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Changing Face of Building Design in Chester

One of the new variants to have come to the forefront in just the last couple of years not only in building design in Chester, but across the globe is the concept of “green” buildings. Only a couple of decades ago if you had said to someone that you were designing a green building they would have assumed that you were going to use an army of painters to produce some ugly grass coloured monstrosity to blight the landscape.


Things have changed very rapidly in building design and “green” building issues are now firmly at the front of any designers, architects, urban planners and the general publics minds. Green building is now seen as essential to structural engineering in Chester.

The need for an open mind when building a structure is now needed to help save valuable and increasingly expensive fuel, it is also important to reduce the amount of energy that is lost though bad design and poor insulation features. Quite often with just a little consideration new building design in Chester can be adjusted to meet these energy and climate changing requirements.

Just because Chester is not one of the worlds megacities it does not mean that the local community through its local authority planners and local architects and experts in structural engineering in Chester do not have an important and even significant role to play in helping to reduce buildings energy consumption and green house gas emissions.

These experts need to carefully consider every aspect of a new buildings design not only in reference to the energy usage of the completed structure they also have to consider just how green are the materials used in construction. Many oil consuming CFC producing plastics are being abandoned in favour of alternative materials that had never been considered in British building before such as fast growing bamboo.

Building design in Chester is now starting to incorporate such features as solar panels for heating water supplies. New window and ventilation systems are being installed to maximize airflow which can dramatically help to cool buildings in the summer saving on fuel to cool the internal areas, especially in large interior open spaces.

Structural engineering in Chester is certainly making every effort to keep pace with its big city counterparts and is at the same time helping to build a greener architectural environment for Chester and its inhabitants to enjoy, with the knowledge that everything possible is being done to help secure the future for Chester’s next generation of inhabitants.

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9 Responses to “Changing Face of Building Design in Chester”

  1. VespaNat says:

    Sub par 6th Form politics and most importantly not in the slightest bit funny, Brigstocke is the personification of middle class self loathing liberals consumed with guilt about his priviliged background, his barely contained contempt for the working class he is meant to love is a delight to watch (see his ‘hilarious cutting edge’ bit about immigration. Prick!!!!

  2. BoonyBanny says:

    Brigstocke knows nothing about what he is talking about – almost ever. A comic relying on writers he is the worst kind of flag waver for every bandwagon going.

  3. achtung07 says:

    Google : Populartechnology

    2009/10 peer reviewed papers

    500 Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skepticism of “Man-Made” Global Warming

    You can find reviews on both the medieval warm period and Lindzen

  4. TurboDally says:

    If you can provide me with peer reviewed journal I would be grateful, I’ve seen this kind of material too often from Creationists/NWO conspiracists so getting it from a peer reviewed source would bring more credibility.

  5. madhairman says:

    The earth is actually cooling ya fanny!!

  6. achtung07 says:

    The warmest year in the earths 4 billion year history. What about the medieval warming period ?

  7. achtung07 says:

    Google this on Examiner…

    “Carbon Dioxide irrelevant in climate debate says MIT Scientist”

    In a study sure to ruffle the feathers of the Global Warming cabal, Professor Richard Lindzen of MIT has published a paper which proves that IPCC models are overstating by 6 times, the relevance of CO2 in Earths Atmosphere. Dr. Lindzen has found that heat is radiated out in to space at a far higher rate than any modeling system to date can account for.

  8. achtung07 says:

    Google this NASA article

    “Mars is Melting

    The south polar ice cap of Mars is receding, revealing frosty mountains, rifts and curious dark spots.

    August 7, 2003: It’s not every day you get to watch a planetary ice cap vanish, but this month you can. All you need are clear skies, a backyard telescope, and a sky map leading to Mars.

  9. achtung07 says:

    Google this article

    “Veni, vidi, viticulture – remains of Roman vineyards found in UK”

    By David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent
    Tuesday, 16 November 1999

    “In Roman times, Britain had a slightly warmer climate than now; and, with 500 to 600mm of rain a year, Northamptonshire is at the lower end of the British precipitation range, which would have meant fewer fungal problems. The area would therefore have been suitable for grape production.”