Sustainable by Design

Environmental, social and economic sustainability underpins everything we do as a practice and in every scheme we follow several principles of sustainable design. One is longevity and ensuring our buildings are built to last through attention to detail and the use of high-quality and durable materials.

Eric Parry Architect’s dedicated sustainability group researches and disseminates information to the practice informing all of our work. The group manages the practice requirements of ISO14001 and set the sustainability objectives for our projects.

The group was set up when we signed up to Architects Declare in 2019. We are members of the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), signatories of Architects Declare and we have based our internal Stage review process on the RIBA’s Sustainable Outcome Guide, which is based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We are actively measuring and offsetting our current carbon emissions and are seeking to minimise these further with initiatives within the studio.

We utilise industry wide metrics for use on our projects to assess their effectiveness and these actively include BREAAM, NABERS and WELL Certification. We are actively measuring our projects through the whole life-Cycle carbon assessment methods, particularly as part of the London plan. We utilise LETI standards. Embodied Carbon Assessment, Operational carbon assessment, EPC certification to assess the effectiveness of our finished projects.

We create buildings that consume less energy through low- and hi-tech technologies such as solar shading, maximising the use of natural light and ventilation, low-energy lighting and high-efficiency heat recovery systems. We also like to consider the embodied carbon of every project and are committed to circular economy principles and re-using and recycling materials as much as possible.