Including the closely related terms energy use, and energy use.
… for carbon emissions and/or energy use in new homes and changes to how compliance with the standards is assessed1. If and when these or any other relevant changes are made to legislation or national policy, we will review this SPD to ensure it remains up to date. 1 The government consulted on these changes from October 2019 to February 2020 and is considering the next steps. See https…
…, • policy NRM6 of the South East Plan2, • Surrey County Council’s waste and minerals plans, and • neighbourhood plans that have passed referendum. 2.2 This SPD provides guidance for three policies in the Local Plan: • Policy D2: Climate change, sustainable design, construction and energy • Policy D1: Place shaping, and • Policy P4: Flooding, Flood Risk and Groundwater Protection Zones. Policy D2…
… is reproduced below. Policy D2: Climate change, sustainable design, construction and energy Sustainable design and construction (1) Proposals for zero carbon development are strongly supported. Applications for development, including refurbishment, conversion and extensions to existing buildings should include information setting out how sustainable design and construction practice will be incorporated…
… services for space heating/cooling and hot-water systems, ventilation and internal lighting). Unregulated emissions are those arising from energy use other than for building services, such as appliances, cooking and IT equipment. 2.5 The energy and waste hierarchies (see Figure 1) set out the steps that should be followed to make development more sustainable. The key principle in both hierarchies…
… resources should be used efficiently and incorporate a proportion of recycled and/or secondary aggregates. Policy D2 (1b) Construction and demolition waste should be minimised. Waste should be reused and recycled at source or separated and collected for recycling in line with the waste hierarchy. Policies D2 (1c), D2 (2) and D1 (10) Schemes should be designed to reduce energy use in line…