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7 More London is the new building for professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP at More Riverside London, near Tower Bridge in central London.

Completed in 2009, it was the first building in the capital, and the first major office in the UK to be awarded the BREEAM ‘Outstanding' rating.

The international BREEAM standard is the highest award for best practice in sustainable design and environmental performance for buildings, and the ' Outstanding' rating, the top award. To achieve the rating, the site at 7 More London had to meet or exceed a challenging score of 85% against strict criteria, and included environmental innovations such as the use of 80% recycled aggregate within the concrete used, and the recycling of waste heat to cool and warm the building.

PwC's vision for the 48,000m2 office - equivalent to the size of four football pitches - on the south bank of the Thames in London, close to City Hall, was to ‘raise the bar' for the sustainable design of office buildings. Aggregates used in the office build were from predominantly recycled sources, part of a strategy to integrate sustainable products and materials throughout the site, delivering both affordable and sustainable environmentally friendly features to the building.

Demonstrating the firm's reputation for integrating sustainability into business strategy, the firm worked with multidisciplinary design consultancy BDP, to meet, and then exceed the BREEAM standards.

Source: pwc.com