Sustainability

The Built Environment

Sustainable architecture includes both climate change mitigation and adaptation.  It considers low carbon and low energy design, over the life cycle of a building.

The built environment is identified as one of the main culprits of climate change in the UK.  Buildings contribute to global warming over their whole lives – from construction, to use, maintenance and re-purposing and demolishing.  Existing buildings are a critical part of the solution – 80% of the UK’s buildings in 2050 have already been built.

Sustainable architecture includes caring for, maintaining, re-using and recycling our existing buildings.

“Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.”
Frank Lloyd Wright

A Sustainable Brief

Whether new build or refurbishment, we work with our clients to establish a sustainable brief for each project.

 

Our broad range of experience includes:

  • Passive house design
  • Biodiversity and net gain
  • New and renewable energy systems (heat pumps, solar water, biofuel, photovoltaic)
  • Energy and environmental assessment, including domestic and non-domestic rating
  • Water recycling and re-use
  • Air tightness, ventilation, insulation, glazing, heat loss and solar gain parameters
  • Thermal mass and thermal bridging

Any Questions?

If you have any questions about conservation or you have a heritage asset and are unsure how to proceed with a renovation or alteration, please get in touch.

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