Southwest Environmental Limited were approached by a planning consultancy who were in need of some help with Sustainability Reporting for a planning application. Bristol City Council wished to see an energy assessment of the propossed healthcare devlopment and somemeasures for reducing energy emissions ergo emmisions.
SWEL prepared a report based on the local planning aithrities requirements, the development was modelled based on energy usage per bed, values derived from a study carried out in Belgium, from this end value a renewable geration capacity was reached to satify Bristol City Councils 20% renewables target.