The Hub will be focused on tackling climate change and will provide a focal point to the Innovation Parc. It is located at the centre of the Innovation Parc, creating a focus of collaborative activity. It offers core facilities including hot desks, flexible meeting and events space, design labs, a digital suite, demonstration space and a range of business support services.
The Innovation Hub has been built with its carbon footprint in mind, with a Glulam and CLT structure used in place of a conventional steel construction, saving an estimated 715 tonne of carbon dioxide. Glulam Solutions were the Glulam and CLT contractor for the Hub, with Narro providing the design engineering.
Both materials used are a natural alternative to steel, concrete, and plasterboard, and are manufactured off-site to precise size specifications, resulting in very little to no waste in the construction phase.
