Environmental Design
Design considerations to minimise environmental impacts and assessment methodologies to evaluate whole life performance
Environmental Design Resources
Resources include papers, videos, research summaries and good practice documents produced by authors from across the HS2 Family to capture learning, good practice and innovation from the HS2 programme
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Leveraging Lifetime Cycle Assessment (LCA) for smarter carbon reduction
This article explores HS2’s approach for carbon reduction, emphasising their collaborative partnership with Cerclos in implementing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, through the eTool software. HS2 and Cerclos have worked closely to engage stakeholders, improve software to streamline processes and enhance accuracy in LCA results. This strategic partnership offers valuable insights for stakeholders seeking effective…
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HS2 design approach to green infrastructure
This paper explores the challenges of fragmentation of green infrastructure (GI) and sustainable design solutions to preserve, defragment and strengthen GI. These approaches are explained through a series of HS2 examples of multi-functional green bridges and viaducts. The HS2 case studies used are the Calvert Green Bridges, Edgcote Viaduct and Balsall Common Viaduct. The paper…
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Use of Sustainability Assessments (BREEAM and CEEQUAL) on the HS2 project
At High Speed Two (HS2), sustainability is all about delivering social, environmental and economic benefits through the ambition of building the most sustainable high-speed railway of its kind in the world. The key sustainability goal is to deliver a railway that respects the natural environment by conserving, replacing or even enhancing wildlife habitats along its…
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HS2 Interchange Station – Innovative Roof Design: An exemplary project on Integrated Design Team collaboration and the use of advanced Digital Workflows
The design of the roof at Interchange station embodies the HS2 Design Vision. It is both a conceptual response to its site’s rural context and a demonstration of how integrated design can achieve a solution that is visually elegant, cost effective, simple and safe to construct, that minimises both operational and embodied carbon and is…
