' head offices.

The 38,000 sq ft office interiorproject was finished in just 19 weeks and received a BREEAM rating of "Excellent".


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Work is now underway on improving a range of aspects of energy efficiency at the building, which once completed will bring about cost savings of approximately $4.4 million annually.

"This innovative process, which has developed new techniques for modelling and organising an integrated programme, offers a clear path to adoption around the world, leading to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions," said Anthony Malkin, owner of the building.

Refit work has been scheduled to be completed by 2013.

Meanwhile, sustainable office design company Morgan Lovell recently held a seminar outlining how businesses can make the most of their green office interior space.

The company has put on this meeting in a bid to educate businesses about how they can improve their BREEAM rating and apply energy-efficient measures to reduce outgoings.


]]> Morgan Lovell Morgan Lovell has completed the office refurbishment for Stiefel Laboratories.

The refit was carried out by Morgan Lovell's Wokingham-based team who delivered a BREEAM-rated office interior of Very Good for the firm.

In total, 38,000 sq ft of sustainable office interior space was created in a 19-week period, from the initial design phase to full completion of the work.

A spokesperson for Stiefel commented: "We had just six months to complete the new offices and to move out of our existing premises. The design and build nature of the works with Morgan Lovell really helped us to achieve this tight timeframe."

Furthermore, Morgan Lovell noted that the sustainable design aspects of the build mean that the payback period on the property is less than ten years.

Meanwhile, sustainable design expert for the company Lara Conaway recently attended the Building Institute of Facilities Management conference - at Keble College, Oxford - where she put forward the case for converting old office stock into new sustainable workspaces.


]]> Morgan Lovell Architects (Riba) has called for the government to implement a "more flexible" definition of "zero carbon" for non-domestic buildings.

In response to the Definition of Zero framework which outlined the government's plans for 80 per cent emissions reductions by 2050 the organisation has claimed that more needs to be done to enable businesses to achieve their low-carbon goals.

However, the organisation stated a need to clarify the difference between renewable energy sources and true zero carbon output and further, that measures such as biomass and district heating systems to be classified under energy efficiency rather than energy generation.

Alan Shingler, head of sustainability at Sheppard Robson - who led Riba's response - said: "It is imperative that the definition and its implication become more transparent for both prospective purchasers and investors. The industry will always need a trailblazer and the ultimate aspiration to achieve true zero carbon should be encouraged."

Meanwhile, John Alker, of the UK Green Building Council, recently commented that the government has to come up with new policies regarding sustainable design for non-residential buildings across the country.


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