Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), an
invasive species often found on brownfield development sites
There is an increasing demand for new buildings and
developments to perform to high environmental standards. Our focus
is on delivering solutions to reduce the enviromental impact of new
builds and engineering projects for our clients.
Our expertise in the buildings sector includes:
Green buildings
Today's buildings must not only provide exemplary working, living
and retail environments but do so in a way that minimises their
impact on the local, national and global environment.
Find out more on our skills in this
area.
We help our clients with:
- Environmentally sustainable design for building layouts and
internal space
- Achieving energy efficiency in terms of through life costing,
material selection and operation of buildings
- Improving indoor environmental quality including lighting,
noise and air quality
- Minimising the effects on natural water resources by demand
control, and ensuring discharges to the environment are treated to
acceptable standards
Brownfield development
Likewise new developments often take place on brownfield sites
within urbanised areas. These sites are of high conservation value
for locally important habitats and species.
Find out more on our skills in this
area.
We help our clients:
- Identify and remove invasive plant species that are illegal to
spread
- Identify and translocate (if possible) protected species such
as bats, amphibians, reptiles and breeding birds
- Identify opportunities to increase the ecological value of
brownfield sites through proper landscaping, design and habitat
creation.
To find out more about Mott MacDonald's work with in Buildings
visit
www.buildings.mottmac.com›
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