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Sustainable Energy for Low Carbon House in Grand Parade Brighton
The focus of this study is the energy profile of a house identical to the house constructed in Grand Parade Brighton which is an energy efficient house constructed from waste materials. The climate will be considered as well as the standards and best practices in the construction industry. This means that heating provision in Brighton is primarily focused on retaining heat once the optimal temperature level is achieved in a building. This means that building construction in Brighton should be of the nature that incorporates the use of building materials that are for the design containing heat pockets to maintain the temperature of a building.
Climate
Brighton is reported to have an Oceanic climate much as does the majority of southern Britain with the summer months affected by sea breezes lowering the temperature by five degrees as compared to inland. Snow is common in the winter in Brighton. The following table shows the monthly average high temperature in Brighton throughout the year.
Monthly Average High Temperature in Brighton
]Climate data for Brighton
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Average high "C ("F)
8
(46)
8
(46)
9
(49)
12
(53)
16
(60)
18
(64)
20
(68)
21
(69)
18
(65)
15
(59)
11
(52)
9
(48)
14
(57)
Average low "C ("F)
3
(38)
3
(38)
4
(40)
6
(43)
9
(48)
12
(53)
14
(58)
14
(58)
12
(54)
9
(49)
6
(43)
4
(40)
8
(47)
Precipitation mm (inches)
88
(3.46)
60
(2.36)
51
(2.01)
58
(2.28)
56
(2.2)
50
(1.97)
54
(2.13)
62
(2.44)
67
I. Construction Materials
Construction materials for such a project would include a skyharvester, which is a natural light source, lightweight prefabricated panels with a large amount of insulation. Insulation is constructed from waste paper and timber from local sustainable sources. Heavy-weight pre-fabricated panels make reuse of waste materials including hemp, glass, earth, tins, straw and carpet tiles.
II. Standards and Best Practices
It is reported that the Code for Sustainable Homes "became operational in England in April 2007. Also from 1st May 2008, a minimum of Code Level 3 is required for all new housing promoted or supported by the Welsh Assembly Government or their sponsored bodies and from 2nd June 2008, Code Level 3 is required for all new self-contained social homes. The Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) is an environmental assessment method for rating and certifying the performance of new homes based on BRE Global's EcoHomes scheme. It is a Government owned national standard intended to encourage continuous improvement in sustainable home building. It has a rating scale of one to six stars (Code Level 6 is the government target for 2016) and contains some mandatory levels in key areas like energy and water.BRE Global act as advisors on issues related to maintenance and development of the technical contents of the CSH standard and manage implementation of the scheme under contract to the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG)."…
Bibliography
An Introductory Guide to Best Practice in Construction (2012) Construction Excellence in the Southeast. Retrieved from: http://www.secbe.org.uk/documents/introductory_best_practice_guide.pdf
What is BREEAM? (2012) BREEAM. Retrieved from: http://www.breeam.org/about.jsp?id=66
Code for a Sustainable Environment (2012) BREEAM. Retrieved from: http://www.breeam.org/page.jsp?id=347
Sustainability and BREEAM (2012) BREEAM. Retrieved from: http://www.bre.co.uk/page.jsp?id=1766
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