Sustainability Statement – Lyppiatt Rd, Bristol BS5 9HP, UK
Acting on instruction of a property developer SWEL have produced a Sustainability Statement for a site in Lyppiatt Rd, Bristol. The site is a mixed use development incorporating residential and commercial spaces.
The project has a highly fragmented roof, and options were explored to perhaps use combined heat and power in order to provide emissions savings in line with BCC Policy BCS 14, which requires that a carbon reduction of 20% is achieved beyond building regulations.
Other Bristol City Council Sustainability Policies include:
BCS13: Climate Change – Requires development to both mitigate and adapt to climate change.
BCS14: Sustainable Energy – Provides criteria for assessing new renewable energy schemes, with a presumption In favor of large‐scale renewable energy installations.
Requires new development to minimise its energy requirements and then incorporate an element of renewable energy to reduce its CO2 emissions by a further 20%. Supports the delivery of a district heating network in Bristol.
BCS15: Sustainable Design and Construction – Requires all developments to engage with issues around sustainable design and construction.
As with London Sustainability Statements, Bristol City Council also require that the energy hierarchy is followed :
- Be Lean
- Be Clean
- Be Green