National energy award for Blackpool building

Number One Bickerstaffe Square, home to Blackpool Council and part of Muse Developments’ Talbot Gateway regeneration scheme, has been recognised as the most energy efficient building in the UK.

The Energy Awards recognise and reward both supply and demand-side excellence within the energy sector. The awards acknowledge achievement in carbon reduction and energy efficiency, energy supply, brokering as well as products and services.

These included solar glass and passive shading to make the most of the changeable weather, roof-mounted air source heat pumps and photo-voltaic panels and a high-tech heat-recovery system for the data centre which recycles the waste heat from computer servers to reduce the building’s energy requirements.

“Number One Bickerstaffe Square is unlike any other office accommodation available in Blackpool; the intention from the outset was to deliver a sustainable and energy efficient office that serves the needs of the Council to the benefit of their council tax payers. This award recognizes that this goal has been achieved.”

Cllr Fred Jackson, Blackpool Council’s cabinet member for urban regeneration, said: “I’m sure everyone will agree that, if you’re going to create a new office, it should be energy efficient and minimise emissions as much as possible.