Palmer Garages Development | Peabody

After being successfully appointed onto Peabody’s consultants’ framework, Elementa Consulting was commissioned as MEP and sustainability consultant for a new affordable housing development of 20 dwellings across four infill sites. The sites are compact and use surrounding massing and topography to best use the areas.

As Peabody manages and operates its sites, they require an understanding of long-term gains of materials and solutions rather than capital cost. Therefore, Elementa Consulting undertook workshops with Peabody to present and explain various sustainable and economical solutions they could use across their estates for long-term benefits.

Sustainability is high on the agenda for Peabody across their whole estate, with many requiring a minimum of Code FSH Level 4, including this project. An immediate challenge to overcome was an issue of over-shading at one of the sites meaning that the preferred option of PVs was at risk. Elementa Consulting undertook a full over shading and output study for the site to ensure that the system could be used effectively and still benefit Peabody and its occupants.