How can good quality carbon reduction schemes be achieved through the planning process?

1. How can good quality carbon
reduction schemes be achieved
through the planning process?
Steve Charter
Training Development Manager
Green Gauge Trust

2. Can you achieve good quality sustainability /
carbon reduction in planning in a viable way?
Yes
However, this depends on having a good understanding of
what is:
good quality
viable e.g. in cost and buildability
in terms of both:
sustainability/carbon reduction
planning policy and practice

3. Why buildings are important: 45% CO2 emissions
All new homes ‘zero carbon’ by 2016;
All new commercial & public buildings ‘zero carbon’
by 2019
Domestic CO2 emissions to be reduced by 26% by
2020, and by 80% by 2050
80% of homes in 2050 have already been built
There’s 26 million existing homes to deal with now.
Responsible for 27% of current UK carbon emissions …

4. Planning System
Purpose of the planning system:
• To deliver sustainable development
• To encourage ‘good design’ and prevent ‘poor
design’
• To complement other regulatory and policy
approaches
Plus:
• To help mitigate and adapt to climate change

5. PPS1, Design - paragraph 35
Para 35:
• High quality and inclusive design .... means ensuring a place will
function well and add to the overall character and quality of the area, not just
for the short term but over the lifetime of the
development. This requires carefully planned, high quality
buildings and spaces that support the efficient use of
resources.
Good design should:
– address the connections between people and places by considering the needs of people to
access jobs and key services;
– be integrated into the existing urban form and the natural and built environments;
– be an integral part of the processes for ensuring successful, safe and inclusive villages,
towns and cities;
– create an environment where everyone can access and benefit from the full range of
opportunities available to members of society; and,
– consider the direct and indirect impacts on the natural
environment.

6. PPS1, Design - paragraph 36
• Planning authorities should prepare robust
policies on design and access... Key objectives
should include ensuring that developments:
– are sustainable, durable and adaptable
(including taking account of natural hazards
such as flooding) and make efficient and
prudent use of resources;

7. PPS1, Design - paragraph 38
Para 38
Design policies should avoid unnecessary prescription or detail and
should concentrate on guiding the overall scale, density, massing,
height, landscape, layout and access of new development in
relation to neighbouring buildings and the local area more
generally.
Local planning authorities should not attempt to impose
architectural styles or particular tastes and they should not stifle
innovation, originality or initiative through unsubstantiated
requirements to conform to certain development forms or styles.
It is, however, proper to seek to promote or reinforce local
distinctiveness particularly where this is supported by clear plan
policies or supplementary planning documents on design.

8. PPS1: Climate Change Supplement
• Tackling climate change is a key Government priority for the planning
system.
KEY PLANNING OBJECTIVES
9. To deliver sustainable development ... all planning authorities should
prepare, and manage the delivery of, spatial strategies that:
• in providing for the homes, jobs, services and infrastructure needed by
communities, and in renewing and shaping the places where they live and
work, secure the highest viable resource and energy efficiency and
reduction in emissions;
• secure new development and shape places that minimise vulnerability,
and provide resilience, to climate change; ...
• conserve and enhance biodiversity ...;
• respond to the concerns of business and encourage competitiveness and
technological innovation in mitigating and adapting to climate change.

9. PPS1: Climate Change Supplement
10. Regional planning bodies and all planning authorities
should apply the following principles in making decisions
about their spatial strategies:
• the proposed provision for new development, its spatial
distribution, location and design should be planned to
limit carbon dioxide emissions;
• new development should be planned to make good use of
opportunities for decentralised and renewable or low
carbon energy;
• new development should be planned to minimise future
vulnerability in a changing climate;
• climate change considerations should be integrated into
all spatial planning concerns;

