Delivering Sustainable Buildings: An Industry Insiders View

Delivering Sustainable Buildings: An Industry Insiders View The UK government has committed to reducing the nation carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. Buildings currently use almost half of the UK generated energy and they are now the focus of an unprecedented drive to cut energy use in our homes, offices, schools, libraries C in fact in almost every building, public or private

[...]... construction teams It can also be  seen as a tool to encourage and promote a more sustainable and costeffective way to deliver sustainable buildings BIM applies software systems to evaluate and maximise the efficiency of the project construction It works as the foundation for collaboration in design and construction, to ensure that Delivering Sustainable Buildings: an industry insider’s view, First Edition... species on this planet could disappear during this century unless we make radical changes to the way we use resources If we fail, he argues, we will have made a radical and irrevocable change to all future life on this planet Attenborough also made a BBC Horizon Special ‘How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?’ This is compelling viewing and I would recommend it to everyone This book cannot attempt to... fascinated by the world and how it works, from the interconnected workings of the natural world to the vagaries of the political system and financial markets I want people to read this book and believe that energy efficiency is both possible and desirable and that it will not happen by technological advance alone; it will require personal understanding and shared responsibility Education and awareness is... built to have accessible services and easier Preface xv maintenance, where you can get to the pipe and cable runs That means that I can alter things when I want to and enables me to upgrade technology as it develops and becomes more economic For example, the mechanical thermostats have now been replaced with electronic ones, enabling all the rooms to have individual time and temperature control via under-floor... by the ideas and experiences of my youth, in particular James Lovelock on Gaia theory This has influenced and formed that basis of my beliefs as an environmentalist I’m both an engineer who became an environmentalist and an environmentalist who became an engineer I still hold that by upsetting the balance of the earth, we are threatening our survival as a species Everything we do has an impact In the... scheme for commercial and domestic HVACR work Over many years Mike has conducted hundreds of building energy audits and has never failed to find ways to save energy In 2010 he won the HVR Consultant of the Year award and in 2011 the Innovation and Sustainability Outstanding Contribution to the Industry award In a voluntary capacity he serves as the chair of SummitSkills East and chair of Sustainable Built... Climate Change Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Department of Trade and Industry (now called BIS) Electrical Contractors Association Energy Performance of Buildings Directive European Union fan coil unit facilities manager/ment heating, ventilation, air conditioning Heating and Ventilating Contractors Association (Now the B&ES) Institute of Civil Engineers Intergovernmental Panel on... the field, people who understand the day-to-day realities of working in the construction and building services industry or of managing a building It  is not designed to be a textbook, as you can get this from the excellent resources provided by BSRIA, B&ESA, CIBSE, ECA, etc This book is very much a personal view, deriving from many years of experience within the industry and an even longer time being... do, but the government handled this whole issue very badly and caused a great deal of confusion with the wider population and threw the industry into turmoil Ultimately there has to be a balance between technology, deployment and finance This is a theme that I try to develop throughout this book and raise in more detail in Chapter 4 on finance I believe that the future for sustainable buildings will... Stockholm Conference, and its reporting by many stations around the world She duly received a certificate from Radio Sweden and numerous QSL cards acknowledging her detailed participation in this important event I can remember these broadcasts quite well, and they were the first mention I can recall of things that now dominate the agenda, such as the balance between resources and population (This was . 65 Section 2 Delivering sustainable buildings 67 5 Delivering an energy-efficient and sustainable building 69 The wider design process – BREEAM 70 Learning from the manufacturing and car industry. services and easier Preface xv maintenance, where you can get to the pipe and cable runs. That means that Ican alter things when I want to and enables me to upgrade technology as it develops and. radical and irrevocable change to all future life on this planet. Attenborough also made a BBC Horizon Special ‘How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?’ This is compelling viewing and I would