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IKEA, Flagship Greenwich Eco-Store
Morson Praxis were commissioned by home furnishings giant IKEA, to go big with green credentials at their new flagship eco-store in Greenwich. The store was designed and built with sustainability at its core, reflecting IKEA’s people and planet positive ambition.
Client Brief
Innovative, future proofed design
The client required a digitally focused Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) Building Services Design consultancy to support the delivery of their new eco-leading flagship store.
The brief called for an innovative, future-proofed design that aligned with IKEA’s long-term operational goals and sustainability ambitions.
The project aimed to achieve the highest possible environmental performance, targeting a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating, with particular emphasis on low and zero carbon technologies, water efficiency, and reduced NOx emissions.
Project Overview
BREEAM 'Outstanding'
Our team provided comprehensive M&E Building Services Design consultancy, underpinned by a digitally focused approach. Leveraging our Building Information Modelling (BIM) expertise, we delivered a robust and future-ready solution by ‘starting with the end in mind’—taking into account IKEA’s long-term asset management strategy.
The design contributed to the store achieving a BREEAM rating of ‘Outstanding’ with a score of 90.4%, securing excellent performance in key areas such as Low and Zero Carbon Technologies, Water Consumption, and NOx Emissions.
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From concept to completion, a truly multi-disciplinary solution.
Our Solution
RIBA Stage 1-3
Our team were originally appointed by IKEA to deliver the Mechanical and Electrical Building Services Design for RIBA Stages 1-3. Following the success of this, we were later novated to carry out RIBA Stages 4-5 for the contractor, Norstead.
The project utilised the following list of technologies and environmental features in the design and construction:
- Solar PV: A 850 kWp solar array supplements the store’s energy requirements and reduces the energy dependence from the grid
- Water Efficiency: Two rainwater harvesting tanks alongside low water use fittings reduce the store’s water consumption by up to 50%
- Evaporative Cooling Units: Evaporative cooling help reduce energy demand from the stores air conditioning system
- Ground Source Heating: Ground source heat pumps provide the store with 88% of the annual heating and cooling demand
- Biodiverse Green Roof: A green roof consisting of various substrate and habitat areas provides fantastic new and varied habitat for local wildlife
- Sustainable Transport: Various public transport links, cyclist facilities and provision for EV vehicles give IKEA staff and store visitors sustainable transport options when travelling to the store
- FSC Certified Timber: The store incorporated 100% FSC in the timber constituents of the build
Results
'Beyond compliance'
Targeting BREEAM ‘Outstanding’, the following achievements were successfully reached:
- During construction of IKEA Greenwich, the construction scored 42/50 demonstrating ‘beyond compliance’ in the Considerate Contractors Scheme assessment of the site’s considerate construction attributes
- The biodiverse roof achieved compliance with the Green Roof Code, enhanced ecological features on site, and has featured as an exemplary case study in the new London Green Roof Report
- The building achieved an innovation credit for the inclusion of evaporative cooling with rainwater harvesting from the roof