10. PPS1: Climate Change Supplement
31. There will be situations where it could be appropriate for
planning authorities to anticipate levels of building
sustainability in advance of those set out nationally. When
proposing any local requirements for sustainable buildings
planning authorities must be able to demonstrate clearly
the local circumstances that warrant and allow this.
32. When proposing any local requirement for sustainable
buildings planning authorities should:
• focus on development area or site-specific opportunities;
• specify the requirement in terms of achievement of
nationally described sustainable buildings standards, for
example in the case of housing by expecting identified
housing proposals to be delivered at a specific level of the
Code for Sustainable Homes;

12. Common / Typical Practices by 2013-15
Planning conditions prevented
the most cost effective and
resource efficient approach
Source: The Passivhaus Diaries, Bill Butcher – Green
Building Company, with Building Magazine

13. What is Good Design:
‘Good design’ now clearly relates to:
• Location
• Layout (including orientation)
• Landscape
• Appearance
• Functional DESIGN i.e. performance of any
development and buildings in energy and
carbon terms

14. Low & Zero Carbon Definitions,
Policies & Knowledge
Allowable Solutions
Policy & Knowledge
On-Site Techs Policy
& Knowledge
Fabric Related Policy
& Knowledge

15. Defining Sustainable Building
The terms ‘sustainable building’, or ‘sustainable
construction’ should be:
a) Defined in a meaningful way in practical terms
b) Consistent & clear
c) Based in environmental, social & economic realities
In your experience, are they?

16. Defining Sustainable Building
• Not a single definition
• or an ‘A + B + C = D’ definition
In essence, it’s about:
a) Design + Construction + Use + Demolition /Re-Use
b) Significantly Reducing ‘Whole Life’ Negative Impacts
c) Consciously Increasing ‘Whole Life’ Benefits
• i.e. Sust Building = Whole-life x minimised negative
impacts x maximised positive benefits

17. The Environmental Baseline
Fundamental environmental baseline for development
/ building to become ’sustainable’:
To stabilise climate change:
– 80%+ reduction in CO2 / GHG emissions
For sustainable resource use:
– 65-75%+ reduction in impacts / improvements in
resource efficiency (i.e. based on ecological footprint
& lifecycle impacts);
– shifts to circular resource cycles.
(These are not up for debate here ... I won’t tell you how to lay
bricks, if you don’t tell me what’s sustainable ...)

18. Core Environmental Components for
Sustainable Building
• Energy and Carbon / climate impacts;
• Waste & Resource Efficiency;
• Water;
• Health & Pollution;
• Ecology & biodiversity;
• To transform the quantity of impacts
• To transform the quality of impacts

19. 2. Max Thermal Efficiency 3. Natural / Low Impact 4. Waste
/ Min Heat-loss Products & Materials Minimisation
• Super insulation: walls, floors, roof • structural & insulation • materials selection,
• Airtightness & MVHR/heat-recovery • internal & external not over-specifying
• Minimum thermal bridging finishes • re-used / recycled
• Buffer-zones / sun-spaces • local-regional supplies materials
• High performance windows & doors • site waste minimis-
ation plan
Need: Skills for doing
1. Max Solar Gain &
these things well ... 4. Minimising Energy
Min Over-Heating
• Location & & Electrical Demand
orientation • natural lighting
• Summer shading • e.g. LED lighting
• Low-e glass • AA* appliances
6. Enhancing Ecology 5. Minimising Water
& Biodiversity Demand & Runoff
• site works • low flush toilets
• landscaping • efficient showers,
• within structure e.g. taps, appliances, etc
greenroof, built-in bat • rainwater harvesting
boxes, etc • greenroof, SDS, etc
Source: PHI Darmstadt / AECB

20. Other Key Components & Considerations
• Buildability and Usability / Simplicity : not a fiddley and complicated
building envelope; not dependent on complex technologies which users
don’t understand or use properly; no-one local to maintain or repair, etc.
• Future proofed: adaptable, re-usable building / components, etc.
– adaptation to & mitigation of climate change i.e. to prevent over-heating
Economic & Social Components:
• Local-regional supply and local employment & training : supply chains;
local multiplier effects; training & skills; SROI (Social Return on
Investment);
• Affordability: emphasis depends on sector
– affordability in construction + affordability in running costs (very important
social housing driver) + affordability in in R&M costs (very important social
housing driver)
– maintaining value.
• Balance between Economic Efficiency & Commercial Efficiency: often
presented as the same thing, but they are not.

