Climate change

Category Background

To ensure that new developments are appropriately adapted to the impacts of present and future climate change and to minimise their own impact on greenhouse gases, flooding, heat gain, water resources and water quality.

With these policy issues in mind, this section of the checklist addresses:

  • Designing developments for flood resilience, and to reduce the contribution made to flash flooding,
  • Reducing overheating and “heat island” effects to reduce the need for air conditioning whilst maintaining occupier comfort,
  • Maximising the availability of harvested rain and grey water for appropriate use on the development to reduce the demand for freshwater,
  • Ensuring energy efficiency is designed into the development from the earliest design stages, in a comprehensive and cost efficient manner,
  • Maximising opportunities to generate and supply renewable energy on the development as part of an overall energy strategy,
  • Making occupiers aware of their energy consumption.

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This checklist is no longer supported

The Government announced that as part of its new policy on economic development all Regional Development Agencies, including Advantage West Midlands, will close.

This checklist will remain online to allow existing users to reference their existing projects. New accounts and projects can no longer be created.