Leach Pottery

OR Consulting &emdash; Leach Pottery

Our design proposal integrates a variety of lean, mean, and green strategies to  optimise the environmental performance  of the building.

OR Consulting — Leach Pottery

OR Consulting are the building services consultants for the redevelopment and extension of Leach Pottery in St Ives, transforming the existing site into a low-carbon production and training hub. The project will create an efficient café, gallery, studio, shop, museum, and residential spaces, all designed to support the Client’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality in the near future.

Our design integrates a variety of lean, mean, and green strategies to optimise the environmental performance of the building.

Sustainability Achievements:

  • Heat recovery and storage from the kiln firing process to offset carbon emissions.
  • Super-insulation of new constructions to meet Passivhaus standards.
  • Replacement of existing gas boiler systems with air-water heat pumps and bivalent heating systems to serve historic areas.
  • Heat recovery ventilation for the new studio spaces.
  • Exploration of micro-hydro generation on-site.
  • Installation of photovoltaic panels across new and existing roofs, paired with local battery storage to enhance energy efficiency.
OR Consulting &emdash; Leach Pottery