Ev0: The UK’s lowest carbon new build

The Ev0 Building in Manchester is set to become the UK’s lowest carbon new build office development. Explore the pioneering design pushing the boundaries of modern architecture and sustainability.

Bruntwood

2024

Manchester, UK

Sheppard Robson

Net zero design challenge

Bruntwood’s Ev0 building is a £30mn commercial development with impressive sustainability credentials. The team was not only tasked to design a commercially viable net zero carbon building but to develop thinking and challenge each other to understand how to design a building with the highest environmental performance, to accelerate learning and development in the net zero field.
Bruntwood’s Ev0 building is a £30mn commercial development with impressive sustainability credentials. The team was not only tasked to design a commercially viable net zero carbon building but to develop thinking and challenge each other to understand how to design a building with the highest enviro.....

“Sustainability runs through the heart of everything we do at Bruntwood and the development of Ev0 will be a major milestone on our net zero journey”

Ciara Keeling
CEO, Bruntwood

Ev0 in numbers

  • : 94%
    of Ev0’s energy needs will be generated on-site
  • : 500

    kgCO₂e/m²

    upfront carbon emissions
  • : 4000

    tons CO₂e

    are stored in EV0’s timber frame

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