A £6m (US$7.9m, €7.1m) environmentally friendly community and leisure facility will open in Cardiff at the end of September.

Star Hub at Splott Park in the south of the city will have a 25m swimming pool, a gym and fitness suite, a library and multi-use community and leisure rooms. Advice services, training rooms and a community café will also be provided.

The ground floor, including the pool area, is 1,500 square metres and the first floor is 700 square metres.

Contractor Willmot Dixon has constructed the energy efficient building, which includes solar thermal panels to reduce heating costs. Building work has taken just over a year.

City of Cardiff Council cabinet member for community development, co-operatives and social enterprise, councillor Peter Bradbury, said: “I’m delighted we’ve been able to deliver a new pool for the community, while the large gym space, library and community café are really going to benefit people in the area.”

As well as combining leisure facilities with a library and advice services, the hub will also bring some of the council’s partners together under one roof, making it quicker and more convenient for customers to access services.

Cllr Bradbury added: “Our hubs have been highly successful elsewhere in the city and we aim to replicate that success with the Star Hub. We’ve seen increased uptake in our services like more people signing up for library membership or people accessing services and benefits they previously didn’t know they were eligible for.”