May 9, 2007—The UK-based Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has launched three new items to help building services engineers and the whole construction chain minimize the environmental footprint of facilities.
A free introduction to sustainability explains the origins and meaning of sustainability and the drivers to contribute to a more sustainable built environment. This introduction is easily accessible by clients, contractors, planners, and legislators, explains CIBSE.
The full guide, Guide L: Sustainability, sets out fundamental principles that will deliver more sustainable buildings. It looks at opportunities that are open at the early design stages of a project and includes summaries and case studies of sustainable techniques and technologies, says CIBSE.
Third, a searchable online database of good practice guidance allows users to generate a shortlist of measures related to a specific sustainability issue and pick the ones that are suitable for their particular building, along with references to relevant guidance documents from CIBSE as well as BSRIA, BRE, and CIRIA, among others.
Guide L: Sustainability will not only explain how to help the UK meet its aims to reduce carbon emissions by 60% by 2050, says CIBSE, it will tackle related issues such as the water shortages, energy costs, climate change, flood risk, loss of habitat, unsustainable resource use, and waste disposal, especially from construction activity.
For more information visit CIBSE.
