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IKEA, Flagship Greenwich Eco-Store
Designing with sustainability at the core, this project reflects IKEA’s people and planet positive ambition.
Client Brief
Innovative, future proofed design
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.
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
