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fire from its own scientific adviser
UK’s first level-six homes
The first large-scale zero-
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The UK government’s strategy performance certificates – Kelly measurements? The answer to all carbon housing development
for cutting carbon emissions asked how these could achieve the these is: no [we don’t].” has been given the go-ahead
from buildings has come under planned emissions cut. He added: “It’s easy to set in South Gloucestershire, UK.
attack from one of its own chief “If it was just by initiative- targets, but until you have the Under the scheme, by Barratt
scientific advisers. itis, then we’d have beaten the trajectory, the roadmap, the means, Developments and the Homes
Professor Michael Kelly said that, problem. But here’s my problem and a properly engineered set of and Communities Agency, 195
while government departments as an engineer: what do all these steps, then targets are targets and dwellings will be built to Level
had produced several initiatives measures really and robustly add up no more.” 6 of the Code for Sustainable
on cutting emissions in the past 18 to in actual carbon savings? Kelly said new measures that the Homes.
months, they had still not set out a “If there was a few per cent government needed to undertake
clear “roadmap” for achieving these reduction in carbon emissions last included improving the thermal Crossrail contracts awarded
aims. The chief scientific adviser to year, which three of those policies envelope of buildings – by applying Arup, Atkins JV, Mott MacDonald
the Department of Communities did the most to contribute to it? materials, installation processes and Capita have won the first
and Local Government raised his I’m afraid I cannot get answers that and controls – and kick-starting design contracts in a major rail
concerns at a recent UK Energy satisfy me as a first-year engineering wide-scale retrofitting of buildings. project. In a joint venture, Arup
Institute conference. undergraduate, let alone a senior The government recognised and Atkins will design Tottenham
Pointing to several government energy analyst. that the energy performance of Court Road station in London
initiatives for cutting emissions “What data for 2010 will millions of homes would need to be with principal architect Hawkins/
from buildings – including plans for convince us we’re on a satisfactory improved, Kelly said, but added that Brown. Arup will also design
net zero carbon homes, the Code trajectory [to achieve the emissions- he hoped there would be no “weasel bored tunnels for the £15bn
for Sustainable Homes, the Carbon reductions targets], and do we have words” from government on this project. Capita Symonds will
Reduction Commitment and energy sensors in place to do the necessary challenge. design the Royal Oak portal,
while MacDonald will design
sprayed concrete lining.
Futuristic revamp for
Pay cuts to protect jobs
Science Museum
Employees in building services
would accept a pay cut to secure
The Science Museum in London is to
their jobs and the short-term
undergo a £150m revamp designed by
future of their organisation to
Wilkinson Eyre Architects. The project,
avoid redundancy, according
depicted here and to be completed in 2015
to a survey bv recruitment firm
to celebrate the museum’s centenary,
Hays of 420 workers in the sector.
will include a new glass structure on the
Around two-thirds of respondents
facade and SkySpace, a cavernous
would consider working fewer
rooftop space.
hours a week, it found.
Apprentices save thousands
Employing apprentices can save
firms up to 15 per cent in labour
costs, according to the UK skills
council for the building services
industry. SummitSkills’s report
found that savings were available
on both large and small projects,
as well as adding to a highly
skilled workforce. For example, on
a £1m electrical contract the cost
saving of using apprentices as
part of the team was £158,300.
www.summitskills.org.uk
Corporate footprints
New BREEAM scheme targets communities
The UK government is seeking
views on guidance on the
A new version of the BREEAM sustainability of development The scheme has been piloted management and reduction of
sustainability assessment scheme proposals through the various on projects across nine English greenhouse gas emissions. The
has been launched to target the stages of the planning process. regions, including the athletes’ guidance outlines a process for
wider impact of developments. BRE said it hoped that its village at the London Olympics an organisation to calculate its
BREEAM Communities scheme would encourage the 2012 site in east London, and own corporate carbon footprint.
aims to help planners and consideration of sustainability MediaCity, the new Manchester It will be published after the
developers improve, manage at the masterplanning stage of base for the BBC. consultation, by 1 October 2009.
and independently certify the developments. www.bre.co.uk
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