PictonProperty Income Limited Sustainability Report 2021
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SustainableBuildings
Introduction
Approach
Environmental Focus
Our Employees
Stakeholder Engagement
Appendix
Sustainable Buildings Ensuring buildings exceed expectations continued Integrating wellbeing We are committed to incorporating wellbeing benefits at our buildings to support our occupiers with healthier lifestyle opportunities.
Grafton Gate, Milton Keynes Improving occupier experience
Our extensive refurbishment of the communal areas at Grafton Gate, Milton Keynes, was designed to improve our occupier’s experience of their workspace. The overall appearance of the reception and lift lobbies was improved to create a brighter outlook and greater sense of space, with some office entrance lobbies enhanced with glazed crittall doors. Key upgrades to occupier facilities to improve water efficiency and hygiene measures included the installation of new cubicles, handwash troughs and touch-free taps. Improved ventilation in the atrium area has also created more efficient air flow, making the area cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
Delivering wellbeing benefits continues to be a key part of our refurbishment and ongoing building management strategies. By integrating wellbeing within our buildings we ensure we create spaces that our occupiers want to be in. The health benefits of incorporating wellbeing initiatives are clear, not only enhancing physical and mental health, but also creativity, collaboration and productivity. We look to improve the quality of our building’s environments when carrying out works, focusing on improving ventilation, introducing smart technology to be more energy efficient, introducing on-site renewable energy, having a comprehensive biophilia solution and making our
facilities more flexible and easy to use by introducing more collaborative space and communal facilities in our office buildings. We actively promote sustainable travel options, installing showers and cycle facilities and installing and encouraging the use of electric car charging points. We recognise the value of open spaces and biodiversity and are actively rolling out more initiatives to improve our facilities in this respect. We completed the installation of the new cycle facilities and showers at Tower Wharf, Bristol which are now available for our occupiers to use. The substantial refurbishment of the common areas and toilets at Grafton Gate, Milton Keynes was also recently completed, greatly improving these facilities for our occupiers. We committed to the major replacement of mechanical and electrical equipment at 50 Farringdon Road, London, which will improve the quality of the environment for our occupiers and provide a more sustainable and energy efficient solution in line with our overall environmental targets.
We have made increasing progress with our biodiversity initiatives across several sites and have supported a number of our occupiers who wanted to install electric car charging points. We have begun a review of our office building’s heating and ventilation systems to help us assess how these will continue to perform at optimum level. In 2021 we expect to progress with extensive works at Angel Gate, London to significantly reinvigorate the external areas and landscaping, introduce more cycling facilities and showers and create more flexible office facilities for our occupiers to use. Alongside this we are investigating the introduction of smart building management technology across the whole office village, making accommodation easier to use and more adaptable. At Grafton Gate, Milton Keynes we have identified further opportunities to improve occupier facilities by installing showers and cycle facilities, offering alternative transport options.
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