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Glastonbury
Westminster, London
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Built- 1968
20 floors tower
160 flats
80 bedsits & 80 one bedroom flats
8 flat/ floor
Typical Floor area -457m˛
Building Area - 10,515m˛
Bedsits/studio area - 30m˛
One bedroom flat area - 48m˛
2.75m Floor to floor height
Two lifts serve all 20 floors
Owner: Westminster City Council Residents: majority tenants
All dwellings for elderly people
[>age above 55]
The flats are suitable for semi-mobile wheelchair users
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Sandwell
West Midlands
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Built- 1962
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Two 9 storey towers Bowater
and Braybrook
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34 & 36 flats each
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four 2 bedroom flat/ floor
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Typical flat area - 65m˛
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2.67m Floor to floor height
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Owner: Sandwell Metropolitan
Borough Council
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Residents: majority
are tenants
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All dwellings for elderly
people
[>age above 55]
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Edmonton
North London
Built- Late 1960s
3 blocks [i.e. Mendip, Grampian and Penine House]
25 storey each
184 flats/ block
8 flat/ floor [top floor 4 flats]
4 No 1 bedroom flat/ floor
4 No 2 bedrooms flat/ floor
1 bedroom flats = 48m˛+2m˛balcony
2 bedroom flats = 74m˛+2m˛balcony
2.3m Floor to floor height
Residents: 95% tenants
2 blocks with couples, single people and families. 1 block
with elderly people [>55years].
Owner: Green Horizons Housing
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Key features
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Residential roof garden, day centre, residents launderette, health
centre & meeting rooms
Vertical axis wind turbines
Roof solar photovoltaic [6kWp]
improvements to wind environment
Heating -district CHP
50% reduction in energy use
Eco-sensitive building materials
Waste sorting and collection system
Broadband cabling
Water saving measures
Rainwater harvesting
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