Ev0: The UK’s lowest carbon new build

    The Ev0 Building in Manchester is set to become the UK’s lowest carbon new build office development. Explore the pioneering design pushing the boundaries of modern architecture and sustainability.

    Project details

    Client

    Bruntwood

    Completion

    2024

    Location

    Manchester, UK

    Partners

    Sheppard Robson

    Ev0: The UK’s lowest carbon new build

    Net zero design challenge

    Bruntwood’s Ev0 building is a £30mn commercial development with impressive sustainability credentials. The team was not only tasked to design a commercially viable net zero carbon building but to develop thinking and challenge each other to understand how to design a building with the highest environmental performance, to accelerate learning and development in the net zero field.
    Bruntwood’s Ev0 building is a £30mn commercial development with impressive sustainability credentials. The team was not only tasked to design a commercially viable net zero carbon building but to develop thinking and challenge each other to understand how to design a building with the highest enviro.....
    “Sustainability runs through the heart of everything we do at Bruntwood and the development of Ev0 will be a major milestone on our net zero journey”
    Ciara Keeling

    CEO, Bruntwood

    Ev0 in numbers

    • Fact: 94%

      of Ev0’s energy needs will be generated on-site

    • Fact: 500

      kgCO₂e/m²

      upfront carbon emissions

    • Fact: 4000

      tons CO₂e

      are stored in EV0’s timber frame

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