The size of new waste facilities presents interesting challenges to the industry and for regulators who have frequently been used to waste management happening outside buildings, for example on landfill sites and open civic amenity sites. Even household recycling centres are now being designed within buildings to provide a better environment for users and to enable more effective environmental management.
Key questions |
■ can the facility be delivered within the site available? ■ is the site context appropriate for the scale of development being considered? ■ can any measures be incorporated to help reduce building scale or mass? ■ is the architectural solution appropriate for the site and facility proposed? |