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Carillion’s innovative Eco Depot wins fifth award

Support services and construction company Carillion has won another award for its innovative Eco Depot for clients York Council.

The York Design Award will be the fifth accolade that the York Eco depot has won since it was first built.

The eco-building - which is the centre piece of a brand new £8m development for the City of York Council - is helping to put Carillion firmly on the national sustainability map and the recent award is further evidence of this.

The whole depot is a national exemplar of sustainable construction with real time monitoring of its performance and is used to manage the Council’s housing, waste and roads needs.

Locally grown bale was used to provide insulation which is three times more efficient than building regulations advise.

The bale is encased in a timber surround and reinforced with steel mesh prior to three coats of lime render being applied to each face, producing a standard panel of 2.9m high, 2.1m wide and 0.5m thick weighing 1.5tonnes each.

The design includes a wind turbine and solar panels to generate energy for the site as well as a rainwater collection system so rain water can be recycled and used to wash depot vehicles rather than using clean tap water.

Previously, council vehicles were washed at the depot using tap water costing a total of £25,000 a year.

The new system is expected to reduce water consumption by 50 per cent.

Other eco features include solar thermal panels which have been erected on ancillary buildings which are sufficient to suit the site needs for hot water.

Senior contracts manager Brian Dunn said: “It has been great for Carillion to have been part of such a ground-breaking project which has now won so many awards. Helping businesses to embrace sustainable solutions is one of Carillion’s key strengths.

“The project has been a real success given the close co operation and support offered by not only the Carillion design team, the Carillion civil engineering and building staff but also the City of York management team and their consultants.”

And Carillion’s sustainable solutions have recently been recognised nationally. Carillion recently secured first place in the category for large and medium sized companies with high environmental impact and second place overall in the Sunday Times Best Green Companies Award published recently.
Carillion has also been named as a gold award winner and construction sector leader in Business in the Community’s Companies that Count index. Alfred McAlpine was also named as a gold award winner and support services sector leader in the same index, which features the top 100 companies in the UK for corporate responsibility.

Email: Donna.Halfpenny@carillionplc.com