Key sustainability features include:

• Existing derelict site turned into an exemplary community park combining new buildings, refurbished facilities and landscape and ecological improvements, all linked together by a heat and power network;
• Excess heat is exported off-site to adjoining apartment buildings to achieve a carbon-negative in-use development;
• Recreational land use is maximised for the benefit of the greater community while accommodating educational needs of the school and youth centre;
• Extensive consultation with all stakeholders in the project – school, nursery, youth centre, local community and residents, as well as wildlife groups, police, and other interest groups;
• Use of innovative technologies such as Ecoplay greywater recycling and ‘e-stack’ ventilation system in primary school;
• New build designed for future proofing against climate change through use of construction materials, ventilation strategy and controls;
• Contractor committed to minimising waste during construction, with maximum 5% only going to landfill.