Fish Island Village
Phases 1 and 2

Fish Island Village 1 & 2 is a vast award-winning mixed-use development at Hackney Wick in London. Designed and built by housebuilder Hill and housing association Peabody with the area’s industrial heritage in mind, the scheme aims to create a lively and vibrant canalside community.

J S Wright was responsible for installing, testing and commissioning the mechanical services for all 423 one, two and three-bedroom private and affordable apartments, along with a concierge, gym and underground parking, in the first two phases of the development comprising 16 blocks.

J S Wright also provided the services for The Trampery, a ground floor level network of workspaces on the development, managed by the social enterprise of the same name.

Mechanical Installations – Apartments

• Mains cold water supply from site boundary to storage tank and booster set in basement energy centre, with distribution pipework to all flats
• Natural gas supply from bulk gas meter to communal boilers in energy centre
• LTHW heating from community gas boilers in energy centre to apartment HIU boilers for domestic hot water service and underfloor heating
• Hot and cold-water systems, including pipework and boosted cold-water feed from energy centre to apartment HIUs to serve all domestic appliances
• Mechanical ventilation heat recovery systems serving apartment blocks and concierge
• Local supply and extract systems to energy centre, cleaners’ cupboards and bin stores
• Rainwater drainage pipes for balconies
• Above ground drainage to remove soil, waste and overflows from all flats and energy centre to underground drainage system
• Sanitaryware to all apartment blocks and cleaners’ cupboards, including internal rainwater installation
• Building Management System (BMS) for controlling and monitoring main plant, including metering for individual apartment energy consumption complete with a prepayment system

Mechanical Installations – The Trampery

• Boosted cold water supply from existing cold-water connection
• LTHW heating via indirect HIUs for delivering instantaneous hot water to radiators, including hot and cold-water pipework
• Passive and extract ventilation systems and above ground drainage