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The development has been built with pioneering technologies to achieve net-zero throughout both the design and construction stages. The hotel aims to retain its net-zero status throughout its operation, which in a hotel industry includes both embodied and operational emissions.
The product aligns increasing consumer and investment interest in environmentalism and sustainable development, with a particular focus on reducing the greatest contributor to climate change: carbon emissions and greenhouse gases. The guest experience is unaffected by the ultra-low energy standard, with the building’s interior design being inspired by the arts and crafts movement around Chiswick.
The hotel was developed in line with Lamington Group’s recently launched Net Zero Building Specification.
Opening the world’s first whole life net-zero carbon hotel follows over two years of planning and the meticulous creation of a new room2 whole life net-zero building framework to incorporate the very latest thinking in design, construction and operation.
A series of local artists and designers have contributed to the fitted and loose items across the guest experience. All bespoke loose furniture has been made from FSC certified timber and manufactured within 10 miles of the property. Some 4,478 trees have been planted to offset emissions.
Its proprietary intelligent building and reporting system seeks to improve performance across the sum of incremental gains. Two laboratory rooms provide data on energy, water use and air quality, along with studying and learning from guest behaviours patterns. The building has been opened up to University partnerships to test new innovative technologies and interventions to reduce energy and carbon.
Other environmental initiatives include: only using 100% renewable energy to power the building, using only on-site renewables that convert all of the energy needed for heating cooling and hot water, keeping a ‘blue’ roof which can store 50,000 litres of rainwater to minimise local flooding, using a ‘green’ roof to increase local biodiversity, using piloting recycled li-ion battery cell M-BRIC technology to incorporate energy demand response and storage and achieving a BREEAM excellent rating.