On 21 March 2012 Carbon Trust Scotland launched a suite of
four 'Delivering the future, today' guides. The guides have been
drawn up to help you with the concept of delivering a low carbon
new build or refurbishment.
Many new buildings use more energy than the buildings they
replace, as the emphasis is on the expectation that building
standards will deliver more efficient buildings. However
non-domestic buildings are much more complex than just building
standards, resulting in disappointing results. The suite of
'Delivering the future, today' guides takes a practical approach to
building specification that emphasises operational-in-use
targets.
The Carbon Trust research study, Building the future today,
published in 2009, looked at what Britain needs to do to meet
the Climate Change Act for non-domestic buildings. These new
guides set out, step-by-step, what building owners, specifiers and
designers need to do to deliver these buildings-that are a step up
in performance- help them to meet Carbon Reduction
Commitment targets, and making compliance with the 2010
Building Standards more cost effective to deliver.
Download the guides:
The guides and related tools are available to download here:
Executive
summary - Delivering the future, today (CTG066)
Setting the
scene - Delivering the future, today (CTG067)
Project
owner's guide - Delivering the future, today (CTG068)
Project
manager's guide - Delivering the future today (CTG069)
Assessment tools for the energy efficient design of
buildings:
Client values and
preparation tool (xls) - to assess the client's
preparedness to deliver a low carbon building design.
Skills
and experience tabulation contractors tool (xls) - to
assess the procurement team's knowledge and experience to produce a
low carbon impact building.
Low carbon design
tracker template (doc) - for design teams to keep
track of low carbon items. To be completed by the client/design
team for their requirements