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Square footage of o ce and retail space certi ed by BREEAM on the Canary Wharf estate
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getting greener
by Martin Gettings
Did you know Canary Wharf is one of the most certi ed sustainable urban districts in the UK? We were early adopters of a sustainable certi cation called BREEAM back in 1998 and have since achieved environmental certi cation on more than 10million sq ft of o ce and retail space.
We continue to push the boundaries by going well beyond the requirements of legislation.
In 2020 we delivered 1.2million sq ft of BREEAM Outstanding space, the highest rating possible, at One And
Five Bank Street, making it one of the largest buildings to achieve that ranking of its class in the world.
Its Energy Performance Certi cate was A-rated, similar to the EPC on your kitchen appliances at home.
What’s more, we are now targeting
BREEAM Outstanding rated buildings and even public spaces at our new district – Wood Wharf – as well.
So why is this certi cation important? Achieving high levels of environmental certi cation is a key part of our sustainability strategy, providing a way to measure and communicate our performance and provide very clear instructions to what is expected to be delivered by design and construction teams throughout the development process.
BREEAM, which stands for Building
Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, o ers certi cation of both public spaces and buildings.
BREEAM-rated developments are more sustainable places because they follow a very thorough set of criteria that ensures the project actively enhances climate resilience and the wellbeing of people that live and work in them, which is essential.
BREEAM helps project teams to stay on track with delivering sustainability under pressure, making sure that agreed targets are safeguarded as the design evolves and construction work gets underway.
Sometimes good intentions on the drawing board don’t make it onto site, but BREEAM takes care of that.
To achieve certi cation, each project must adhere to detailed requirements that guide project teams across a range of criteria, namely community engagement, health and wellbeing, energy e ciency, air quality and biodiversity.
Reduction of waste, pollution and water use are also key categories in a
BREEAM assessment.
All are independently checked by experts at the design stage, throughout construction and after the project is completed.
This way, the good intentions at design stage make it through to completion. The speci cs of certi ca-
A BREEAM assessment means experts checking the sustainability of a scheme at the design stage, during construction and after works have been completed
One And Five Bank Street, above, is certi ed as BREEAM Outstanding and is A-rated on its Energy Performance Certi cate
every keeping watch at stage of development
Martin Gettings, Canary Wharf Group tion may vary from project to project because all projects are di erent, but this robust veri cation process is the same no matter if you’re building a skyscraper or a single-storey home.
Therefore, when a completed building achieves its certi cation, it is a cause for celebration for the entire development team.
To get in touch with our team to hear more about our sustainability programme, please email us via sustainability@canarywharf.com
Martin Gettings is group head of sustainability at Canary Wharf Group
Go to canarywharf.com or breakingtheplastichabit.co.uk Scan this code for more information on sustainability in Canary Wharf
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Years, this year, since Pure Sports Medicine opened in Canary Wharf – the brand now has seven clinics
how Pure Sports Medicine provides healthcare across a range of disciplines to achieve the best outcome for clients
by Jon Massey
Get it checked out”. Adam Goode is unequivocal in his advice to those in pain. Whether it’s discomfort in the back from working long hours at home, an injury from daily exercise in lockdown or simply a crick in the neck, Pure Sports Medicine’s Swiss Army knife of services is here to help.
With seven clinics across London, including an extensive suite of treatment rooms and gym spaces in Canary Wharf’s Cabot Place, the company’s multi-disciplinary approach means it’s capable of tackling a plethora of problems with a wide range of tools. As medical facilities, the brand’s sites remain open in lockdown with strict safety measures in place, including medical grade PPE.
As group clinical manager, Adam oversees operations at three of Pure Sports Medicine’s branches.
He said: “In the first lockdown, we had loads of people who had to delay treatment for their conditions and had larger issues and problems develop as a result.
“Our message is to get in touch if you have an injury. Sometimes people don’t want to travel – that’s absolutely fine and understandable, given the circumstances.
“We can offer them a virtual consultation during which we can do the majority of things we need to for an assessment and get people on a positive footing and a path to recovery. We are also comfortable with people simply emailing in with questions.
“Things are different to the first lockdown in March when nobody knew how to approach operating as a healthcare provider.
“As a medical facility we are allowed to open and we reassure our staff and patients that the risk assessments and positive procedures we have in place – the checks that we do – are very robust.”
Pure Sports Medicine, which opened its Canary Wharf branch in 2011, brings a large number of clinicians together under a single umbrella with the aim of offering its clients the most effective treatment possible.
“We have the same level of approach and breadth and quality of staff as a professional sports team to optimise people’s lifestyles, whether that’s dealing with injuries, performance or general health and well-being.,” said Adam who spent more than a decade working for the NHS in musculoskeletal health at the Royal London Hospital.
“Our team is wide and varied, from sports doctors, including physiotherapists, osteopaths, soft tissue therapists and nutritionists to instructors, coaches and podiatrists.
“We all work together to engage with clients, whether they’ve been referred to us or have been told about us by people they know.
“Our job is to plan that person’s recovery, to optimise it, to get them as good as they can be, as quickly as possible.
“We’ll do that through a combination of treatments and approaches from clinicians in our team, as appropriate to the case. That’s what sets us apart really – we are the most comprehensive offering in the UK to have all those services under one roof.
“People can access our services at any point. They might come to the soft tissue therapists or myself as a physiotherapist, as a first port of call. The first assessment is to assess what the problem is, and then outline a treatment plan.
“That may well include more diagnoses, where we bring the doctors in, use ultrasound scanning, for example, and then offer treatments, that might include injections, or a secondary referral to our orthopaedic partners.
“We work with surgeons and that can be a two-way street – we send patients to them for a surgical input and they send patients to us who they feel don’t need surgery, or are recovering from it.
“It could be something that’s acute, such as a sprained ankle or a sporting injury such as a twisted knee in football. It could be something that is slow onset, such as, in lockdown, neck pain, lumbar and lower back pain.
“In the first lockdown we saw a number of people with run-related injuries, and those sorts of injuries are often a function of or a change in the activity. Those problems have continued through last year.
“We have had a large number of heal helping to Image by Matt Grayson – nd more of his work at graysonphotos.co.uk or @mattgrayson_photo on Insta
