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Required documentation
1. a detailed narrative or a drawing highlighting the building projects response to the
following aspects should be included.
Building design element Site design element
Site inventory characteristic 01: Geographical latitude and microclimatic factors such as wind loads
1. Building layout for solar orientation 1. Location of green and paved areas
2. Location of windows 2. Biodiversity
3. Entrances and loading docks 3. Selection of vegetation and integration with the native
landscape
4. Location of air inlets 4. Use of landscape elements as buffer zones
5. Architectural elevations
Site inventory characteristic 02: Topography and adjacent landforms
1. Building proportions 1. Gravity-fed sewer lines
2. Wind loads 2. Land illing
3. Architectural elevations 3. Natural site features for rain/storm water drainage
4. Drainage strategies 4. Location of groundwater detention ponds
Site inventory characteristic 03: Solar access
1. Building position for day lighting 1. Location of energy-eficient features, such as solar pond
2. Photovoltaic 2. Placement of selective species of trees, such as deciduous
trees on the south of the site
3. Solar passive techniques
4. Construction of walls
Site inventory characteristic 04: Air movement patterns
1. Placement of wind towers 1. Site layout of building structures to trap wind for ventilation
2. Location of fenestration on the basis of pressure differentials
3. Passive solar cooling design
Site inventory characteristic 05: Parcel shape and access with adjacent land use and buildings
1. Planning for the capacity to accommodate the proposed Marking the potential access points that do not burden the lower
development density or adjacent land use
Site inventory characteristic 06: Neighbouring or proposed future developments
1. Design lexibility for future extension 1. Location of utility and infrastructure for future extension
2. a detailed site analysis should be carried out and a narrative demonstrating sustainable site
planning strategies should be submitted.
Review checklist
1. drawings with a narrative or highlights on how the following issues have been addressed
(as far as possible).
(a) natural environmental aspects such as
(i) solar path for solar passive architectural strategies (such as window orientation,
shading, and so on),
(ii) location of renewable energy systems (thermal and photovoltaic)
(iii) location of solar ponds (if applicable).
Required documentation
1. a detailed narrative or a drawing highlighting the building projects response to the
following aspects should be included.
Building design element Site design element
Site inventory characteristic 01: Geographical latitude and microclimatic factors such as wind loads
1. Building layout for solar orientation 1. Location of green and paved areas
2. Location of windows 2. Biodiversity
3. Entrances and loading docks 3. Selection of vegetation and integration with the native
landscape
4. Location of air inlets 4. Use of landscape elements as buffer zones
5. Architectural elevations
Site inventory characteristic 02: Topography and adjacent landforms
1. Building proportions 1. Gravity-fed sewer lines
2. Wind loads 2. Land illing
3. Architectural elevations 3. Natural site features for rain/storm water drainage
4. Drainage strategies 4. Location of groundwater detention ponds
Site inventory characteristic 03: Solar access
1. Building position for day lighting 1. Location of energy-eficient features, such as solar pond
2. Photovoltaic 2. Placement of selective species of trees, such as deciduous
trees on the south of the site
3. Solar passive techniques
4. Construction of walls
Site inventory characteristic 04: Air movement patterns
1. Placement of wind towers 1. Site layout of building structures to trap wind for ventilation
2. Location of fenestration on the basis of pressure differentials
3. Passive solar cooling design
Site inventory characteristic 05: Parcel shape and access with adjacent land use and buildings
1. Planning for the capacity to accommodate the proposed Marking the potential access points that do not burden the lower
development density or adjacent land use
Site inventory characteristic 06: Neighbouring or proposed future developments
1. Design lexibility for future extension 1. Location of utility and infrastructure for future extension
2. a detailed site analysis should be carried out and a narrative demonstrating sustainable site
planning strategies should be submitted.
Review checklist
1. drawings with a narrative or highlights on how the following issues have been addressed
(as far as possible).
(a) natural environmental aspects such as
(i) solar path for solar passive architectural strategies (such as window orientation,
shading, and so on),
(ii) location of renewable energy systems (thermal and photovoltaic)
(iii) location of solar ponds (if applicable).
