Apologies for the delay - my 4pm meeting ran over.

Energy/sustainability info as follows:-

In terms of what is proposed for green measures - boilers, insulation, lighting, heating cooling, toilet flushes etc:

New boilers will be modern low emission condensing type which will greatly improve the efficiency from what is currently installed – most of it is very old. Until the contractor provides details of the actual selections we cannot be specific. However as a guide we would expect to see a minimum of 10-15% reduction by means of improved boiler efficiency and further savings by introducing optimiser time control.
In terms of further insulation to the building, as the building is listed there is no opportunity to treat the internal or external surfaces or the glazing and so this will remain as is.
Lighting - The new lighting installation will run at a much reduced capacity. The top floors will be around 9-12W/m2 (currently about 20W/m2) and the lower floors with high decorative ceilings will run around 15-20 W/m2 as opposed to 20-25 W/m2 current. Localised switching is being provided to each individual space.
Dual flush toilets will be provided wherever possible.

I write to confirm the outstanding points relating to the planning application for Bloomsbury Square.

Surplus office accommodation

A report prepared by Farebrother Chartered Surveyors in respect of the Midtown office market in 2009 states that during 2009, office supply increased by 37% to 4.3 million sq ft. this increase in supply in 2009 raised availability from 7.7% to 10.2% during the year. This was due to low levels of take up and the completion of development schemes increased the amount of new and refurbished space available by 14% in 2009 from 900,000 sq ft to just over 1 million sq ft.

Available secondhand space increased by 41% during 2009 from 2.3 million sq ft to 3.3 million sq ft. The project for 2010 is for a further increase in supply.

There are a number of buildings in the vicinity with available space. These include:-

Bloomsbury Plaza - 28,000 sq ft of new/refurbished office accommodation.

151 Shaftsbury Avenue - 23,296 sq ft of office space which is currently under refurbishment

Victory House, 170 Tottenham Court Road - 29,888 sq ft of office floorspace which is currently under refurbishment.

There is over 40,000 sq ft of office accommodation available in Chancery House and over 38,000 sq ft of accommodation at 203 High Holborn.

In addition to this, new schemes are being brought forward at 24 Britton Street, Conquest House and 100 Clerkenwell Road.

33 cycle spaces are proposed (although only 32 are shown on the drawings)

Channel for bikes

We are proposing a channel attached to the staircase for bikes. There will be no impact on the external elevation as a result of this proposal.

In terms of servicing the current arrangement is a refuse point at the corner of Southampton Place. Refuse vehicles park at the end on the right and load up the refuse and, due to the reverse bus lane being implemented outside the front of the buildings on Bloomsbury Square, this existing arrangement will continue post refurbishment.

The building will not require any additional servicing over and above this.

I am awaiting BREEAM comments which I hope to get across shortly and I trust this is sufficient information for the time being.

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