Guide
to Sustainable Design
We
consider in the fundamental
grandness of reducing the impact on
the surroundings from building. Our
constructions are healthy to live in
and kind to the surroundings. We go
through all applicable energy saving
measures where possible and welcome
clients who are searching to reduce
their carbon footprint. This
document is designated as a guide to
inform our customers of the energy
efficiency principles, schemes and
systems that we are capable to carry
out.
Check
list of energy efficient measures and
schemes that we would promote as
current best practice energy efficient
design:
Building
form
*
Orientate construction and areas of
glazing to maximize daylight and
potential solar gain and minimize
heat loss.
In general speaking this means
avoiding large areas of glazing on
the north facade of the construction
and
supplying suitable solar shading to
the south, east and west facades.
*
Locate openings to maximize passive
ventilation. In fact this means
placing windows to maximize cross ventilation
across rooms where solar gain is a
potential problem. Stack outcome,
vertical ventilating system through
stair voids or double height
distances can also be considered.
*
Consider thermal mass as a formula
of stabilizing inner temperatures.
Materials such as brick, block work,
stone
and solid absorb extra heat in warm
weather condition and radiate heat
in cooler weather, reducing net heating
and cooling loads. Green roof
systems render fabulous thermal mass
and produce micro habitats for
wildlife.
Building
fabric
* Super
insulate. We would recommend
amending stages of insulation to
follow with energy preservation
trust best
practice guidelines. Natural
insulation materials such as
hemp/cotton wool or sheep’s wool are
further sustainable,
produce a healthier inner
surroundings and work more with
efficiency.
*
Minimize thermal bridging, or heat
loss through the building fabric.
This can be achieved by enhanced
building detailing
and through specifying high
performance windows and doors.
*
Minimize air infiltration losses,
i.e. make the construction as air
tight as possible by sealing all
potential air leakage
routes. A controlled ventilation
strategy must be applied in
conjunction with this approach.
‘Build tight, ventilate
right’.
*
Ventilate with efficiency. A
sufficient inner surroundings should
be potential to accomplish through
with manipulated
ventilation via windowtrickle vents,
passive stack vents and ideally,
mechanical ventilation with heat
recovery. Quite plainly this is a
system of rules that extracts heat
from warm damp air (kitchens and bathrooms)
and re-circulates it in the form of
dry warm air to reduce net heating
loads.
*
Apply biological or reprocessed
materials where possible, applying
the Green Guide as a reference for specifications.
Examples includesustainable timbers,
low voc paints and breathable
materials for historical constructions,
such as lime based renders. Detail
construction so thatmaterials can be
reused.
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