South West Lands

South West Lands is a new housing development to the southwest of Wembley Stadium and part of developer Quintain’s 85-acre regeneration of Wembley Park.

J S Wright designed and installed the mechanical services for its 156 shared ownership and affordable rent apartments, spread over three buildings of 6, 10 and 19 storeys above ground-floor commercial space.

The two larger linked buildings are served by Quintain’s wider district heat network while the smallest building of 29 apartments has its own energy centre.

Mechanical Installations:

• Low Pressure Hot Water (LPHW) heating system connected to district heat network in basement heating plantroom
• LPHW heating system connected to three gas-fired condensing boilers in own plantroom serving smallest building
• Distribution pipework to feed LPHW to apartment Heat Interface Units (HIUs) for hot water and underfloor heating
• Boosted Cold Water (BCW) system including pipework from cold water plant room to serve all apartments
• HIUs supplied on utility boards from in-house prefabrication department
• Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery (MVHR) systems
• Internal rainwater systems
• Supply and installation of all sanitary ware
• Individual apartment energy monitoring and prepayment billing systems
• Above ground drainage systems
• Building management controls