Energy efficiency, retrofitting, and sustainable construction supplementary planning document

Contents

• Introduction
• Retrofitting options
• Sustainable construction: the principles
  • Land-use & ecology
  • Siting & orientation
  • Passive design
  • Thermal mass
  • Surface water run-off
  • Water
  • Energy
  • Materials
  • Waste
  • Legislation & assessment tools
  • Case Study: The Nucleus at Hayesfield Girls’ School, Bath
• Achieving affordable warmth
• Further information

Sustainable construction: the principles

This chapter introduces nine key sustainable construction principles based on common assessment tools.