Project value £7.7m
Client: iCon Limited: consortium of West Northamptonshire  Development Corporation. European Regional Development Fund, East Midlands Development Agency, Northampton University and Daventry District Council.
Architect: Consarc
Engineer: SKM
Building Services: Synergy
Programme: 78 weeks

Winvic Build has completed the first ever Innovation Centre aimed at supporting companies who supply goods and services to the Sustainable Construction Industry.  Funded by grants from a number of public sector partners including the European Regional Development Fund, the £7.7 million iCon Environmental Innovation Centre in Daventry, has the capacity to provide offices for 54 companies, a 300 seat auditorium and cafe. This was the first project in the UK to use the new Sustainability Supplement to the JCT Form of Contract and include contract conditions to meet sustainability targets:

• BREEAM Excellent
• Carbon in use less than 15Kg CO2/m2/annum
• Air Leakage less than 7m3/Hr.m2
• 10% Renewable energy

All of these targets were easily achieved by a margin of 20% or more. The buildings ownership on completion transferred to the University of Northampton, who will not only manage the facility but use it as part of PhD study, providing feedback to the industry on the actual performance of a number of the innovative products used within the building fabric and systems.