1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
-The Climate Innovation District scheme intends to forge collaboration with local and international partners to deliver an exemplar model of how to economically build zero-carbon neighbourhoods that also provide healthier, smarter and better-connected places and cities. (5)
-The infrastructure has been designed to add as much value to the development as possible through enhanced biodiversity and the exemplar Sustainable Urban Drainage System's will see stormwater managed at source, attenuated and conveyed through the functional landscape. This has been designed to add interest and animation, as well as providing the District's necessary drainage function. (3)
-The District is also integrated into green infrastructure and in proximity to surrounding nature. Due to the associated health benefits of green space, the Climate Innovation District is therefore designed to ensure that residents are never far from a green space. (5) It will also lift dwellings above flood risk. (8)
-The infrastructure has been designed to add as much value to the development as possible through enhanced biodiversity and the exemplar Sustainable Urban Drainage System's will see stormwater managed at source, attenuated and conveyed through the functional landscape. This has been designed to add interest and animation, as well as providing the District's necessary drainage function. (3)
-The District is also integrated into green infrastructure and in proximity to surrounding nature. Due to the associated health benefits of green space, the Climate Innovation District is therefore designed to ensure that residents are never far from a green space. (5) It will also lift dwellings above flood risk. (8)
Quantitative targets
The new homes will use up to 90% less energy for heating and will incorporate many green innovations including rainwater harvesting, solar power and smart technology which allows homeowners to control energy remotely via a desktop, tablet or smartphone. (7)
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Implementation activities
The first residents occupied homes from early 2017. (1) This constitutes Phase 1 of the development and will consist of 312 homes. This Phase will be manufactured to Passivhaus principles in the factory that Citu have established in Leeds South Bank. The infrastructure has been designed to add as much value to the development as possible through enhanced biodiversity and amenity and the Sustainable Urban Drainage System's exemplar will see stormwater managed at source, attenuated and conveyed through the functional landscape. This has been designed to add interest and animation, as well as providing the necessary drainage function. (3) Phase 2 remains in its planning stage and will respond to flood risk; providing a riverside public garden; reconnect the site and access the river; create low-carbon housing. (4) Final completion of the project is due by 2022. (1)
The scheme is being built on 15 acres of brownfield land in the city’s former industrial heartlands. (1)
The scheme is being built on 15 acres of brownfield land in the city’s former industrial heartlands. (1)
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
The product is undertaken to provide build zero carbon neighbourhoods that also provide healthier, smarter and better connected places and cities. (5) The infrastructure has been designed to add as much value to the development as possible through enhanced biodiversity and amenity and the exemplar Sustainable Urban Drainage System's will see storm water managed at source, attenuated and conveyed through the functional landscape. (3)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
The designs of the District are based on a model of “progressive” new neighbourhoods in Scandinavia, with input from leading Swedish architecture company White. (1) This model is based on Scandinavian urban densities and a high standard of environmental performance. (5) To this end Citu has thereby developed “Citu House” a timber framed housing system designed to the highest environmental standards, which it manufactures from its temporary £3.4 million state-of-the-art 60,000 sq ft factory in Leeds. (10) This system vastly reduces the carbon footprint in the construction process and provides certainty in ensuring quality and energy performance (2) Citu also developed the Citu House on the basis of research conducted with Leeds Beckett University and University of Leeds. (5, 6)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
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