Watford Borough Council

The guide aims to help planners and developers design and construct buildings in Hertfordshire utilising best practice sustainable approaches and technologies. 

The guide aims to provide practical advice on how to produce more sustainable development.  It is a useful pre-application tool for planning applications of all scales. Please follow the link at the bottom of the page to read or download the Sustainable Development Guide.

The guide is modular with each module focussing on a particular topic such as water or energy and provides key facts, solutions and case studies where possible within Hertfordshire. 

It also provides a list of sources for those requiring more technical information.  The information provided is relevant to all scales of development from a household extension to large residential schemes. 

 Building Futures Award 2011

The Hertfordshire Building Futures Awards are an opportunity for the best of Hertfordshire’s sustainable schemes to get the recognition they deserve. Winning an award will enable you and your company or organisation to gain the recognition that you deserve as champions of sustainable design and construction in the county.

The Awards recognise projects that demonstrate innovation, creativity and design quality, and which have made steps towards implementing the Building Futures guidance.

There are three awards categories and each project can be entered into one or more category:-

Most Sustainable Construction
Design Excellence
Outstanding Commitment to Adapt to a Changing Climate

Entries were invited from NGOs (Non Government Organisations), local authorities, small and large scale developers, architects and individual homeowners, and will be assessed by a panel of expert judges.

Nominations are now closed.

For further information about the Awards and what is happening next, please visit: Hertfordshire Building Futures Awards 2011.