Sustainability

We advise our clients on environmental matters. Our team is highly experienced in providing guidance on:

  • Environmental accreditations such as: LEED and BREEAM.
  • Carbon strategies: We help our clients develop carbon strategies to reduce and/or offset their carbon footprints.
  • Design: We promote efficient design to reduce long-term energy consumption.
  • Materials: We encourage the use of sustainable and recycled materials, and a reduction in waste.
  • Commercial benefits: We champion the cost incentives of ‘green’ design and build.

We have profiled two projects which we have successfully delivered for our clients, both with strong sustainability and environmental aspects.

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Case Study One

Case Study One

Case Study One

Client: Danish renewable energy specialist

Role: sineQN provided the project management and contract administration services for the construction of a purpose-built Research & Development facility to develop and test the client’s largest wind turbine blades.

Key Green aspects incorporated:

  • 30m² of solar panels, capable of providing all the hot water for the site offices
  • Ground source heat pumps to heat and cool the office block. These are 300-400% efficient and have the capacity to provide 330 KW of heat and 150 KW of cooling
  • A self-contained sewage treatment plant for filtration and discharge, with rainwater harvesting for use in toilet flushing and irrigation
  • The monitoring of the carbon footprint of the project during the construction phase – which minimised vehicle traffic
  • The creation of a vegetable garden onsite to provide fresh fruit and vegetables
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Case Study Two

Case Study Two

Case Study Two

Client: UK retail and investment bank

Role: sineQN provided the project management and contract administration services for the construction of an award-winning data centre.

Key Green aspects incorporated:

  • 20,000 sq ft of white space, extending to 50,000 sq ft within a 300,000 sq ft building
  • Tier 3+ Standard
  • Average load 7.7 KW per rack (max. 11 KW)
  • Used enclosed cold aisle containment
  • Achieved BREEAM Excellent and LEED Platinum
  • Specialist chillers were procured, which are designed to operate efficiently at low load
  • Trinergy UPS for mechanical system
  • Ice Mine system to provide one hour of cooling in the event of a chiller failure
  • sineQN won the Data Center Dynamics ‘Mega Data Centre of the Year’ Award in 2010