Exmouth Sideshore Watersports Centre
New £3m Watersports centre built with sustainable materials and renewables
Sideshore a not-for-profit Watersports centre, forming part of Exmouth’s seafront regeneration
Sideshore is a not-for-profit watersports centre by Grenadier, forming part of Exmouth’s seafront regeneration and offering watersports facilities, shops, a café, and a restaurant, with eco-friendly features including ground source heat pumps, solar panels, and EV charging points to achieve an EPC A rating.
Involvement
- Working for the MEP contractor, SDS developed the RIBA Stage 3 performance design into a RIBA 4a detailed design for the plantroom and full fit out of the retail centre, public changing facilities and members change
- Provided a shell and core design for the restaurant and café area, with the addition of underfloor heating and provision of services for additional space heating and cooling
- Designed a bivalent heating system with ground source heat pumps designed to supply the primary load, with gas boilers capable of coming online to meet any shortfalls at peak times
- Provided services for cooling through the use of the GSHP ground loop without refrigeration cycle
Benefits delivered
- SBEM calculations and EPC certification to prove Part L Building Regulations compliance and EPC rating of A
- The full scheme was focused on providing a low energy development resulting in a carbon footprint reduction beyond the requirements of part L Building Regulations
- A community centred development demonstrating the possibility of producing a low carbon building that can deliver for a broad range of the community without a large impact on the environment
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