We’re proud to announce that we have achieved our first year of Planet Mark Business Certification for reporting year [2023 – 2024]. We are committed to cutting our measured footprint annually.
Planet Mark is a leading carbon reduction and net zero specialist. With over ten years of experience, Planet Mark is committed to helping business of all sizes find unified solutions to reduce carbon emissions, secure net zero targets, generate long-term business value and deliver meaningful climate action.
Achieving Business Certification is the best first step for us to take on the transition towards net zero. Planet Mark Members must achieve annual reductions in Scope 1 and 2 emissions, and measure some Scope 3 emissions that are within direct operational control (e.g., Business Travel and Waste). We look forward to expanding our measurement remit to take strides towards net zero at a critical time for our planet. We are focused on continuous improvement and are proud to be a Planet Mark Certified Business.
Associate Director Phil Etchells will be presenting our Havelock project on July 10th at the third event in the CMS Construction ESG series focused on key topics: Reuse, Reduce, Renew.
This event focuses on the UK Green Building Council’s 2024 report “Building The Case For Net Zero: Retrofitting Office Buildings”.
The discussion will explore the challenges and opportunities that arise from renewing existing commercial buildings to meet future net zero targets. Phil will discuss his experience of the deep retrofit of Havelock in Manchester.
Phil’s talk will be followed by a panel discussion with individuals from CMS covering the practical considerations that arise with deep retrofits of commercial buildings.
Our now completed Havelock is a highly sustainable deep-retrofit that delivers 110,000sqft of Grade A office space.
The project has achieved NABERS 5* design for perfomance & is targeting BREEAM Outstanding.
The building, unrecognisable from its previous form, reflects both its city centre and canalside characteristics.
The upper portions of the building have a civic quality, with of areas of glazing that have an applied grid of metalwork reflecting textile manufacture and the mill structures that formerly occupied the site and these contrasts with more solid, heavyweight lower sections that address the street and towpath.