New Buildings: SolutionsTools, targets and performance in practice

Bill Gething ACE

Royal Institute of British Architects

Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects

The ACE Membership

Member Organisations from All EU Countries plus Norway, Switzerland and Candidate Countries

44 Member Organisations Representative at National Level

Regulatory and Professional Bodies

Represents About 450,000 Practising Architects

www.ace-cae.org

The ACE Structure

General AssemblyDelegates from all Member Organisations

Executive Board

Access to the Profession

Practice of the Profession and Trade in Architectural Services

Architecture and Society

Work Organised in Three Thematic Areas:

Sec

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11 Members:6 Elected Including President5 by Rotation

www.ace-cae.org

The ACE Architecture and Society

Urban Issues

Four Work Groups:

Housing

Research

Environment and Sustainable Architecture

www.ace-cae.org

The ACE Architecture and Society

Four Work Groups:

Housing

Research

Environment and Sustainable Architecture

www.ace-cae.org

Urban Issues

Sustainability Spectrum – University of the West of England

Eco-footprinting – Best Foot Forward, The Stockholm Institute

Sustainable Development checklists - BRE, SEEDA

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)

Ecohomes/ Code for Sustainable Homes

Energy Savings Trust Good, Best and Advanced Practice Standards

AECB (Association of Environment Conscious Building) Gold and Silver Standards

Sustainability Matrix and Renewable Footprint - FCBa & MFP + UBT.

UK Tools and targets– broad and narrow

Sustainability Spectrum – University of the West of England

Eco-footprinting – Best Foot Forward, The Stockholm Institute

Sustainable Development checklists - BRE, SEEDA

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)

Ecohomes/ Code for Sustainable Homes

Energy Savings Trust Good, Best and Advanced Practice Standards

AECB (Association of Environment Conscious Building) Gold and Silver Standards

Sustainability Matrix and Renewable Footprint - FCBa + UBT

UK Tools and targets– broad and narrow

Sustainability Spectrum – University of the West of England

Eco-footprinting – Best Foot Forward, The Stockholm Institute

Sustainable Development checklists - BRE, SEEDA

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)

Ecohomes/ Code for Sustainable Homes

Energy Savings Trust Good, Best and Advanced Practice Standards

AECB (Association of Environment Conscious Building) Gold and Silver Standards

Sustainability Matrix and Renewable Footprint - FCBa + UBT

UK Tools and targets– broad and narrow

Sustainability Spectrum – University of the West of England

Eco-footprinting – Best Foot Forward, The Stockholm Institute

Sustainable Development checklists - BRE, SEEDA

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)

Ecohomes/ Code for Sustainable Homes

Energy Savings Trust Good, Best and Advanced Practice Standards

AECB (Association of Environment Conscious Building) Gold and Silver Standards

Sustainability Matrix and Renewable Footprint - FCBa + UBT

UK Tools and targets– broad and narrow

Eco-footprinting

The area of bioproductive land and water required to support the material standard of living using prevailing technology

Source: WWF Living Planet Report 2006

Earthshare

Eco-footprinting – breaking down the challenge

Consumer Items

Food

Built land

Waste

Infrastructure (rest)

Infrastruture (housing)

Transport

Energy

Earthshare

One Planet Living in the Thames Gateway WWF + Bioregional + Stockholm Foundation 2003

Tools: Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method

for more information see www.BREEAM.co.uk

Carbon dioxide emissions

Water consumption and conservation

Lighting

Transport implications

Healthy building features

Air quality and ventilation

Risk of Legionnaire's Disease

Minimising ozone depletion and acid rain

Recycling and reuse of material

Environmental impacts of construction materials

Ecology of the site

Noise

Construction process

Collaborating for success: National Trust Headquarters, Swindon

Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects LLP + Max Fordham and Partners + Adams Kara Taylor + Davis Langdon

Sustainability matrixIs

sues

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© Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects LLP

Transportation Issues

Landscape and Biodiversity

Management and Monitoring Issues

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Photovoltaic Installation Options

Units Thin Film Silicon Sized to 100kWp

Crystalline Silicon 100kWp

Hybrid Silicon for Maximum Generation

Area

Approximate Efficiency

KWhrs generated

Percentage of electricity supplied by PV

Cost (before grant)

Total Capital Cost

Total Cost less 65% grant

Less £50k savings in rooflight shading

Value of electricity generated

Value of ROC Certificates

Simple Payback Period

CO² Savings per year

m²

%

kWhrs/hr

%

£/m²

£

R

R

£/yr

£/yr

years

tonnes/yr

1,460

5

85,000

36%

£310

£452,609

£158,413

£108,413

£4,615

£4,154

12 years

36.55

740

13

75,000

32

£608

£450,015

£157,505

£107,505

£4,072

£3,668

14 years

32.25

1,470

17

192,000

82%

£703

£1,033,600

£787,458

£737,458

£10,435

£9,392

38 years

82.64

Performance and benchmarks: Offices

60% reduction80% reduction

Carbon as the currency of the future 2006

Address market failure by:

Taxation

Carbon trading

Regulation

Huge opportunity from a low carbon economy

Coordinated international action

“Climate change is the greatest market failure the world has ever seen”

The problems we have today cannot be solved by thinking the way we thought when we created them.

Albert Einstein

Bill Gething Architects Council of Europe www.ace-cae.org

Royal Institute of British Architects www.architecture.com

www.feildenclegg.com