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SuBET: SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TOOL
Hilson Moran’s latest innovation is SuBET, a unique sustainable masterplanning tool, developed in conjunction with Dr Husam Al Waer and Emeritus Professor Derek Clements-Croome of Dundee and Reading Universities.
SuBET, which will be used to guide the future design of exemplar planning and development schemes, was officially launched by the Steering Group for Sustainable Masterplanning in October 2009.
After eight years of development, the SuBET tool offers a comprehensive, international, sustainable rating scheme and assessment tool that evaluates the sustainable design and performance of a major masterplan. It provides a valuable framework for masterplanning right from the start, incorporating not just the environmental aspects of sustainability, but also the social and economic impacts created by the design of a built environment project.
This powerful tool incorporates over 70 indicators of a scheme’s environmental, social, cultural and economic impacts. Its focus ranges from the micro scale (water, energy and so on), to the meso scale (such as land use, site selection and planning considerations) and broadens out to consider issues on the macro scale (such as greenhouse gas emissions from all energy used for the built environment, transport and infrastructure, together with wider urban and regional planning issues), right up to the global scale to tackle the impact on sustainability at national and international levels.
SuBET has been developed by world-class specialists in the built environment: Matthew Kitson, Director of Sustainability at Hilson Moran; Dr Husam Al Waer, Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture & Technology and Director of the Sustainability Assessment Research Group at the University of Dundee; and Professor Derek Clements-Croome, Director of the Intelligent Buildings Research Group at the University of Reading.
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Hilson Moran, together with Dr Al Waer and Professor Clements-Croome, developed SuBET to evaluate every aspect of the built environment including infrastructure, masterplanning and the performance of new or refurbished buildings in use. The tool was developed in order to:
Establish a common languageSet a standard local measurementPromote integrated designRecognise environmental leadershipEncourage stakeholder involvementIdentify building life-cycle impactRaise awareness of sustainable urban planning benefits
SuBET is a central part of Hilson Moran’s approach to sustainability across the global urban environment, with the practice advocating sustainable masterplanning and environmental impact assessments as an active and integral part of the design process, rather than as a retrospective labelling exercise. It will be used by Hilson Moran to provide the highest level of analysis for its clients into the multiple impacts of masterplanning design. These results will then be independently verified by both Dr Husam Al Waer and Professor Derek Clements-Croome, in order to deliver best practice in sustainability for clients worldwide.
Matthew Kitson explains:
“Masterplanning and Urban Design is now fast becoming an extremely important design discipline and, together with architecture, is shaping the future for our planet. Global warming is now without doubt linked to human activity and a good proportion of that is down to the day-to-day activities in our cities. SuBET provides the client and design team with an international framework from the very outset of a masterplan with input from commercial design thinking and the latest academic philosophies. This approach is aimed at producing urban communities that allow people to live, play, work and prosper whilst at the same time looking after the planet.”
Dr Husam Al Waer provides his endorsement of the SuBET:
“The unique strength of SuBET is that it demonstrates clearly, right from the start of masterplanning, exactly what can be achieved in terms of the actual performance of the proposed development. It highlights clearly to clients, developers, architects, planners and policy makers, the many different factors that affect the expected performance of the development - and how that performance could be improved. This enables us not just to reduce CO2 emissions but to enhance the overall sustainability of the entire development.”
Emeritus Professor Derek Clements-Croome adds:
“The tool was developed to help planners and designers take decisions in a systematic way about environmental, social and economic issues for any project which could be located in any country. It offers flexibility for the planning and design team to adapt to various cultures and client demands while respecting the overall sustainability objectives.”
For more information, please contact subet@hilsonmoran.com or phone Andrea Vosgueritchian on 020 7940 8888.
ABOUT MATTHEW KITSON
Matthew heads the Sustainability group at Hilson Moran, providing environmental, sustainable and engineering design advice on a wide range of landmark projects in a number of countries including the UK, UAE, Italy, France and Spain. The ethos of his design approach is to develop well-engineered, functional buildings and masterplans that are sustainable and environmentally progressive.
Starting his career as a mechanical engineer, Matthew went on to specialise in the application of advanced environmental computer modelling, heading up environmental specialist teams at a number of leading consulting engineers. Matthew regularly gives keynote talks at national and international summits and universities focusing on environmentally responsible design and sustainable solutions.
ABOUT DR HUSAM AL WAER
Husam has researched and published in the area of sustainability, and has been measuring the level of sustainability for the built environment over the last eight years. He has been invited to chair and be the keynote speaker at several summits and conferences in the UK, EU and Middle East. He will chair the second international conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development in Jordan 2010, and was one of the main speakers for both the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi 2009 and the European Future Energy Forum in Spain 2009.
Husam originally worked as an architect in Liverpool and then worked as a researcher at the University of Liverpool and Reading University. He is now Lecturer at the University of Dundee, teaching and researching in sustainable architecture and urban development.
ABOUT EMERITUS PROFESSOR DEREK CLEMENTS-CROOME
Derek has researched and published in the field of sustainable intelligent buildings for many years and is internationally recognised. He is founder and Editor of the Intelligent Buildings International Journal published by Earthscan. He has been strategic innovation advisor to the Taiwan Government and has also worked with the Ministry of Construction in Beijing besides being a visiting professor at several universities in China. Former Vice-President of CIBSE, Derek is also chair of CIBSE’s Intelligent Buildings Group and Natural Ventilation Group and is on the board of the British Council for Offices.
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