Considered one of the region's most sought-after business parks, Grange Park has been given a prestigious Green Apple Gold Environment award in the Property and Estate Management: Offices Habitat and Diversity category — celebrating its focus on sustainability and wellbeing.
The award by the Green
Organisation highlights the park's environmental achievements, including
ongoing initiatives to reduce its ecological footprint and create a green,
eco-friendly environment for its tenants.
As well as offering access to over 20 acres of parkland, the business hub — located on the site of the former HQ of Zurich Insurance in Bishop’s Cleeve — continues to set the bar for sustainability with its excellent EPC rating of A.
The building is gas-free, with all heating and air conditioning powered by electricity; and solar panels, which generated 6,722 kWh of electricity in June, provide clean, renewable energy to the building’s common areas.
In line with the site's strong commitment to sustainability and occupier wellbeing, the parkland has been transformed to enhance biodiversity with the introduction of pollinator-friendly planting, bat boxes, bird boxes, bee hives, and a bug hotel to support a wide variety of species.
And walkways beneath clematis planted pergolas lead to breakout areas, where occupiers can relax with picnic tables, benches and 'love seats'.
Grange Park also boasts allotments with plans
to launch a gardening club in the spring to encourage social interaction
and a shared sense of purpose among occupiers
The north end of 'The Street', the impressive 200m long atrium running the length of the building, has been transformed with a 12m high mural created by Andy ‘Dice’ Davies, local artist and director of Cheltenham Paint Festival.
Andy said: 'This was an interesting challenge and the biggest indoor mural
I’ve ever undertaken. I interpreted a mid-19th century design by William
Morris to meet the brief of bringing the parkland into the building, into The Street.'
