the apex

Location: Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk  

Value: £2.0Mil 

Completion: TBC  

Client: West Suffolk Council  

Services provided  

• energy study 

• stage 3 design 

• stage 4 design 

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the apex is an award-winning multi use venue designed to excellent acoustic standards. established in 2012, it features a spacious auditorium that accommodates up to 500 guests, suitable for a wide range of events. additional facilities include dressing rooms, studio areas, and essential back-of-house amenities such as a kitchen and WCs. 

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in 2010, sasha was the project director responsible for the MEP design. the building is tempered entirely by open loop reversible water to water heat pumps. heating and cooling are delivered through a mixture of radiators, underfloor heating and air handling units. the building's co2 emissions are roughly 72% lower than the operational energy benchmarks established by CIBSE 2008 TM46. 

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in 2022 mstep were given the opportunity to assess their current MEP systems to enable the apex to achieve further energy and co2 savings. this was developed further to stage 3 and stage 4. a number of upgrades were proposed including the replacement of existing systems with more efficient equivalents as well as upgrading the BMS.