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Cheshire OaksSummary GuideBiggest greenest M&S, built using innovations to reducethe impact on our planet.

1. Electric car charging points2. Cycle lane and 100 covered cycle stands

11. Hemclad wall panels12. Glulam timber roof and timber 1st floor structure13. 100% recycled reflective roof14. 80,000 ltr rainwater harvesting tank

15. Green walls16. Permeable paving17. Re-landscaped swale18. 228 new trees

9. HFC free air handling units10. Hydrocarbon refrigeration system

3. Biomass boiler4. Natural insulation – earth mound 5. Brise soleil6. North lights and energy efficiency lighting to retail floor7. LED lighting to car park and external areas8. Displacement ventilation

Location: M&S Cheshire Oaks, Longlooms Road, Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port,The Wirral, CH65 9JN.

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Marks & SpencerCheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port

Biggest greenest M&S, built using innovations to reduce the impact on our planet.

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• Launch date August 2012

• Premier store carrying the full product catalogue, M&S’ second largest store in the world

• Site area 525,192 sq ft, 209,068 sq ft Gross internal area, 148,865 sq ft net sales area

• Sustainable learning store, BREEAM Excellent rated and M&S’ most carbon efficient

• Designed to be more resilient to climate change through its materials, landscaping and water strategy

• First retailer to use Hemclad® panels in the external walls and to use 100% FSC glulam timber in its roof structure

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• Green travel features including electric charging points and 100 covered cycle stands.

• Community engagement was integral to the build process with £5m being invested in a highways scheme.

• Considerate Constructors score of 38/40.

• Sustainable signage to educate customers on eco features.

• 100% of waste has been diverted from landfill with 87.5% of all waste segregated on site.

• 54,000 tonnes of quality soils and clay from the initial bulk excavation works was used in projects such as capping a contaminated quarry and developing a local Moto-X park.

• Resource sharing of left over materials and packaging through community initiatives.

• Lime stabilising ground below the building and car park helped reduce the quantity of concrete required in the foundations by 25%.

• Operational energy was 42% lower and carbon was 35% lower than a peer store.

• Maximised natural light via North lights and clerestory glazing with fully dimmable lighting to sales floor and integrated daylight control.

• Improved insulation and thermal mass by partially sinking the building in the ground with earth mounding around the perimeter.

• A biomass boiler plant supplies nearly three quarters of Cheshire Oaks’ heating.

• Free cool air handling via earth ducts and displacement ventilation.

• Cheshire oaks is the first retail store to use Hemclad®, an innovative pre-fabricated wall panel developed by Lime Technology.

• Use of social media as a new way of keeping the local community updated on the project throughout the build.

• Achieved the Wildlife Trust Biodiversity Benchmark for our ongoing management of the landscaping features at the store.

• Main refrigeration system is Hydrocarbon which reduces the impact on global warming compared with traditional HFCs. • HFC free air handling units.

• Resilient features include the white reflective roof, rainwater harvesting, displacement ventilation, Hemclad® external wall panels.

• Solar shading (Brise Soleil) has been installed to reduce energy costs. The high summer sun is reflected and lower winter sun is allowed to pass through, heating the store.

• The store is more resilient to flash flooding thanks in part to its mature trees, green walls and its sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS).

• 100% FSC-certified glulam timber is used in the roof and first floor structural decking.

• 100% recycled aluminium roof, fermacell drylining board and 40% recycled floor tiles.

• An 80,000 litre underground tank will collect water to serve the green wall and all toilets and displace a third of the store’s main water demands.

• Waterless urinals, dual flush WCs, sensor taps.

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Energy InnovationResourcesCheshire Oaks Project TeamDeveloper/Contractor:Simons Group Ltd

Architect:Aukett Fitzroy Robinson

Building Services:Sustainable Design Solutions Ltd (SDS)

Refrigeration consultants:Oaksmere

Structural Civil Engineering:AECOM

Project Manager:David Evans Project Services Ltd.

Quantity Surveyor:Gleeds

BREEAM Assessor:AECOM Sustainable Dev. Group

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