Grosvenor House is a state-of-the-art business and conference centre in the heart of Luton's Town Centre offering office space for over 20 small businesses and contemporary meeting rooms for all your business needs. Funded by Luton Borough Council, the European Regional Development Fund through the East of England Development Agency and Integria Limited, Grosvenor House emerged as Integria Limited
’s most recent success story. Located in Alma Street in Luton’s town centre, Grosvenor House operates as a high-class Business Centre, offering the ultimate in office space and conference solutions. The latter are available for hire on an hourly, daily or weekly basis and our office units can be let on a monthly or yearly basis. At Grosvenor House we are creating a new business culture, providing the technology and the surroundings to enable business executives to change the way they work. We provide total flexibility and convenience for our members, making it efficient and easy to do business in a fast-moving environment. As a Business Centre, we have a responsibility to our personnel, our members and a duty to the environment we operate in. This necessitated the use of green technologies throughout the building which enables us to generate a much lower carbon footprint and to save energy costs. These savings are then passed onto our tenants in the form of lower, energy inclusive rents. This is only the tip of the iceberg, the idea has been explored extensively. Our Green Idea
It was our objective to offer Small and Medium Enterprises in the East of England, with low-cost, energy-efficient and contemporary office space in Luton Town Centre, providing the technology and the surroundings needed to do business in a fast-moving environment, easily and efficiently. This necessitated the complete refurbishing of a 1980s built, very energy inefficient building into a BREEAM very good standard building, offering the ultimate in office place solutions. The refurbished building would provide 600m2 of office space and conference facilities for over twenty small businesses in the heart of Luton’s town centre. These improvements aimed at reducing energy costs, leaving a low-carbon footprint and subsequently passing the savings made onto tenants in the form of lower, energy inclusive rents. There were significant challenges in achieving this higher quality standard due to the building’s age, design and location and fairly limited external space. It has been a long and challenging walk, however, to date various steps have been taken to reach our objectives. The Steps we Took
The building, left in despair for over five years, has been completely transformed to reduce the use of valuable resources and provide a low-carbon footprint. Grosvenor House benefits from the newest green technologies including: Photovoltaic solar panels installed on the roof, generating the building’s electricity needs and selling the surplus back to the National Grid; Modern, double-glazed, gas-filled windows, retaining heat; Under floor heating and cooling, powered by air source heat pumps; Automatically-controlled, energy efficient lighting; Water harvesting and water-efficient toilets; Facilities for cyclists, including shower room; Recyclable floor covering; An energy-efficient lift; and a Living Wall. The Living Wall (featuring plants grown vertically in a unique, patented, modular hydroponic system, designed for precise low water usage and low maintenance) provides sound ecological benefits in Luton’s urban environment. This includes reducing the thermal loading to the building which subsequently reduces the need for additional heating and cooling equipment, thereby results in lower carbon emissions; acting as filters of pollution and aids air purification; contributing to quieter buildings and streets due to its noise attenuation; offering an ecological habitat for plant and animal species that are beneficial to the environment; and finally, yet importantly, it contributes to a positive urban psychology, uplifting the mood of those who see it. Helping You
This exemplar building stands as testament how enhancing eco-efficient and low carbon measures can substantially lead to reduction of energy costs incurred. The use of green technologies enables Grosvenor House to provide services and facilities which Small and Medium Enterprises can directly benefit from. Low-carbon business operations, free training, business support and low rent (as little as £95.00/month for office units and £7.50/hour for conference rooms) are but a few of these benefits. Contact us now for more information and see how you can benefit from the facilities and services we offer.
