JS Wright installs energy centre for affordable housing

03 May, 2013

JS Wright is to design and install mechanical services for a new £11 million affordable-housing scheme in Tower Hamlets, east London. The £1 million contract includes an energy centre and associated infrastructure for the 7storey building in Three Colts Lane; it was awarded by main contractor Galliford Try Partnerships.

The LPHW energy centre will serve heating-interface units in all 67 mixed-tenure homes, which are being constructed the Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes for affordable-housing provider Peabody.

The centre will also provide mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, boosted cold water, above-ground drainage, purge ventilation and rainwater harvesting.

The project is due for completion in November 2013.

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