• quotation mark Having seen energy usage decrease and recycling increase...we are extremely pleased that these sustainable behaviours have already been wholeheartedly adopted. We are proud to be setting an
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    Mark Swindlehurst - Director of Estate Management, Lancaster University

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Recieving the Breem Award at Ceremony

The Eco Residence at Lancaster University received a BREEAM Excellent rating in 2008, and was the first replicable, scalable model of its kind in the HE sector.

In 2010 UPP's innovative Eco Residence at Leeds Metropolitan University won the UK BREEAM Award in the Multi-Residential category. Part of the scheme has now been certified as meeting PassivHaus criteria, marking it out as the UK’s first student accommodation facility to achieve this standard of sustainable design.

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Eco Residence at Lancaster

Eco Residences

As part of our commitment to the environment, UPP has developed a pioneering Eco Residence model that is now being used by a number of universities around the country to provide sustainable student accommodation. The groundbreaking design was developed in collaboration with Dr Avi Friedman, Professor of Architecture at McGill University in Montreal and marks a giant step forward in sustainable development within the HE sector.

UPP has developed Eco Residences in partnership with the following institutions:

The Eco Residence model now sets the standard for sustainable campus infrastructure and demand for this model is likely to increase given that HEFCE has made it clear that future capital funding for universities will be linked to carbon performance. HEFCE, Universities UK and GuildHE have set out sector-level targets to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, and by at least 34% by 2020 (against a 1990 baseline) – the UPP Eco Residence model will help universities to meet these goals. By using environmentally-friendly products and off-site construction methods, the UPP Eco Residence approach can reduce the carbon footprint of the build by 30%.

UPP constantly strives to drive new innovation and industry best practice through Eco Residence construction projects, making use of the latest techniques and sustainability measures.

EcoResidence: a template for easily constructed sustainable university accommodation.
 
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UPP’s Eco Residences at Lancaster University.


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UPP’s Eco Residences at Leeds Metropolitan University

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