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SUSTAINABILITY Experience Profile
SUSTAINABLE FUTURES Sustainable Futures is a research, knowledge transfer and technical advice service provided by NORR. Simply put, we can assist you to identify, understand and meet your sustainability aims and obligations. From the formulation of initial strategies to training, tools and support – from individual projects to entire organisations – our service is designed to be flexible and tailored to your specific needs.
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OUR DIFFERENCE We are not in the business of using your concerns about sustainability to moralise or to sell you advice that you could have found in a book or on a government website.
We know that you get the message about climate change and the future of our planet... you don’t need us to preach to you about that. We do recognise, however, that you may not know how to make a difference on your own... and that is why we are here.
SASA Headquarters, Edinburgh
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WHAT WE DO We can equip you to understand and tackle the sustainability challenges that we face today - to define what our sustainable futures should be and to formulate a plan that will get us there. We can assist with policy, practices, procedures and standards development and can provide advice, assessment, training and tools to support you across a range of sustainable development topics.
HOW WE DO IT We have developed a model scope and range of methodologies to assist with the structure and delivery of our sustainability services. The service mix for each appointment is seldom the same, however, and our Model Scope of Service simply serves as a starting point for the discussion and agreement of your needs. We can provide a copy of our Model Service Scope on request...
Small Animal Hospital, Glasgow
SERVICES CONTEXT Sustainable Futures is a stand-alone service. We expect to serve some clients who may already have architects and development teams and some who may not have a building project in mind at all.
NFU Headquarters, Stoneleigh
Each commission is tailored to the client and their needs and where appropriate, we can provide an integrated service that can combine architecture, town planning and sustainability advice. NORR Sustainable Futures provides a centre of expertise and support for our architectural colleagues within NORR. Thermal imaging study, NFU Headquarters
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By combining Town Planning and Sustainability Consultancy for some projects, NORR can also offer an extended range of services to clients and project teams that can include
strategic planning and operational and management guidance; in addition to design and procurement advice.
Langside College, Glasgow
CRAIGWOOD HOUSING DINGWALL, UK SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS
NORR Sustainable Futures had a key role in delivering the design for this sustainable housing project, providing a range of expert services to support the client and design team: – Design advice for the achievement of PassivHaus standards – Option analysis and advice on forms of construction and detailing, comparative cost and energy benefits – Guidance on materials selection for super-insulation, enhanced air-tightness, and improved health and wellbeing – Dynamic simulation of the buildings and their internal environments to model and optimise daylighting, ventilation, energy use, carbon emissions and comfort
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– Feasibility Studies for the installation of on-site renewable energy technologies – Advice on the eligibility for grants, loans and other financial incentives – Guidance on solutions to thoroughly integrate the social housing element with the homes for sale, to achieve comparable performance standards within the constraint of public funding limits.
INVERCLYDE JOINT CAMPUS PORT GLASGOW SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION DESIGN
The Joint Campus project marked a further stage in NORR’s involvement with Inverclyde Council’s school building programme, which has delivered consistently at the leading edge of sustainability best practice for the education sector. This project involved the co-location of two High Schools, a Special Needs School, Sports and Performing Arts facilities, Science and Technology and a Community Business Centre. NORR’s sustainable consultancy has performed a key role: – Helping to shape early moves related to building placement, massing and orientation, to optimise the potential for daylighting, reduce overheating and glare and support effective natural ventilation strategies – Acting as a link within the design team and to the client and users, brokering understanding on sustainability issues, challenging and correcting wrong thinking and promoting integrated team working – Researching and evaluating new materials and forms of construction that would provide for enhanced sustainability and reduced risk – Providing template documents to assist with project specification and the building contract – Conducting a BREEAM assessment of the project to provide a verified rating of the project’s sustainability credentials.
COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY
VALUES
As members of the World’s design and construction professions, we commit ourselves to:
In each project, regardless of scale, we are driven by the pursuit of excellence. We are a creatively focused organisation, believing that good architecture enhances the quality of life. At the same time we are aware of our social economic, and environmental responsibilities: we seek to implement appropriate design solutions, use resources wisely and advise our clients accordingly.
– Place social, economic and environmental sustainability at the core of our practices and professional responsibilities;
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Athlete’s Village Carbon Management Strategy by NORR Sustainable Futures
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– Develop and continually improve practices, procedures, products, services and standards that will enable the implementation of sustainable design; – Educate fellow professionals, the building industry, clients, students, and the general public about the critical importance and substantial opportunities of sustainable design; – Aim to bring all existing and future elements of the built environment - in their design, production, use and eventual reuse - up to sustainable design standards.
OUR BUSINESS
We appreciate that in addition to our duty to clients, we also have a duty to manage the conduct our own business with care and foresight, and to play our part in securing our individual and collective futures. We will assess our performance and develop and implement programmes to deliver continuous improvement over time with respect to: – Energy – Materials and water use – Staff and community engagement – Suppliers and purchasing – Transport – Waste and recycling
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