Sustainable Housing in United Kingdom Dissertation

Sustainable Housing in United Kingdom - Dissertation prototypeThe paper tells that due to the degradation of environment and depletion of resources the eco building concept has been developed. UK has been one of the major carbon dioxide emitters in Europe. Consequently the ask for sustainable and low/ nil carbon housing, has become the major concern of UK government. Government has started taking initiative accordingly and thus the concept of sustainable housing has been encouraged in UK. The flock of United Kingdom have been getting lots of benefits from sustainable housing. United Kingdom has developed number of green and sustainable buildings. The aim behind sustainable housing is to protect the environment while achieving social and economic development of the country. The paper first elaborates the concept of Green Home or Sustainable housing. The need for switching to sustainable housing has also been discussed in the paper. The code of sustainable homes focuses on evaluatin g the homes on the benchmark of Building Research Establishments Eco homes. unlike types of sustainable constructions are mentioned in the research paper. Then the paper also discussed sundry(a) energy resources as well as material useful for sustainable constructions. The discussion on the proper location for sustainable building, on the basis of different parameters, has also been included in our research paper. There are various types of sustainable housing which are mentioned in the paper. ... .........................................................................6 1.4. Definitions.............................................................................................6 1.5. Background of study.............................................................................7 1.6. Advantage of Study..............................................................................8 1.7. The need for the study of sustainable housing.....................................9 1.8. Object ives of the study........................................................................10 Chapter 2 2.1. Introduction.........................................................................................12 2.2. Sustainability in Constructing Houses................................................13 2.3. Principles of Sustainable Houses.......................................................15 2.4. Sustainability in current Constructing Houses....................................16 2.5. UK scoop out Practical Guideline...............................................................20 2.6. Legislation Regulation Set by the Government.................................21 2.7. Code of Sustainable Homes (CSH)....................................................21 2.8. Carbon Reduction Commitment.........................................................25 2.9. Energy Performance Certificate.........................................................25 2.10. Types of Sustainable Constructions.. .................................................26 2.11. Renewable Energy Resources fit in the UK.............................27 2.12. Energy Efficient Material.....................................................................28 2.13. Choice of Location and