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Opened in June 2023 the Super Hub can process up to 90,000 parcels an hour ! It is Royal Mail’s largest site, big enough to park 14 jumbo jets inside. It has been built with sustainability in mind and includes: 

• Solar panels on the roof and along a wall of the building, which can generate 900Mwh of electricity. Enough to run the site in daylight hours under standard conditions; 
• Its own dedicated rail terminal to make use of low emissions transport methods and to move mail from air to rail and road to reduce carbon emissions; 
• Energy efficient heating, venting and LED motion sensor lighting; 
• Roof design maximises the amount of natural light entering the building; 
• Rainwater harvesting used to flush internal toilets – 15,000 litres per day with underground tanks on site to accommodate 10.5 million litres, that’s 4 Olympic swimming pools; 
• The site has electric car charging points for those driving to site; 
• Dedicated waste segregation areas to improve recycling.

The building has achieved BREAM “Excellent” status and an EPC rating of A. This is credit to the sustainability of its design and sets an example of how mail processing centres can be sustainable. During its life the building will help Royal Mail to reach Net Zero by 2040.