System Five are proud to have been selected by Polyteck Group to be the incumbent service and maintenance provider for Dalston Works a 10-storey development in the London Borough of Hackney that contains 121 residential apartments (privately owned, shared ownership and social rent properties), retail and restaurant space and an integrated flexible workspace. The team that created this award winning project included XCO2, PJCE Civil and Structural Engineers and Ramboll for end client Regal Homes.
Built in 2017 on a neglected brownfield site Dalston Works has sustainability at the core of its design which was created by Waugh Thistleton Architects using cross-laminated timber (CLT) which is significantly less carbon-intensive than concrete or steel. For example, Dalston Works weighs a fifth of a concrete building of its size, which reduced the number of deliveries required during construction by 80 per cent.
Amongst the many benefits of CLT is wood’s superior thermal insulation qualities, it can save heating and cooling expenses and increase building energy efficiency.
Engineers from System Five’s Service team will visit Dalston Works at least twice a year to ensure that their Trend Control Systems based BEMS is operating at peak efficiency.
Photographs courtesy of Waugh Thistleton Architects