Sustainability Topics

Sustainability issues
1. Project Environmental Management
2. Land use
3. Landscape
4. Ecology and biodiversity
5. Archaeological and cultural heritage

6. Water issues
7. Energy
8. Use of materials
9. Waste
10. Transport
11. Nuisance to neighbours
12. Community relations

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1. Project Environmental Management Tricky?!
environmental risk assessments,
active environmental management,
training,
the influence of contractual and procurement processes,
delivering environmental performance,

minimising emissions,
human environment considerations.

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2. Land use
design for minimum land-take efficiency,
legal requirements,
flood risk,
previous use of the site preference for brownfield,
contaminated land and remediation measures.

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3. Landscape

consideration of landscape issues in design,

legal requirements e.g. greenbelts, national parks
amenity features,
public access,
local character,

conservation of landscape features,

loss and compensation or mitigation of landscape
features,
implementation and aftercare.

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4. Ecology and Biodiversity
impacts on sites of high ecological value,
legal requirements protection and prevention,
protected species,
relocation, conservation/protection and enhancement,
habitat creation measures (!?),

monitoring and maintenance.

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5. Archaeological and cultural heritage Tricky?!
surveys,
planning policy guidance,
legal requirements listed buildings, ancient monuments
etc.
measures to be taken if features are found,

information to the public,

public access.

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6. Water issues
control of a projects impacts on, and protection of, the
water environment,
legal requirements e.g. pollution,

minimising water usage,

protection of the water environment ground and surface
water,
enhancement of the water environment.

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7. Energy
life-cycle energy analysis all stages,
energy in use,
energy performance on site,
energy efficiency,
but not embodied energy, which is in Materials Section.

still some overlap with Materials and Transport.

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8. Use of materials
minimising environmental impact of materials used,
minimising material use and waste,
selection of timber,
using re-used and/or recycled material,
minimising use and impacts of hazardous materials,

durability and maintenance,

future demolition,

some overlap with Waste Section.

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9. Waste
design for waste minimisation,
legal requirements restrictions on
liquids/contaminated/dangerous,

waste from site preparation,

on-site waste management,

overlap with Materials.

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10. Transport
location of a project in relation to transport infrastructure,
minimising traffic impacts of a project,
construction transport,
minimising workforce travel.

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11. Nuisance to neighbours
minimising operation and construction-related nuisances,
legal requirements,
nuisance from construction noise and vibration,
nuisance from air and light pollution,
visual impact, including site tidiness.

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12. Community relations

Tricky?!

community consultation,
community relations programmes and their effectiveness,
engagement with relevant local groups,
joy in use (?!).