Sustainability Strategy

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4.0 Healthy and Comfortable Spaces

The provision of healthy and comfortable spaces within buildings aims to achieve sustainability performance improvements in a manner that
also improves occupants' experience of the space. Sustainable buildings are designed for people and reductions in energy use should never
be made at the expense of the occupants' health and wellbeing.

A holistic approach to sustainability will result in multiple benefits both in energy efficiency and encouraging occupant wellbeing. This can be
achieved by improvements to air quality through appropriate ventilation, the provision of high levels of thermal, visual, and acoustic comfort,
reduction of occupant stress and the creation of a low-toxicity environment through the reduction/removal of pollutants.

4.1       Thermal Comfort

An indoor environment that is too hot or too cold can affect mood, performance, and productivity. To control internal comfort and minimise
excessive heat loss in winter and heat gains in summer, several strategies will be investigated for the proposed development. The following
points shall be considered when designing the Resort:

▪     Façade design and glass selection; heat gains and losses must be moderated, and thermal bridging should be avoided. Double
      glazing systems will be considered for this development to improve the thermal performance of the building envelope.
▪     The façade should be well sealed to avoid drafts and air leakage.
▪     External shading and cool winds with single sided ventilation prevent excessive heat gains in summer.
▪     A relatively high total insulation level for all rooms to capture heat and minimise heating loads to aid building performance in winter.

4.2       Toxicity

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted from certain solids or liquids as toxic gases. VOCs include a variety of chemicals, some of
which may have short- and long-term adverse health effects. Concentrations of many VOC’s are consistently higher indoors than outdoors.
VOCs are emitted by a wide array of products numbering in the thousands (typically paints and lacquers, paint strippers, cleaning supplies,
pesticides, building materials and furnishings).

The development will aim to specify materials with low emissions content including low-VOC and low formaldehyde content to avoid
contaminating the indoor air environment.




Figure 7: Common symptoms from toxic indoor environments




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