21. Where are we now?
and
Where are we heading?

22. UK - Where Are We Heading?
The 2010-2020 Skills Challenge
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Known All new CSH Level 3 Central CSH Level 4 CSH Level 6
Changes in Housing Corp Government’s
Standards & English office estate to
Partnership General be Carbon
funded homes efficiency of Neutral. Standard for Truly Sustainable Buildings??
at Level 3 or residential
better of CSH. 20% better
than in 2000. Demand for
SC & SBS
Govt Depts to Skills ? Standards for New
increase Standards for New Non-Domestic
energy Build Housing?
efficiency / m2 Buildings?
by 15%.
Possible / Code for Code for All Public Code for All Public All new All Buildings
Likely Sustainable Sustainable Sector Sustainable Sector Public Level 6 of
Changes in Buildings Buildings Buildings Buildings Buildings Sector CSB??
Expected Level 3?? Level 4 of Level 4?? Level 5 of Buildings
Standards CSB?? CSB?? Level 6 of
CSB??
Initiatives Carbon Carbon
Challenge Challenge
Competition developments
underway being built
2006 Building Regs Part L standards
1st phase
EcoTowns
proposals
Direct Carbon Under Construction?
Challenge 10 + EcoTowns Standards for
Demand for
Sustainable (Level 6) Sustainable communities developments: Upton, Harlow North, Sherford, etc. the Existing
Construction developments Stock?
being built
and Building
Services
Skills Sustainable schools as a UK standard?

23. Sustainable Building Standards
Mainstream Sustainable Low Energy Building Standards
Building Standards • Passivhaus (Germany;
• GreenStar (Australia) Austria)
• LEED (USA) • Minergie (Switzerland)
• Code for Sustainable Homes • Super-E (Canada)
(UK) • Part L (UK)
• Code for Sustainable
Buildings – (UK, impending)
• BREEAM (UK)
Marginal Standards
• AECB Gold & Silver
Standards (UK)

24. Trend: UK v's Global Perspective
UK Focus: on BREEAM, CSH and SAP
Global Focus: now on kWh/m2
Revised Definition of ‘Zero Carbon’
Recommended Fabric Efficiency Standards
• Recommended Metric = kWh/m2/yr
– 39 kWh/m2/yr: flats & mid-terrace;
– 46 kWh/m2/yr: semis / end-of-terrace & detached;
• Covering Space heating & cooling energy demand
• Passivhaus as a global benchmark:
• Based on building physics; 20 years of experience;
• Methodology based on accurate predictions of performance – not on
notional buildings (SAP);

25. Green Deal and Housing Retrofit:
volume / market
To achieve an 80% reduction by 2050
• 600,000+ housing retrofits per year (UK) =
– 2,500 retrofits/working day; 333/working hour; 5.5 a minute!
• SE region = 45 retrofits / working hr = £1mn / wking hr
• Radian housing stock = 400 homes / year = £8mn / yr
• = 1.5 / working day = £320,000,000 by 2050 at current costs.
South East Skills Needs = (80,000 / 4.5) x 12 =
213,000 Permanent SE retrofit trade workforce?! Plus 6,600+
professional/technical workforce?
• Figures based on conservative estimates from experience of low
carbon refurbishment projects, figures developed with Paul Ciniglio,
Sustainability Manager, Radian Housing

