Operations & Maintenance building credentials
The Rampion operations and maintenance base is a flagship facility helping to spearhead the revitalisation of the port.
Designed by architects Corstorphine + Wright working together with the engineering firm Helmsley Orrell Partnership (HOP) as the client engineering representative, the new building is environmentally-friendly and includes the following energy efficient features:
- Solar PV – 48 panels, 15kW max output
- Electric car charging points for up to 16 vehicles per day
- Bris Soleil – (window shading) lowers heat gain
- Tinted windows – lowers heat gain
- LED lighting with daylight linked and absence detection control
- Auto off taps
- Sky lights over warehouse
- VRF air source heat pumps to serve both the space heating/cooling and the domestic hot water:
- 146kW office heating and hot water
- 146kW office cooling
- 106kW warehouse heating
- Convection space heaters around the building that provide heat only in corridors during colder weather
- Thermal heat recovery wheel in ventilation plant
- Building Energy Management System
- Comprehensive metering of electricity usage – For in-house monitoring, control and refinement
- Enhanced building fabric insulation levels and air tightness to higher than Building Reg standards
- Time and light level controlled external lighting
- Cycle racks to encourage cycling to work
- Fast acting roller shutter door (prevents heat loss)
- User activated workshop heating with auto off
- Teleconferencing phones (save travel)
The building has achieved an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) A rating.