Good Office Design

4.0Sustainability

Exterior View, Heelis Building

© Dennis Gilbert

IT IS, PERHAPS, QUESTIONABLE WHETHER A BOOK SUCH AS THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A SECTION DEVOTED TO SUSTAINABLE DESIGN. SUSTAINABILITY, IN ALL ITS GUISES, IS SUCH A MATTER OF REGULATION, GOOD PRACTICE AND SHEER COMMON SENSE THAT ANY BUILDING PROJECT SHOULD EMBRACE ITS PRINCIPLES. MOST DO, IN FACT. GENERALLY, WHEN MAKING SUBMISSIONS TO THE BCO’S AWARDS PROGRAMME, APPLICANTS STRESS THEIR PROJECT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CREDENTIALS BUT NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE MANAGED TO SECURE A RATING UNDER THE BREEAM SCHEME (BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT METHOD). OFTEN, APPLICANTS ...