26. Example: Whole Life Carbon Profile
Typical commercial building
Building Related Carbon Emissions

27. UK: Known Problems or Opportunities
Scale of Issue:
large sector (1.2million people+ construction; 2million incl.
buildings/property/housing), many organisations & roles, complex,
huge number of subbies & small builders;
Existing homes: 26 million to low-to-zero carbon;
Knowledge:
of energy and buildings in the UK is very poor;
distorted knowledge:
a) has been new build focused, ahead of existing stock;
b) focused on Codes, etc not buildings & performance.
Skills:
(virtually) no body has a complete picture;
trade based, not outcome-based, team or multi-skill based;
No comprehensive, coherent qualifications and courses
Very (very) few competent trainers

28. Levels of Knowledge & Risk
General Risk and Planning Associated Risk associated with Low Energy
Sustainable Building outcomes:
1. Client: 85% of knowledge of key issues for tender and design brief
e.g. Limited knowledge means 90% chance of success in desired outcomes
1. Designer / design consultant: 85% of knowledge of key design issues
2. Project Management: 85% of knowledge of key project management issues
3. Site Management: 85% of knowledge of key site management issues
4. Site Skills: 85% of knowledge of key installation and construction issues
5. Risk Is Cumulative i.e. 0.85 x 0.85 x 0.85 x 0.85 x 0.85 = 0.4437
i.e. Less than 50% chance of achieving desired outcome (this is probably
optimistic!)

29. Where Are We Now?
Risk and Opportunity
7 Factors re the Risk / Opportunity associated with carbon reduction and
sustainable building issues are:
1. Becoming very visible: tender requirements; exemplar buildings, good
practice, tighter regulations / energy standards, etc
2. Bringing about system change: a little like the Housing Act, or the Egan
Review
3. Becoming very current: PPS1 Supplement, new Part L, CSH Level 3 or 4
requirements, Green Deal, etc.
4. Getting simpler: e.g. kWhr/m2 targets; simply a response to regulations and
legislation (Part L; CRC; etc) and the market; clearer definitions and targets;
5. Creating a response from the whole sector +govt +individuals
6. Creating clear career and company opportunities and threats: e.g. the
threat of not securing enough business because of not being on tender lists /
not being able to demonstrate competence
7. Being responded to in matter-of-fact ways in the sector

30. Predictable Trends: 2010-2015
The best will become clear and be known:
1.Standards, Certification and Competency schemes
2.Building design and construction methodologies
3.Product + Technology combinations
4. TRAINING
It will be good planning to know in advance how to:
a) achieve standards locally;
b) encourage and plan for the above.

31. Predictable Changes: by 2015
• Anyone learning about or working in planning and built
environment sectors now and in the future will be
working in a world where:
– Low energy sustainable buildings are the norm
– sustainable building products & energy technologies are
either commonplace, the norm or a legislated requirement
• Definitions will be clear & widely understood i.e.
‘Sustainable’ =
(low energy, low carbon) x (use + construction + end-of-life) =
whole-of-life
+ waste min + water efficient
+ healthy (physiological, environmental, social and economic)

32. The Future
It will become know and understood that
well designed, well built
low energy low carbon buildings =
warm in winter
cool in summer
excellent indoor air quality
Very low running
costs
= sustainable
A shift in understanding, like going from a privy to a house with indoor plumbing!

33. The Emerging Present & Future:
Buildings built and refurbished to absolute
energy targets
Delivered by teams with skills accreditation
Assurance of:
a)design and build quality
b)energy performance outcomes

34. Summary of Planning Implications
1. Trends in:
a) LC Building Policy, Regulations and Standards, and
b) Market & Contract Conditions (e.g. precedents)
These trends imply changes in:
a) what are appropriate planning conditions
2. Implications for Knowledge, Skills & Competence in terms
of what constitutes Good Design and how planning can
support its delivery
3. Needs for proof of performance at both application and
project completion stages in:
a) high building energy performance standards
b) low / zero waste, sustainable procurement, etc

35. Planning Approach
PLUS:
Active Participation
In Hants Sustainable
Construction Network
PLUS: PLUS:
Encourage Encourage lLocal
Local Exemplar Sustainable
Buildings / Supported by Building Skills
Developments Good Programmes
Knowledge &
e.g. via planning
Negotiation
conditions

