
Michael Faraday House, IET
Michael Faraday House IET, Stevenage. A Sustainable Building Refurbishment.






Michael Faraday House IET, Stevenage. A Sustainable Building Refurbishment.

Multistory (formerly 2 Colmore Square and Cannon House) is setting the new benchwork for Sustainability, targeting WiredScore Platinum, Fitwel 2 star and Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) of ‘B’.

The building services use a 4-pipe fan coil unit arrangement with various ventilation systems to suit the different use areas. Full building power back-up standby generation, UPS, security and access control and automatic blinds all formed part of the fit-out.

The project also involved the refurbishment of the reception space and improvement of the cycle store entrance and wayfinding at basement level.

The 47,900ft² area of The Smithson building in Farringdon was refurbished to high quality office accommodation, for which Watkins Payne supplied building services engineering, vertical transportation engineering and energy consultancy to achieve an EPC B rating. The refurbished area is spread across basement and ground floor.