Award Given to Bristol Office

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An office building that has recently been transformed to become more eco friendly has been awarded as the best green housing scheme in the South West.

The building, located on Mina Road, is made up of three workplaces, six flats and a community room used for activities. A number of energy saving measures were installed including double glazing, a wood pellet boiler and solar panels, meaning that much of the heating and hot water used in the building comes from renewable sources.

The South West Green Energy Awards recognised the work being done to help make the building more sustainable and to reduce carbon emissions. Insulation and double glazing in the windows means that all the heat generated by renewable sources will stay inside the building.

It was decided that the building would be refurbished rather than demolished, which also allowed it to save energy on construction.

One of the residents of the building, Rhian Sherrington, said that ‘the energy efficient materials such as the new double glazing have made a big difference’.

The idea came from volunteers of the Ashley Vale Action Group (AVAG), whose director, Jackson Moulding, said that they were delighted to have won the award.

The awards ceremony took place in Bath, where the award was presented by David Dimbleby. Moulding stated that ‘we have managed to bring this building back to life… all buildings in the future should be like this’.