The recent World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet headquarters in Woking, on the southwestern edge of London’s sprawling suburbs, is one of the first BREEAM Outstanding rated office buildings in the UK. The 3,600 m² structure cuts energy use by just over 50 %, compared to an average building of the same size and use. It has been erected on a concrete platform above an existing car park on land owned by the town council, a short distance from the centre of Woking. The 92-m-long, new-build is flanked by a road on one side and by Basingstoke Canal on the other.
