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Paul Giesberg - ArticlesPaul Giesberg is founder and Principal Director at Planning for Sustainability Ltd. This firm specialises in supporting organisations with meeting the challenges of sustainable development in infrastructure and real estate development projects. Among the services that Planning for Sustainability provides are BREEAM advice and assessments and environmental impact assessments.
Paul's background is in research and consultancy across a wide range of environmental and sustainability topics. He has gained his experience working both at project level and strategic corporate level. Paul has managed major and complex environmental projects for a range of high profile organisations including the Network Rail, Advantage West Midlands and English Partnerships. Paul has a track record in successfully providing an integrated approach to environmental and sustainability management with technical solutions complementary to organisational adaptation and development. Paul works with the wider organisational management team to understand the organisational goals and environmental and sustainability threats and opportunities. He has substantial experience in setting up and managing teams of environmental specialists to successfully address the issues. Paul is a BREEAM Accredited Professional. The Code for Sustainable Homes and Renewable EnergyIt appears therefore a relatively straightforward excercise to detemine what would be the most appropriate system or mix of sustems to include in any particular development. There are however a number of issues that need to be considered that make the process less straightforward. This article explains these issues in more detail. Code for Sustainable Homes: scoring well in the energy sectionThe Code for Sustainable Homes is a sustainability assessment tool for new built housing. It considers a number of topics in nine different categories. Of these categories the one on energy use can be considered as the most important category: it accounts for more than 35% of the total score. Scoring well in the energy section is therefore essential to gain a good Code for Sustainable Homes rating.In this article I review the credit requirements and discuss how feasible it is to meet each these. Code for Sustainable Homes: scoring well in the energy sectionThe Code for Sustainable Homes is a sustainability assessment tool for new built housing. It considers a number of topics in nine different categories. Of these categories the one on energy use can be considered as the most important category: it accounts for more than 35% of the total score. Scoring well in the energy section is therefore essential to gain a good Code for Sustainable Homes rating.In this article I review the credit requirements and discuss how feasible it is to meet each these. Code for Sustainable Homes: scoring well in the energy sectionThe Code for Sustainable Homes is a sustainability assessment tool for new built housing. It considers a number of topics in nine different categories. Of these categories the one on energy use can be considered as the most important category: it accounts for more than 35% of the total score. Scoring well in the energy section is therefore essential to gain a good Code for Sustainable Homes rating.In this article I review the credit requirements and discuss how feasible it is to meet each these. Environmental impact assessment: do the regulations apply to your project?The environmental impact regualtions describe mandate that certain real estate development projects need to undergo an environmental impact assessment. Not all real estate development projects are covered by the regulations. In particular the regulations do not apply to most small scale development projects. In this article I will describe the process to determine if the regulations apply to a particular project. Sustainable Building - Advice For Small Development Proposals Has Become More AffordableIn the UK the requirements to build sustainable homes become more and more onerous. The trouble is that most of the requirements have been written with large development projects in mind. It is now a few years since the first of these requirements were imposed on all new development proposals and the sector, both planning officers and consultants, has now learned how to address the sustainability requirements of small development proposals effectively. Environmental Statements - Addressing Contaminated Land IssuesContaminated land is often managed in the same ways as the various environmental receptor groups, although it is principally a cause of impacts rather than a receptor.Sticking to the structured approach of an environmental statement is essential to ensure a clear description of the existing environmental condition, the potential impacts and the actions taken to avoid, minimise, offset or manage the impacts. The Implication of the UK Renewable Energy Strategy For Development ProjectsThe department for Energy and Climate Change has recently published the UK Renewable Energy Strategy. This article examines the implications for development projects in the UK. Code For Sustainable Homes (CSH) - The Role of the Pre-AssessmentThe Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) is the benchmark for measuring the sustainability of new houses in the United Kingdom. A CSH pre-assessment is not a formal part of the Code for Sustainable Homes assessment process, but it is a valuable tool nevertheless. This article describes why. Energy Statements - Five Steps to Fulfill the Planning Requirements For Small DevelopmentIncreasingly Local Planning Authorities in the UK require an energy statement to be submitted as part of a planning application. This article provides information about preparing an energy statement for small development proposals in five steps. Following these logical steps and writing it down in a statement will provide you with an Energy Statement that can be submitted with your planning application.
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