Rural Design Advice for Individual Houses in the Countryside

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4.PLANNING THE SITEA. Local Sustainable Development Sustainability ChecklistA1 SITE INTEGRATION √ Comment:a. Development strategy demonstrating links to community facilities (educational,social, health)b. Development strategy demonstrating links to commercial facilities (shops,work )c. Development strategy demonstrating links to transport link(s)/ Mass transit,pedestrian, bicycle etc.d. Development strategy demonstrating links to district energy sources (Districtheating scheme, combined heat & power)e. Provision of Household / Garden / Sanitary waste managementf. Other positive ecological features (please specify)A2 LANDSCAPING & SHELTER √ Comment:a. Use of site contoursb. Reduce site exposure via earth beaming, shelter planting, or wind barriersc. Preservation of local florad. Assessment of site liability to floodinge. Site percolation test conductedA3 LOCAL ENERGY AUTONOMY √ Comment:a. Energy from local sustainable resources (low / carbon neutral)b. Site specific Combined Heat & Power (CHP)c. Site specific district heating systemd. Site specific electricity auto generation (from low / carbon neutral resources)e. Other renewable energy sourcesB. Building FabricB1 DESIGN & ORIENTATION √ Comment:a. Minimise surface area for heat loss (in proportion to volume)b. Orientation and internal zoning to facilitate passive solar heat gainc. Orientation to optimise day lightd. Thermal mass to facilitate passive solar thermal gainse. Natural ventilation & coolingf. Sunspaces and collector walls / floorsg. Design for spatial / functional adaptabilityh. Design for accessibilityB2 BUILDING ELEMENTS √ Comment:a. Building Regulation Compliance:-Demonstrate that the building energy & carbon emissions are in compliancewith the current building regulations, Technical Guidance Document (TGD)Part L. The Domestic Energy Assessment Procedure is the primary method ofdemonstrating compliance.b. Assessment of building fabric material procurement from local resourcesc. Assessment of material toxicity and CFC – HCFC freed. Potential for material recycling40.County Limerick: Rural Design Advice for Individual Houses in the Countryside
PLANNING THE SITE4.Vehicle access and parkingThe space around the new building should beconsidered as an integral part of the site layout, not asan afterthought, and treated in relation to the surroundingenvironment. In particular, the means of vehicle accessand provision for parking should not dominate the site.The driveway should preferably be indirect, gentlycrossing the natural contours of the site or curving subtlyaround existing site features, as opposed to taking aharsh straight line from the road. Surface materialsshould be sympathetic to the rural character of the site(such as gravel with soft edges as opposed to tarmacwith pre-cast concrete kerbs).Cars should be accommodated as unobtrusively aspossible. Frontage parking should be avoided andinstead provided to the side or rear of the house. Wherethe garage is attached, it should be subservient to thescale of the building.Consider vehicle access as an integral part of the site layout47.Avoid over-dominance of vehicle access49.Traditional entranceways48.Indirect vehicle access50.County Limerick: Rural Design Advice for Individual Houses in the Countryside41.
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Page 18 and 19: 3.SELECTING THE SITEIf a proper fit
Page 20 and 21: 3.SELECTING THE SITEAgricultural Lo
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Page 28 and 29: 3.SELECTING THE SITERoads and Infra
Page 30 and 31: 3.SELECTING THE SITESite Selection
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Page 34 and 35: 4.PLANNING THE SITEScale, Building
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Page 40 and 41: 4.PLANNING THE SITERenewable Energy
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Page 58 and 59: 5.DESIGNING THE HOUSEDoors, Porches
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Page 72 and 73: 1.APPENDIXRecommended Planting Type
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