Sustainable building expert joins construction industry ‘excellence’ forum
Llanelli-based sustainable building consultant Jamie Best will be one of the key speakers at a Constructing Excellence Wales event being held in Aberystwyth on Thursday night (February 23). Mr Best, director of Melin Consultants, will be speaking on energy reduction in new buildings at the Aberystwyth University event which explains the overall requirements of BREEAM 2011, the benchmark by which all new public-funded buildings are measured. “It sounds very technical,” Mr Best admitted, “but the assessment method BREEAM is now a requirement under planning legislation in Wales and impacts on all new buildings over 1000 square metres.” “It’s a real brain-storming event to help everyone target sustainability standards of excellence in the construction industry in Wales. “For example, it will explain how architects and other designers can get buildings to perform better in terms of their energy use. “We want to make sure that the performance of buildings is fully maximised when they are ...