Links - sustainability

Supplementary Planning Documents
Tameside - Sustainable Design & Construction Guide SPD - adopted October 2005
Oxford - Natural Resource Impact Analysis SPD - adopted July 2006
Guildford - Sustainable Development & Construction SPD - adopted December 2005
Bristol - Sustainable Building Design & Construction SPD - adopted February 2006
Maidstone - Sustainable Construction SPD - adopted July 2006
South Tyneside - Sustainable Construction and Development SPD - 2nd draft Jan 2007
Colchester - Provision of Open Space, Sport & Recreational Facilities SPD - adopted July 2006

Design guides & sustainability checklists
Building Sustainably in Bristol
Durham County - Building-in Sustainability
Ecos Trust - (was Somerset Trust for Sustainable Development)
Kent County Council design guide
Mayor of London - climate change checklist etc
South East Climate Change Partnership - climate change checklist etc

Climate change
British Council - climate change pages
Climate Change Solutions - conferences
GreenHouse Gas Online

General
Securing the Future - UK sustainable development strategy - 7 March 05
Environ
Making News - European sustainability indicators project, involving Newcastle
DEFRA  - guidance on preparing Regional Sustainable Development Frameworks - February 2000
OECD - SD pages
Regional Futures - UK sustainable solution learning network
www.sustainable-development.gov.uk
'live' discussion forums on current issues on www.sustainable-development.gov.uk - launched Nov 2001
Stafford Borough Council - SD links
Durham County Council - SD links

Impact assessment and appraisal
www.emas.org.uk - Eco-Management and Audit System
EURO-EMAS - completed EU Life funded project involving Newcastle City Council
EU Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) page
EU Directive 2001/42/EC re SEA - pdf format
DCLG - Practical Guide to SEA Directive - September 2003
DCLG - Sustainability Appraisal - index page
DCLG - Sustainability Appraisal of RSS and LDFs - November 2005
DCLG - Environmental Impact Assessment - index page
Arhus Convention on Access to Information - pdf format  - 86kb
Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
International Commission for Impact Assessment
Levett-Therivel - consultants
Oxford Brookes University - Impacts Assessment Unit
PRE-SUD - Peer Review for European Sustainable Urban Development
Quality of Life Assessment  - on Natural England site

Sustainable construction
www.aecb.net
BRE sustainable construction page
Centre for Alternative Technology
www.cfsd.org.uk
CIRIA
www.constprod.org.uk
DTI sustainable construction page
Ecobuild Network
LSE research project
Constructing Excellence
Local Government Task Force - rethinking construction in local government
Sustainable Construction - new DTI funded site
Ecos Trust - Somerset based
Sustainable Housing - useful links
WellBuilt! - Local Authority Sustainable Construction Network site
Zed Factory

Green roof
Atlantis Water Management - part of Aldeburgh Group
Bauder
Blackdown Horticultural Consultants
www.greenroofs.com
Article on Augustenborg - Malmo, Sweden
Links page

Energy
- general (national)
DTI energy page
Renewable energy page
Energy Saving Trust
Practical Help - EST pages for local authorities
LGA - Local Government Association energy page
Centre for Sustainable Energy - based in Bristol
- general (regional)
TNEI - leading north east energy consultants
Energy North East - partnership of organisations
Renewable Energy Strategy for the North East - link on page on NEA site
- wind
AMEC - incorporates former local wind energy company Border Wind
British Wind Energy Association
- biomass
Biomass Action Plan for the North East
- solar hot water
Zen Eaga Solar

Aviation
Airport Environment Federation
Airport Operators Association
AirportWatch
Civil Aviation Authority
Links page
DfT - aviation page
DfT - Aviation White Paper - December 2003
DfT - Guidance on the preparation of airport master plans - July 2004
Friends of the Earth UK - aviation transport page
Newcastle International Airport
Durham Tees Valley Airport

Green transport - UK
Association for Commuter Transport - 'the home of travel plans'
Environmental Transport Association
Walk21 - international site - policy and action on walking
TravelWise

Regeneration & sustainability
URGENT - Urban Regeneration and the Environment
Augustenborg in Malmo - Sweden

This page last updated 17May 2007