Climate Change - adaptation, mitigation and energy

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

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Flash Flooding
1.1	To ensure that the development is designed to withstand predicted increases in the frequency of localised flooding.
Heat Island
1.2	To reduce the heat island effect inherent to urban areas through passive design measures. On warm summer days, the air in urban areas can be 6-8°F hotter than surrounding areas. Scientists call these areas "urban heat islands". This is due to building materials (particularly darker materials such as tarmac, and heavier materials such as concrete) absorbing and radiating heat.
Water Conservation
1.3	To reduce the overall consumption of clean water for non-potable uses.
1.4	To reduce the overall consumption of clean water for non-potable uses.
On site renewable energy production
1.5	To increase the overall efficiency of the development through energy efficient design and management.
1.6	To promote the increased use of renewable energy sources to reduce dependence on fossil fuels producing CO2 emissions.
1.7	To increase the use of sustainable heating techniques.
1.8	To evolve an energy management scheme and provide the public with easy access to renewable energy information.
1.9	To encourage the future use of active solar technologies where they are not initially supplied.
Site Infrastructure
1.10	To provide easy access to site service and communications infrastructure, with minimal requirement disruption and need for reconstruction and allowing for future growth in services.
1.11	To ensure that the masterplan considers the site wide distribution of on-site produced renewable energy.