🟩 GreenBricks Building of the Week 🟩 30 Lighterman

Centenarian green

In the heart of King’s Cross, 30 Lighterman provides stunning office space sympathetically designed to incorporate environmental best practice. For the refurb of this 100-year-old building, innovation was not a variable but a constant.

📍Location

London, UK

🏢Building Details

• 4 storey, 14,500 sq. ft. converted warehouse

• Completed 2020, filling market gap for affordable, sustainable office space for SMEs + Scale-ups

• Innovative Managed Space model: all-inclusive leasing package combining flexibility, technology, community, and sustainability

• Winner of EG Award: Best Workplace 2022

👷🏾‍♀️Developer & Consultants

• Zac Goodman – Director at TSP

• Andrew Hyman – Partner at Core Five LLP

• Simon Hughes – Partner at Core Five LLP

• Mathew Byway – Managing Director at Alphacello

✍️Architects & Engineers

• Kevin Wither – Head of Landlord at Peldon Rose

• Steve Taylor – Project Director at Peldon Rose

• Jitesh Patel – CEO at Peldon Rose

• David C. – Managing Director at DC Flooring

• Gaby Fraser – Operations Manager at Switched on Space

• Planteria Group

🌱Sustainability

• BREEAM Excellent (70.3%) + EPC B – impressive credentials for a 100+ year old building

• Original concrete flooring and soffits retained, polished + treated with resin – minimising wastage

• 100% of waste diverted from landfill; 100% of materials either BRE A/A+

• 31% reduction in energy usage through implementation of LED lighting, PIR’s + efficient mechanical equipment

• Carbon-neutral status through partnering with certified carbon-offsetting platform Ecologi

🥦 Wellbeing

• Achieved highest sustainability criteria for internal water + air quality: ventilation rates improved to 12 litres per person per second

• Includes some of the 1st UK office occupancy sensors from Density; allows overcrowding + resources to be efficiently managed

• Acoustic environment meets requirements of BS8233:1999

• Biophilic design: indoor planting, ample natural lighting, earth-tones throughout

🎈Bonus feature

In collaboration with The 10 Group, 30 Lighterman featured in innovative campaign: The Future is Flexible. A classical-EDM-fusion of balletic, lyrical, and contemporary dance – it showcases the best of sustainable, design-led, flexible office space. Watch it here.

🔗 Check it out https://www.tsp.co/news/30-lighterman-a-smart-and-sustainable-workplace/