36. The Planning Approach
• ‘Fabric First’, then renewables
– Set absolute energy targets (kWh/m2/yr)
• Embodied energy & carbon – buildings &
infrastructure
• Use standards, but understand them well e.g.
BREEAM, Passivhaus, etc.
• Have an Integrated Approach:
– LDF Policies;
– SPG (Sustainable Design & Construction Guide);
– Development Briefs.
• Actively Encourage good precedents in the district

37. Everyone Needs Education
Transport planners Planners
English Heritage
Asset managers Planning
Clients
Building managers Developers
Users Housing associations
Building use Procurement
Repair &
Maintenance
Sustainable Building Architects
Knowledge & Skills:
Energy suppliers Many audiences, similar messages Architectural technologists
Energy supply Design
Energy assessors Building services
Construction Construction products Source:
Building control
SMEs Manufacturers
Construction companies Installers

38. Sustainable Buildings Skills
We can create low energy sustainable buildings
in cost effective, efficient and reliable ways when
we have the skills and knowledge to do so.
• This is so for existing buildings or new build
IMPORTANT - mainly this involves:
a)improving or refining existing skills
b)adding new knowledge.

39. Planning Skills for Low Carbon Development &
Sustainable Buildings
• In a practical sense, planning skills for low carbon development and
sustainable buildings are:
Planning skills & knowledge which:
a) Enable the key components of low carbon development &
sustainable buildings to be achieved,
b) In ways that are cost effective, efficient & reliable.
Skills relating to proper implementation of low
carbon development and sustainable building
and design methods:
5 core components + process skills

40. Defining Sustainable Building Skills
Sustainable Building competence centres around five essential
core components.
Skills and knowledge for:
1. Low Energy Buildings
2. Sustainable Building Materials &Products
3. Energy, Building Services &Utility Systems
4. Waste Minimisation & Materials Efficiency
5. Water Efficiency & Management Systems
PLUS:
• Whole building overview / process

41. (c) Steve Charter / SC2 Sustainability
Consultancy

42. 1. Low Energy Building Competence
Competence in Low Energy Buildings:
1. Super-insulation
– Products, installation methods, etc.
– embodied impacts.
2. Air-tightness and ventilation, including buildability;
3. Minimal thermal bridging and prevention of thermal
bypass.
4. Passive solar, other heat gains and thermal mass.
5. Natural light and ventilation.
6. Efficient energy systems: heat and electrical;

43. (c) Steve Charter / SC2 Sustainability
Consultancy

44. Other Key Skills: Ecology & Health
• Skills for enhancing ecology and
biodiversity
Essential for a sustainable built environment – but
not essential for all– usually supplied by
landscape designers & ecologists. However:
basic awareness will be useful.
• Skills for Healthy Buildings
For some clients this will be very important –
increasingly recognised as creating higher
employee productivity and lower
absenteeism costs.

45. Other Important Skills: various
1. Whole-Life and Costing Skills:
– Understanding the whole process – the big picture and the detail
– Adding, subtracting and multiplication - selecting and weighing-up the right coefficients,
factors and variables
2. People Skills:
– Team / communication skills
– Client e.g. if refurb happens with residents in occupation.
3. Modelling Skills: a) Excel e.g. for PHPP, b) 3D modelling, c) THERM (thermal
bridging), d) etc
4. Energy Monitoring & Efficient ICT Systems
– Intelligent energy / building monitoring and management systems
– Green ICT – because ICT is a large energy user & secondary heat producer in commercial and
public sector.
5. Business development & commercialisation skills: specialist sales, finance &
marketing, etc

46. Training Problems / Challenges
Currently a distinct lack of:
1.Formally accredited courses on sustainable
building issues;
2.Low-energy building content within
mainstream building-related qualifications
e.g. BTECs, NVQs, etc.
3.Trainers with real experience / competence in
low energy sustainable building.

