High-quality, sustainable homes

We work with our Bristol City Leap partners to maximise on-site generation of renewable energy.

• Castle Park Energy Centre contains England’s largest water source heat pump, contributing low carbon heat to the city’s Heat Network. The ground-breaking energy centre took top prize at a major European energy awards ceremony. Read more about Castle Park Energy Centre
• In the financial year 2022-23, we also started concept work on an energy centre at our Hengrove Park development, which will supply the homes’ heating and hot water by air source heat pumps. The energy centre will create a district heating network, providing a much more sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional boilers.

Biodiversity Net Gain is a way of making sure the habitat for wildlife is in a better state than it was before development.

• All our sites achieve at least 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG), with an ambition to reach 20% as defined by the DEFRA metric. We review all our projects at design stage: Hengrove Park is exceeding 20% and our Baltic Wharf scheme shows a 30% gain in wildlife habitats.

Building with Nature is a voluntary scheme that sets best practice standards for quality green infrastructure. It awards developments that prove they will benefit people and planet

• New Fosseway Road has received a Building with Nature design award.
• Baltic Wharf has received a full Building with Nature award.

• Our One Lockleaze Green Gym project, run by The Conservation Volunteers, has already planted more than 439 trees and 274 native wildflower bulbs on 10 sites across the community.
• Read a blog from Sonia Parsons, on how our Green Gym is supporting both people and planet.
• For National Wildflower week we worked with the Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust on local educational events and gave residents information on how to help bees and wildlife.