Defence estate project delivers modernised, energy-efficient accommodation for service personnel based at RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall. VIVO Defence Services has completed a pioneering decarbonisation retrofit, demonstrating that ageing military accommodation can be modernised in less than half the time and at around a third of the cost of a comparable new-build project. In 2024, RAF St Mawgan faced a shortage of single living accommodation (SLA), and the 50-year-old Baker Block no longer met the performance standards needed to support the government’s energy efficiency ambitions. The site was selected for a feasibility project to assess whether refurbishing an ageing SLA block could…
