ABSTRACT
Feilden Clegg Bradley (FCB) Studios’ view on environmental design was largely forged through the thinking reflected in Peter Clegg’s book Energy for the Home, setting out principles for low-impact methods of powering the home. The One Planet Living framework is a useful communication structure through which every project’s unique set of constraints and opportunities can be reviewed. The dialogue and awareness of the principles are key to informing the outcomes. As an architectural practice, FCBStudios are often working at the inception of a project, when the greatest impacts on environmental performance can be made. Advanced modelling techniques such as climate-based daylight modelling are incredibly useful indicators for understanding daylight autonomy, but with so many unknown variables at the beginning of a project, any results can be misleading. Detailed modelling of the building energy performance, whether the whole building or individual elements, remains out of scope for the project teams within FCBStudios.
