Approach to Projects

Sustainability

Project Management

Sustainability

Our approach to sustainable development is to improve on current best practice to encourage progress towards buildings which will satisfy both energy and environmental performance targets based on minimum energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.

To achieve significant reduction in energy use in our buildings, we target four main areas for improvement:

·   Efficient Planning of the building and site to optimise their natural attributes, i.e. Passive Solar Design

· Minimising the use of artificial lighting while actively exploiting daylight.

· Making appropriate selection of modern high performance materials of the building fabric to reduce and smooth heating and cooling loads.

· Using appropriate control systems.

The resultant design must lead to a comfortable and healthy living environment and we therefore, concurrently consider thermal, visual and aural comfort, indoor air quality and environmental and health issues at design stage.  In our material selection we consider:

· Reduction of material demand.

· Use of reusable or recyclable sources.

· Selection of materials with the lowest environmental impact.

Development of a strategy for sustainable building for this project will depend on the approach taken by you, the Client.  To develop a strategy for a project, we would develop the five main areas for improvement referred to above by:

· Providing an integrated approach.

· Seeking simple solutions.

· Using life cycle testing

· Reducing the Building Energy demand rather than reclaiming Energy.

· Designing for durability and low maintenance.

· Ensuring planning efficiency in the building and site layout.

· Optimising glazing ratios.

· High Thermal Insulation Standards.