47. Skills Development Planning Process
Problem / Challenge:
Insufficient SB knowledge / skills
Solution:
plentiful SB knowledge / skills
Strategy :
develop & action SB knowledge / skills plan

48. Sustainable Building Skills Plan
Recommendation:
Develop a Skills Plan / Learning pathway for low
energy sustainable building skills & competence
Including getting to know:
a) training which is available now in key skills areas;
b)training which is known to be in development;
c) key organisations involved in providing, brokering
& developing sustainable building training e.g.
SusCon, AECB Carbonlite, Green Gauge, etc;

49. Skills Plan Objectives
1. Identify / establish training priorities and progression
routes for staff learning / career development
2. Define your learning system, involving both formal and
informal education
3. Undertake a process of training to fill knowledge/skills gaps.
4. Develop a shared language and understanding
a) In your company
b) With you supply chains / project partners
c) With your clients
5. Develop full SB competence in the work force

50. Diagram 3: Pathway 1: Personal and Business Development
Green Building Landmark
Stream 1 Stream 2 Stream 3 Skills
Learning System Who am I? What can I Making it happen What do I / we need Centres
be? Design & now? Leadership
Talents / Where / Project development and Innovation & Vision
Entry Points aptitudes who am I delivery
now?
Technical People
Systems of Products Knowledge systems
Specific Progression Skills sets and
Desired Routes technology Supply-Chain
Construction Skills Systems Change Management
Clusters
Skills / Business / sets
Project Creating Self-managed teams
Personal Vision and Practical people Manageme
Training Steps to Vision Collaboration / partnerships
manageme nt
Programmes nt
Pathway 2: Practical, Professional and Technical Skills
Stream 2: Higher Enterprise &
Training for Innovation
Levels
Employment Stream 1: Sustainable Construction, Modern Methods, Business Professiona Hubs
Programmes Manageme l, Technical
21st Century Construction Excellence nt
Energy Products, Considerate MMC and Project Accreditatio
Demand / systems, Constructors, Construction Manageme n Systems
Efficiency technologies H&S Innovation nt
On-the-Job
Major
Learning / Energy Supply Waste Healthy, non- Standards,
Exemplar
Work Based / Local & Minimisation & toxic building legislation, Stream 3: Site and Projects
Renewable management compliance
Training Practical Skills
On-site Specialist
Training Skills Centres
Pathway 3: Ad Hoc Learning, Showcasing and Virtual
General Resources Demo
Public and Centres &
Stream 1: Networks, Stream 2: Seminars, Events, Stream 3: Virtual Learning &
Client Groups Physical
Membership Organisations, Exhibitions and ICT Resources Programme
Showcasing
Publications Conferences

51. Learning from Exemplar Buildings
Use a range of exemplar buildings: visits, articles,
case study materials, project work, etc.
• Examples of specific SB details, and how to achieve
them successfully
• Visits for knowledge / skills enrichment.
– Elizabeth Fry Building, UEA: 3,500m2, heated by 2 x
24kW(t) condensing boilers; no cooling needed /
provided, other than naturally through structure;
– Centre for Disability Studies, Rochford College.
– Denby Dale Passivhaus;
– See other examples in SC2 SB Training Directory.

52. Skills for Existing or New Buildings
• The general cost-effective target will be:
– 60-80% reduction in energy demand: heating, hot-water &
lighting.
• Existing Buildings: most critical competencies:
a) Survey, specification and costing – to identify optimum
measures;
b) building fabric efficiency / improvement work;
c) project management.
• New Buildings: most critical competencies:
a) Design, specification and costing;
b) building fabric efficiency and energy systems;
c) project management.

