Climate Change and Energy

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Below are the questions within Climate Change and Energy. The questions are grouped by issue.

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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.

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Flooding
1.1	To reduce the risk of flooding on proposed development sites and adjacent areas of land.
1.2	To reduce the risk and impact of flooding on the development and reduce the longevity of any effects.
Cooling
1.3	To reduce the impacts from mechanical ventilation and cooling devices.
Heat Absorption
1.4	Is the development designed to reduce heat gain and avoid heat island effects?
Water Management
1.5	To reduce the overall consumption of clean water for non-potable uses.
1.6	To ensure that roof space is used productively to enable the use of rain water
Carbon emission management
1.7	To reduce carbon emissions emanating from energy sources used in the development
1.8	To promote the increased use of renewable energy sources to reduce dependence on fossil fuels producing carbon emissions
1.9	To encourage the future use of active solar building renewables where they are not initially supplied to enable occupants to use low-carbon energy.
Sustainable Heating
1.10	To increase the use of sustainable heating / cooling techniques across the development.
Weather resiliance
1.11	To ensure that the proposed development is resilient to predicted weather changes over its lifetime