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Applying the Code for Sustainable Homes on the BRE Innovation Park

Applying the Code for Sustainable Homes on the BRE Innovation Park

Order Code: BR029EP
ISBN Number: 9781848060647
Publisher: BRE Press
Date of Publication: 2008

Price: £9.00


This Information Paper is the third in a four-part series that looks at the lessons learnt from the BRE Innovation Park concerning compliance with the Code for Sustainable Homes published in November 2006. It focuses on water use, harvesting, recycling and drainage. The other parts deal with: building fabric; energy sources, overheating and ventilation; architecture, construction and sourcing.

Features / Benefits:
  • Describes the challenge of four separate constructions designed and built to comply with the Code for Sustainable Homes.
  • First-hand experience of complying with the water use and drainage requirements of the Code.
  • Summarises the lessons learnt, passing on the experience gained from this challenge
  • Architects and architectural technicians, specifiers, developers, housebuilders, MMC manufacturers, materials suppliers, building control officers

Contents:
  • Strategy - Minimising water use, Rainwater harvesting, Greywater recycling
  • Design, maintenance and noise
  • Lessons learnt - Minimising water use, Rainwater harvesting, Greywater recycling, Design and maintenance
  • Further sources of information

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