Broadcasting green
After 50+ years in their outdated Llandaff site, BBC Wales now boasts Europe’s most technologically advanced and sustainable broadcasting centre. It has become the green centrepiece for the dynamic Central Square redevelopment.
📍Location
🏢Building Details
275,600 sq. ft. across 4 floors - home to 1,200 staff
£120m development
RICS Awards Innovation in Design Winner 2019
👷🏾♀️Contractor
Kevin McElroy – Operations Director at ISG
✍️Architects & Engineers
Tony Blunt – Senior Partner at Foster + Partners
Ben Tricklebank – Director at Arup
Mike Durrant – Associate Partner at ID:SR Sheppard Robson
Helen Berresford – Partner Head of ID:SR at Sheppard Robson
Daniel Cruddace – Former Partner at Sheppard Robson
🌱Sustainability
BREEAM Outstanding
70% of resources and suppliers locally sourced – within 50 miles of the building
85% of total spend on furniture, loose fixtures and fittings was spent within the UK – reducing CO2 emissions
Rainwater harvesting with a 140,000-litre storage tank
4,300 sq. ft. of photovoltaic panels on roof
🥦 Wellbeing
Sheltered roof garden connected to restaurant and providing unique venue for filming and socialising
Awarded Gold by the Considerate Constructors Scheme for best practice: focused heavily on community development and local engagement
Openness and transparency designed between departments to create new opportunities for collaboration and interaction
Provision for 200 secure bike spaces, showers and changing rooms
🎈Bonus feature
The building has been estimated to generate an economic boost of £1.1bn between 2016 to 2025, equivalent to 1,900 full time jobs. A major catalyst for commercial and creative investment in Wales.
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