Policy information sourced from Hammersmith & Fulham Local Plan

CC1 REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS

The council will require all major developments to implement energy conservation measures by:

  • implementing the London Plan (2016) sustainable energy policies and meeting the associated carbon dioxide (CO2 ) reduction targets;
  • ensuring developments are designed to make the most effective use of passive design measures, and where an assessment such as BREEAM (or equivalent) is used to determine a development’s environmental performance, this must be supplemented with a more detailed Energy Assessment in order to show compliance with the London Plan’s CO2 reduction targets;
  • requiring energy assessments for all major developments to demonstrate and quantify how the proposed energy efficiency measures and low/zero carbon technologies will reduce the expected energy demand and CO2 emissions;
  • requiring major developments to demonstrate that their heating and/or cooling systems have been selected to minimise CO2 emissions. This includes the need to assess the feasibility of connecting to any existing decentralised energy systems or integrating new systems such as Combined (Cooling) Heat and Power units or communal heating systems, including heat networks if this can be done without having an unacceptable impact on air quality; and
  • using on-site renewable energy generation to further reduce CO2 emissions from major developments, where feasible.

Where it is not feasible to make the required CO2 reductions by implementing these measures on-site or off-site as part of the development, a payment in lieu contribution should be made to the council which will be used to fund CO2 reduction measures in the borough or elsewhere in London.

Encouraging energy efficiency and other low carbon measures in all other (i.e. non-major) developments, where feasible. The council will also encourage developers to use energy performance standards such as Passivhaus to guide development of their Energy Strategies.

For more information please see the Local Plan