News archive for September, 2024
Improving social value in development
Posted on September 27th 2024
Measuring development’s impact on occupant’s wellbeing is spread across planning and Building Regulations. Improving the scope of this work helps further explain how your developments put people and their experiences at the forefront of development. This is an element of a social value assessment. Social Value UK define social value as the relative importance that people place on the wellbeing …
Effective Heat Network Management
Posted on September 27th 2024
When it comes to proper and effective management of a heat network, ‘the buck stops with’ the Landlord. The landlord’s primary responsibility is to protect the interest of its leaseholders, and a poorly managed heat network can present a significant risk that this won’t be achieved, even if certain obligations are delegated to managing agents, ESCOs or CEM contractors. Managing …
Carbon Emissions in Facades
Posted on September 27th 2024
We have reviewed the embodied carbon emissions for 8 façade types for a standard, mid-rise development that would typically be constructed in London in order to highlight their embodied carbon impact. LETI guidance states that facades have a 13% impact on total emissions. The table below presents the options we have tested. It is based on the upfront emissions related …
Industry produces net zero standard
Posted on September 27th 2024
The net zero building standard pilot was released on Tuesday and may become the methodology industry will practice. This would provide some standardisation to the current proliferation of net zero definitions. The standard is a deep technical manual on how to evidence your building achieves net zero, helping to narrow its definition. The standard can be found https://www.nzcbuildings.co.uk/ and has …