code for sustainable homes

A national standard for rating the design and construction of a dwelling according to nine broad criteria: Energy use, water use, construction materials, run-off, waste, pollution, health & wellbeing, management of construction, and ecology.

active house,
ecology,
energy,
PassivHaus,
permeable concrete,
permeable macadam,
permeable paving,
pollution,
run-off

This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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