Unlocking King’s Cross – the value of
strategic utility infrastructure
Dom Barton – Business Development Director
Running Order
1. The King’s Cross story
2. Sustainability aspirations
3. Creating a Partnership
4. Delivering the vision
5. Looking to the future
The King’s Cross story
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Settled from mid 18th century
1820 – Regent’s Canal
1824 – Pancras Gas Works
1852 - GNR Kings Cross station
1863 – Metropolitan Railway (Underground) opened
1868 – Midlands Railway St Pancras station
The King’s Cross story
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1948 – Nationalisation of the railways
2001 – Channel Tunnel Rail Link and St
Pancras restoration
2012 – Kings Cross Station
refurbishment completed
The King’s Cross Story
Renaissance:
• 50 new buildings
• 2000 new homes
• 800 student apartments
• 3.0m ft2 office space
• 0.5m ft2 retail space
• 26 acres of open space
• 10 new public parks and squares
• Education and cultural facilities
Sustainability Aspirations
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Energy efficiency – targeting 60% CO2
reduction, against planning
requirement of 39%
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Affordable energy provision for
consumers
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Green transport
Connectivity
Reuse of existing buildings
Tree planting
Sustainable building design
Promoting social and cultural diversity
Creating a Partnership
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Strategic utility partnership from the outset
Delivery of all enabling utility infrastructure:
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Heating and cooling
Power
Water/wastewater
Fibre
Gas
Control of program and expenditure
Overcomes inherent limitations of incumbent utility providers
Partner invested for long term – aligned with developer’s aspirations
Partnership -protecting consumers
Regulated utilities
Regulator
Ofcom
Ofwat
Transporter
IFNL
IWNL
Heat & district cooling
Ofgem
IPNL
KCCLP / Heat Trust
MKC
(generator)
IPL
ICHL
(DH network)
Supplier
Own data /
telecoms
service
provider
IWNL
Water &
drainage
Own power
provider
Power
Own gas
provider
95 degrees
(billing agent)
Gas
Heat &
cooling
Data
Customer
Partnership -MKC ESCo model
Delivering the Vision
Residential Units
King’s Cross Energy Centre
Master Plan
King’s Cross Energy Centre
The Future
Questions?
Dom Barton
[email protected]
07803202361