our net zero carbon development strategy
Passive Design
Low Carbon Services
Passive Design
- Integrate Thermal Mass
- Optimum window areas and orientation to balance daylight, heat loss and overheating
- Openable windows and cross ventilation
- Shading to prevent summer overheating
Fabric First
Low Carbon Services
Passive Design
- Super Insulate
- Compact Form Factor <3 (external heat loss surface area : floor area ratio)
- Triple glazed windows
- Eliminate cold bridges
- Airtight envelope
- Use PHPP software modelling to design to Passivhaus performance
Low Carbon Services
Low Carbon Services
Integrated Renewables
- Reduce heating / hot water demand through a 'fabric first' approach
- 100% three-phase electric operation
- Heat Recovery Ventilation (MVHR)
- Heat Pump
- Energy storage (electric, thermal)
- Low Energy Lighting & Appliances
- 22kW fast EV chargepoints
Integrated Renewables
Modern Methods of Construction
Integrated Renewables
- Solar electric (PhotoVoltaic) for 'net zero' operation over the year
- 3 Phase connection future-proofed for Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) technology
- Home Energy Management System (HEMS)
- Low carbon grid electricity tariff
Low Embodied Carbon Materials
Modern Methods of Construction
Modern Methods of Construction
- Natural and 'bio-based' materials
- Cradle-to-cradle (C2C) certified and A rated Green Guide products
- Local materials (reduced transport)
- Re-used / recycled / repurposed materials
- Design for disassembly at end of life
Modern Methods of Construction
Modern Methods of Construction
Modern Methods of Construction
- Higher quality construction
- Improved airtightness
- Weathertight shell in 2 weeks!
- Greater cost certainty early on
- Reduced 'performance gap'
- Reduced impact on neighbours
- Reduced waste and transport
want to know more about our climate emergency?
Climate Change - The Facts (BBC)
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint (The Guardian)
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint (The Guardian)
Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat. Interviews with some of the world’s leading climate scientists explore recent extreme weather conditions such as unprecedented storms and catastrophic wildfires. They also reveal what dangerous levels of climate change could mean for both human populations and the natural world in the future.
(View on BBC i-Player)
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint (The Guardian)
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint (The Guardian)
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint (The Guardian)
From cutting down on meat to contacting your local representatives and investing in clean energy, here are 15 ways to help reduce global carbon emissions
(Read on The Guardian Website)
23 Climate Change Documentaries (Mashable)
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint (The Guardian)
23 Climate Change Documentaries (Mashable)
23 climate change documentaries you need to watch because this planet is NOT fine. But as Greta Thunberg would say, "some of us still aren’t panicking enough".
Mashable have rounded up the best climate change documentaries. Plus, they've added a tip on how to help in real life, after these films leave you wondering what the hell to do next!
(View on YouTube)