us not forget that holistic planning is key to success,
as it sets out a shared vision for the development of
Gibraltar in the local and global context.
During the design phase, Ocean Heights can be
established as a ‘living laboratory’ for a research
project in order to apply the aforementioned, provide
collaborative innovation guidance, monitor energy
and water usage and technology performance, monitor
satisfaction level of the residents and allow for
sharing learnings with the local industry, Government
and the wider global community.
Ensuring that experts in relevant fields, including
town planning, landscaping, architecture and sustainability
form part of a core project team from the
outset of any project is crucial to facilitate a comprehensive
approach and allow for knowledge-sharing in
respective fields in order to solve the often-complex
issues connected to the design, construction and operation
of sustainable buildings.
It is at the project appraisal stage that such matters
should be incorporated into a project in order to allow
a building’s environmental performance to become an
objective that can be balanced against other project’s
objectives, yet in reality this happens very rarely and
common practice tends to be to address sustainability
at later stages when many of the opportunities
to make a difference are reduced to some extent or
another, or no longer available without incurring significant
costs and delays to the project.
To find out more about the SDGs and how they
can be incorporated at early stages of construction
projects, or learn about the Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA) of a building (existing or new build) and for
assistance in producing Sustainability Assessments
(SA), LCAs and other specialist reports visit www.
planning.vision, call 20065888 or email [email protected]
and speak to one of our specialists today.
Why wait until it is too late?
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle
Underlining focus upon locally sourced,
renewable materials, upcycling, retrofitting,
the use of art and technology and
changing perception around waste via
innovation.
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