Paul Appleby Sustainability Consultant: July 2010

Sustainable Design and Development

Paul Appleby provides strategic advice to design and masterplanning teams on the integrated sustainable design of buildings, based on the premises set out in his 2010 book covering:

• Sustainability and low carbon design strategy for developments and buildings

• Passive design measures for masterplans and buildings

• Low carbon technologies and renewables

• Land use, density, massing and microclimate

• Social and economic requirements for sustainable communities

• Policy, legislation and planning - history and requirements

• Sustainability and environmental impact assessment methodologies

• Sustainable construction and demolition

• Integrated sustainable transport planning

• Computer simulation of building environments

• Thermal comfort

• Air quality hygiene and ventilation

• Waste management and recycling

• Materials and pollution

• Water conservation

• Landscaping, ecology and flood risk

• Light and lighting

• Noise and vibration

• Security and future proofing

Paul Appleby has been involved in the sustainable design of buildings for much of his career including recent high profile projects such as the award-winning Great Glen House, the Strata tower and the proposed masterplan for the iconic and challenging Battersea Power Station site (see postings below).

E mail paul at paul.appleby7@btinternet.com if you want to get in touch

Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings

13 July 2010

I would like to welcome you to my new blog site. This is my first posting and is just to ask anyone who reads it to 'watch this space'. I will be posting material to this site over the coming days and weeks, based on the content of my book of the above title, complete with photos, text and links to websites that I have used for the development of the book.