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Sustainability Statement – Lyppiatt Road, Bristol

Sustainability Statement – Lyppiatt Road, Bristol

Acting Upon instructions from a property developer in Bristol SWEL have assembled a sustainability statement for a multi the residential development win commercial grounds floor use. The development incorporates large areas of south facing glazing and as such specific concerns were raised by Bristol City council regarding overheating potential mitigating measures such as

Overhanging shading were stipulated as possible future upgrades these future upgrades were included within plans with space left for them to be added as a future date when and if some overheating becomes a problem.

Bristol City council have recently started to require detailed energy Modeling at the planning stage SWELconducted a whole building energy model for the development which allows for the presentation of building energy demand and the subsequent : savings achieved through efficiency and renewable energy measures.

Sustainability Energy Statement Bristol