Hammerson has announced that Elliott’s Field Phase II, Rugby, has achieved two sustainability world firsts, having been awarded an interim Outstanding BREEAM rating in addition to becoming the first shopping park globally designed to be carbon neutral.
Outstanding is the highest accreditation, achieved by less than one percent of new non-domestic buildings, and indicates that the developer embraced sustainability from the outset. Elliott’s Field Phase I, which opened in 2015, achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating, marking the first shopping park in Hammerson’s UK portfolio to receive this accreditation.
Elliott’s Field Phase II has been designed to be carbon neutral in terms of its regulated consumption, with energy efficiency measures reducing the carbon emissions created by such sources as heating, hot water and cooling and on site renewable energy initiatives offsetting the remaining carbon emissions.
The site offers various coffee shops and restaurants such as Ed's Diner, Costa, Caffe Nero and Nando's, as well as those within M&S and Debenhams.
These achievements follow Hammerson’s recent commitment to becoming Net Positive by 2030, and mark a significant milestone in its carbon objectives. Over the next 13 years, Hammerson aims to remove a total of 757,200 tonnes of carbon emissions from its operations, equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of 85,000 households. Whilst the overall targets are stretching, the successful creation of a carbon neutral park sets a new benchmark for the industry.