53. Mapping: Knowledge (Theory)

54. Highlight Key Skills Gaps
(c) Steve Charter / SC2 Sustainability
Consultancy

55. Green Gauge Directory of Sustainable Building Training
Sustainable Construction Courses Numbers of Courses
SusCon 30 course
Parity Projects / domestic sust refurb 8 BTEC accredited + 7 others
Green Register Training 24 CPD courses
Basic energy efficiency / insulation 6 courses
Ultra Low Energy / Passivhaus 4 courses
Products / eco-building practice 2+ courses
Renewables Lots of courses
Waste minimisation Lots of courses
MMC / Offsite Methods 2+ courses
Sustainable Construction / Procurement Management various courses
Enviroskills - accredited short courses various courses
Energy Assessor / CSH / BREEAM, etc 7+ courses
Sustainable Construction – MSc/PGDip, Degree, FD Some
Sust Energy / Renewables – MSc/PGDip, Degree, FD Lots of courses
Other courses: UK GBC STEP, BRE, etc Various

56. Training and accreditation for low energy
sustainable buildings
• CPD courses
• Seminars and events
• QCF Accredited Unit Outlines
• Research / technical & strategy reports

57. Green Stripes /
OCTG QCF Units
Level 3 Diploma in Sustainable Building
Trade/installer and site-management skills
Professional, technical and management skills
Levels 2, 3 and 5 Units
Impact of Sustainable & Low Carbon Construction
Energy & Buildings (Level 3 & 4)
Airtight Construction
Materials & Products for Sustainable Construction
Sustainable & Low Carbon Technologies
Waste Management in Sustainable Construction
Water in Sustainable Construction
Technology units: PV, Solar Thermal, Heat Pumps
Sustainable Construction Advi ce

58. CPD Programme
1 day / ½ day training
1. Understanding sustainable building skills
2. Introduction to energy & buildings
3. Procuring low energy buildings: design, specification & delivery
4. Delivering thermally efficient buildings
5. A whole house approach to low carbon housing refurbishment
6. Introduction to Passivhaus for newbuild housing
7. Introduction to building performance evaluation
8. Understanding sustainable building standards, regulations & codes
9. Energy & building services systems for low energy low carbon
buildings
10. Planning and management of low carbon refurbishment
11. Embodied energy & carbon
12. Building performance evaluation Masterclass
13. Helping surveyors get ready for the Green Deal

60. The first officially PH certified UK building
- training centre/ offices, Machynlleth
WCR Property Ltd Source: www.beechwoodbusinesspark.co.uk

61. Elizabeth Fry Building, UEA Great Bow Yard, Langport
See Anatomy of An EcoBuild, Nigel Griffiths
Denby Dale Passivhaus
See www.greenbuildingstore.co.uk The Pines Calyx, Kent

62. Thermal Efficiency: on site - the parts
that make up the whole
Super-insulated walls and floors within minimal thermal bypass or thermal bridging
Minimal thermal bridging Complex junction details MVHR system design etc
Source: The Passivhaus Diaries, Bill Butcher – Green Building Company, with Building Magazine

63. Sustainable Building Systems

64. Thermally Efficient Products
Zeigel LimeTechnology H&H Celcon
ThermoPlan Hemcrete Thin-Joint System
Blocks Blocks

65. York
Eco Depot
71.5 tonnes of
carbon locked
into its structure
= A material
consideration

66. Modcell:
Strawbale
+ Lime
Modular
Building
System

67. Offsite & Modular Systems
Source: Kingspan website i.e. SIPTEC states:
“• No CFCs or HCFCs
• Superior Fire performance
• Will not absorb water
• No Formaldehyde
• Exceptional strength
• Environmentally safe and inert
• Highest U-value per kilo
• Green in colour and application
• Contains no harmful fibers
• MPUR represents an efficient use
of natural resources, saving energy
and conserving resources through
its manufacture, use and disposal.”
Source: Siptec website Source: Kingspan website

68. 1910 – Solid Wall - Balham

69. Before (1869 - 2008)
Client & Designer:
Andy Simmons, Simmons
Mills Architects
also Chief Exec, AECB
UK’s first Passivhaus
retrofit?
After its 150 year service (2008-2009)

71. Steve Charter
Training Development Manager
Green Stripes (Green Gauge Trust Ltd)
steve@sc2.org.uk
07990 778581