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BEAM P
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UILDINGS
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SPECTS
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V
ERSION
1.2
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S
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A
SPECTS
2.P
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REREQUISITE
2.1
S ITE L OCATION2.2
S
IT
E P LANNING AND D ESIGN2.3
E MISSIONS FROM THE S ITEI
NTRODUCTION
This section focuses on the site upon which the building is to be built; the
land used and its location with respect to local transport and amenities,
planning and design for the site to take account of both beneficial and
negative impacts on neighbours and the development itself, mitigation of
ecological impacts and emissions from the site over the building’s
lifetime, and aspects of site management. Obviously, there will be
significant differences between large scale developments, such as
estates, as compared with single buildings, which need to be reflected in
the assessment criteria and weighting of credits.
2.P P
REREQUISITE
S
A
P1 M
INIMUM
L
ANDSCAPING
A
REA
B
ACKGROUND
This part is to set out the minimum requirement for landscaping area for
residential premise sites having an area of greater than 1,000 m
2
.
2.1 S
ITE
L
OCATION
S
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1 C
ONTAMINATED
L
AND
S
A
2 L
OCAL
T
RANSPORT
S
A
3 N
EIGHBOURHOOD
A
MENITIES
B
ACKGROUND
Due to the shortage of land, the choices for building location are limited.
From an environmental perspective, credit should be awarded when
contaminated land and land adjacent to landfill sites are put to use,
provided that appropriate steps are taken to reduce environmental and
health hazards to users of the building and to its neighbouring properties.
Site location is important in respect of adequacy of local amenities and
public transport provisions in order to reduce travel needs and reliance
on private vehicles.
2.2 S
ITE
P
LANNING AND
D
ESIGN
S
A
4 S
ITE
D
ESIGN
A
PPRAISAL
S
A
5 E
COLOGICAL
I
MPACT
S
A
6 C
ULTURAL
H
ERITAGE
S
A
7 L
ANDSCAPING AND
P
LANTERS
S
A
8 M
ICROCLIMATE
A
ROUND
B
UILDINGS
S
A
9 N
EIGHBOURHOOD
D
AYLIGHT
A
CCESS
S
A
10 E
NVIRONMENTAL
M
ANAGEMENT
P
LAN
B
ACKGROUND
The planning and design issues which affect the environmental
performance of a site and master layout planning should include:
disposition of individual buildings within the site;
spatial relationship of the building(s) to the immediate built and
natural environment;
relationship of the building(s) to the site topography and ground
conditions;
overall massing of the proposed development;
built form of the buildings;
orientation of buildings in relationship to view factors and ambient
forces;