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Climate and Europe, which has climatic condifuture prooﬁng. Reduction of carbon emissions. District energy sysEnergy tems and use of local energy features, e.g., river water cooling. tions ranging from Mediterranean sun and warmth to Scandinavian snow and Consultation leading to community uses. Community Creating a culture of community living for all. ice, at one time had well-established passive solar designs to provide health Creating a safe, pleasant environment for all users and the public. Place Making and comfort. However, in the last cenTransport related CO2 emissions and location related factors. Transport and tury it moved to a dependence on meReducing time wasted commuting by local live work play approach. Movement chanically controlled environments in Ecological value of the site and the impact of construction. Ecology and buildings. Creation of local habitats and pleasant landscapes. Biodiversity Reevaluation and subsequent realEnvironmental impacts of the materials ization of what actually constitutes a Resources used in construction. Water efﬁciency. good quality of life has lead to codes Applicability of the development to the location, of practice such as the Code for Susemployment impacts. New business start-ups and Business 1 and tainable Homes and BREEAM, development of existing businesses. Encouraging entrepreneurs. are supporting sociopolitical strucUsing BREEAM for each building. Creating tures encouraging sustainable design Building architectural quality to inspire. Balanced mix of uses. planning. Cities such as Manchester and Liverpool in the United Kingdom Table 1: BREEAM Communities categories. helped lead the world into the industrial revolution and are now leading the way into clear sustainable environmental development and pilot scheme for the new policies. BREEAM Communities assessment that rates a mixed use One example of this leadership is MediaCityUK (see pho- development as a whole and its plan to achieving long-term to on Page 48) in Manchester, which is the ﬁrst “Excellent” sustainability (including future-proofed energy supplies and a route to zero carbon). Table 1 highlights the BREEAM Communities categories. During the last century, the UK and the rest of Europe recovered from the rapid developments that had taken place durfor ing the industrial revolution, which were underpinned by the Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality use of cheap fossil fuels. Although lifestyles improved signiﬁcantly, the pace of change lead to inefﬁcient and wasteful, sometimes harmful practices and the lessons learned have ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1 is the recognized standard lead to a better understanding of what real quality of life is for ventilation system design and acceptable IAQ. about and why community sharing, health, well-being and It provides the information you need to ensure that your socio-economic factors are so important to a happy lifestyle. project is designed according to the latest requirements. The considerable ﬁnancial and human resources previNEW in the 2010 revision: ously applied can be better used to achieve sustainability and communities that thrive in friendship and sharing as sustain• Minimum filtration/air-cleaning requirements able designs become the accepted way forward. Wasteful and • Minimum operation requirements for ventilation systems harmful practices such as power generation from fossil fuels • A Natural Ventilation Procedure and uranium (which have conversion rates around 35%, mean• A more robust IAQ procedure ing that 65% is wasted as heat, and the environment is pollut• Demand-controlled ventilation system design requirements ed) are being replaced by district energy schemes that provide • Requirements for separation of intakes and exhausts power, heat and cooling (via absorption chillers). • Ventilation rates and occupancy categories Travelers who have experienced life in a Mediterranean town that is naturally warm, sunny, and breezy are questionStandard 62.1-2010 User’s Manual ing why passive solar design cannot be applied more widely. This Manual helps users apply tools used for compliance Of course, it can. Sometimes it will be a hybrid solution as in with Standard 62.1-2010. Includes three newly revised Scotland where cold climates require heating, but cool fresh spreadsheets that assist in ventilation rate procedure air off the Scottish highlands provides an excellent source of calculations. “free” cooling and good fresh air quality. The Sir John Thursby Community College in the county of Lancashire, UK, is To order, visit another example of a building that is naturally ventilated and www.ashrae.org/62.1&UM cooled as a zero carbon strategy while also being designed as a teaching tool for pupil and staff to use in their curriculum.

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