The Building

Greenside is a brand new building within a 30 year old shell. The building was originally built by Scottish Equitable (now part of AEGON) for their own occupation in 1989. With such high quality materials of stone, concrete and lead, the building surpasses most in terms of quality of fabric. Having stripped the building back to its shell, unique office space has been created that celebrates the raw building fabric.

Greenside delivers a modern working environment with open-plan, economically and environmentally sustainable office space ideal for contemporary office use.

Lifts and stairwell in Stairwell in Greenside building, Edinburgh
Toilet door signage in Greenside building, Edinburgh

Specification

  • New variable refrigerant flow air conditioning system;
  • New mechanical and electrical systems throughout;
  • Extended main reception area with communal seating;
  • Private, external terrace for occupiers accessed off the main reception;
  • Four internal and four external car spaces;
  • Raised access floors throughout office areas;
  • Ample bike storage with clothes drying area and bike maintenance zone;
  • Male and female shower, changing and locker rooms; Male, female and accessible toilets on each floor.
  • EPC Rating “C”
  • Greenside has recently been awarded Best refurbished office building by the BCO.
Bathroom mirror in Greenside building, Edinburgh
Detail of wooden panels in Greenside building, Edinburgh

Technical specifications

  • EXTERNAL FINISHES

    • Façade around entrance area

      New charred and treated vertical timber fins and horizontal textured steel over-cladding. Down-taking of balustrade and solar film to glazing.

    • Reception build out

      Full height glazing extension to align with the canopy to match existing curtain walling system. Double entrance doors with air curtain above.

    • Planter, bench seat & signage

      Integrated textured steel planter and integral bench seat with integral illuminated building signage.

    • Terrace to front of building

      Planter and bench seating for exclusive use of tenants accessed through new double doors from reception area.

    • New Level 3 office space

      Redundant plant space converted to offices connecting to existing office space. Windows, roof lights and exposed stone wall.

    • Full height glazing

      Replacement of half height windows with full height windows on north and west elevations on 2nd and 3rd floors;

    • Roof lights

      Roof lights installed to south elevation at 3rd floor to bring natural light into 2nd floor. Additional roof lights at Level 4 to bring natural light to level 3 extension.

  • RECEPTION AND GROUND FLOOR LIFT LOBBY

    • Ceiling

      Exposed coffered ‘waffle’ concrete slab with plastered and painted coverings to downstand beams.

    • Floor

      Large format porcelain tiles with integral matwell.

    • Feature wall

      Combination vertical charred and treated timber fins and vertical timber panels with recessed lights.

    • Lighting

      Combination concealed high and low level LED strip, suspended feature pendant and strip lighting and lighting to accentuate undulations of waffle slab.

    • Furniture

      Tables & chairs for guest waiting and break out purposes. Future provision of reception desk will be catered for with underfloor services but only installed at request of majority of tenants.

    • Tenant signboard

      Bespoke feature signboard.

  • OFFICE AREAS

    • Ceilings

      The first incoming tenants have the choice of a suspended ceiling with integral lighting or exposed concrete ‘waffle’ slab with suspended ventilation ductwork, lighting and other.

    • Floor to Ceiling

      2.7m with suspended ceiling and up to approximately 3.3m from top or raised floor to underside of concrete slab with exposed services option.

    • Floors

      Good quality carpets on raised access floors providing up to 100mm void for electrical and data distribution. Raised floor designed to support point load of 3.0 kN on 25mm square.

    • Walls

      Made good and decorated throughout.

    • Doors

      Double door set with vision panels and stainless steel ironmongery.

  • WCs

    • Floor

      Porcelain tiles.

    • Walls

      Combination tiled behind WCs and wash hand basins and plastered and painted elsewhere.

    • Ceilings

      Plasterboard

    • Sanitary ware

      White ceramic.

  • LIFT LOBBIES, PRIMARY STAIRWELL AND LIFT CAR

    • Walls

      Made good and decorated throughout. Feature signage and wall decorations.

    • Ceiling

      Made good and decorated throughout with new integrated lighting.

    • Floors

      Good quality vinyl floor coverings.

    • Lift car

      Feature timber panel, other walls decorated, good quality floor coverings.

  • OTHER TENANT FACILITIES

    • Car parking

      Four internal and four external car spaces

    • Bicycle Storage

      Secure storage for up to 60 bikes, maintenance zone with tool station and drying area.

    • Showers & Changing

      Male and female shower, changing and locker areas adjacent to bike storage.

    • Secure Storage

      Exclusive lockable storage areas available for rent to tenants.

    • Tenant plant areas

      External areas set aside for future installation of condensers for additional plant requirements of tenants.

Services

  • ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS

    • Electricity Supply

      Sub mains distribution will be provided to office floors via 2 dedicated electrical risers on each side of the office floor plate allowing flexibility of the space to be sub-divided if required in the future. Small power of 25W per square metre. One sub-meter per floor.

    • Office area power distribution

      To be undertaken by tenant within raised floor void and with tenant installed floor boxes.

    • Entry & Access Control

      Linked from main entrance door to the reception and tenanted areas on all floors. Designed to be operable with or without receptionist. Programmable key fob system to access the building and tenanted areas.

    • Parking

      Provision for future electric car charging points.

    • Connectivity

      Availability of Gigabit circuits through the Openreach fibre network. Tenants have a range of options for both primary and secondary connections available to them.

    • Sustainability

      Target EPC rating ‘C’.

  • MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

    • New high efficiency heat recovery VRF air conditioning system with fresh air provision designed for 1 per 8 square metre occupational density.
    • Heating and cooling provided by indoor fan coil units with local ductwork connections onto swirl type diffusers.
    • Air handling units and boiler in Level 1 plant room. Condensers in external area at Level 3.
    • Ventilation by mechanical means only at 1.5 l/s/per square metre. Toilet ventilation to 10 air changes per hour extract.

  • LIGHTING

    • Range of possible lighting options available to first incoming tenant depending upon the choice of ceiling finish. Choice of recessed luminaires within suspended ceiling or light fittings suspended from the exposed concrete slab.

    • Light levels

      Offices 300-500 lux; office circulation and break out space – 200 lux; toilets, lobbies and stairs – 150 lux; reception – contrasting levels.

    • Lighting control

      PIR presence detection and dimming in offices, PIR in toilets.

  • PROTECTIVE INSTALLATIONS

    • Fire Alarm

      Designed and installed throughout the building in accordance with BS5839-1 L1/M fully interfaced with lifts and mechanical plant.

    • Emergency lighting

      Provided throughout the building in accordance with BS 5266-1.

    • Security system

      A new security alarm will be provided to the building. Cabling and containment to each office space will be installed for future installation of tenant alarm system to be linked to the landlord system to give a ‘last man out’ warning for setting landlord area alarm.

    • CCTV

      The building shall be provide with a CCTV system to monitor key areas throughout the building and its surrounding area.

Floor Plans

  • Low Density

    32 Workstations
    4,892 sq ft

  • Medium Density

    40 Workstations + 8 persons touchdown
    4,892 sq ft