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Blue Green Solutions Guide

Case study 4: Marlowe road, London 

Applying the BG systems approach to maximise energy efficiency and 

human comfort for a residential district.

Background

The architectural practice Pollard Thomas 

Edwards (PTE) was commissioned to complete 

the concept design for the master plan of a 

new, 41,000 m2 residential area in London. The 

plan’s aim was to demonstrate how integrated 

BG solutions can be employed to deliver a 

traditionally planned neighbourhood with a 

premier 21st century sustainability level. Key 

Performance Indicators for the design included 

urban heat island mitigation, low building energy 

consumption, enhanced outdoor microclimate, 

indoor comfort and the efficient use of water.

BG Systems Approach 

The BG Team scoped and assessed design 

options via the use of the GDPM (see page 24). The 

preliminary analysis identified potentially useful 

interactions that could be exploited to inform the 

positioning of buildings and trees and the design 

of building envelope shading, materialisation and 

storm water management facilities.

Trees were selected and positioned to 1) facilitate 

adiabatic cooling (along the predominant direction 

of the summer winds); 2) shade the building 

envelopes; and 3) mitigate heat island effects. 

Orientation and spacing of housing units was 

adjusted to enhance wind effects throughout the 

site by disconnecting them at strategic points 

to avoid wind blocking. This invention not only 

enhances natural cooling of the site through 

modifying the microclimate, but also by increasing 

convective heat transfer from the buildings. The 

result is an improvement of both the outdoor and 

indoor comfort during the summer period. 

Enhanced storm water management was 

achieved by tailoring the street design to facilitate 

better drainage, and harvested water was used 

for watering of the plants. Some of the buildings 

were designed with roof gardens that feature 

community gathering points 

Main Outcomes

Applying the BG systems approach yielded 

a solar load reduction of 38.0 per cent

transmission reduction 16 per cent, a heat 

island effect reduction of 32.5 per cent and an 

outdoor microclimate reduction of 3.5 ⁰C for 

summer temperatures, relative to a standard 

development. As a result, the buildings’ summer 

energy consumption was reduced by 24 per cent. 

Moreover, these above benefits were realised 

without incurring substantial additional costs.

Key figures (graphic presentation)

Reduction of solar radiation on building envelope

Positioning of trees on south facades of buildings

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Blue Green Solutions Guide

Case study 5: City of Šabac

Application of the BG systems approach to the conception of a Master 

Plan for the regeneration of an entire city.

Background

BG Systems Approach 

Šabac (population 80,000) is a city in central 

Serbia. Situated close to three national borders 

and with two main highways in its vicinity, it has a 

long tradition of being a centre of trade. 

The city’s government is pursuing an urban 

regeneration agenda, as part of which they have 

enlisted the BG Systems approach to produce 

a visionary Master plan for the area. The aim is 

not only to transition to state-of-the-art urban 

design, but to deliver a redevelopment model 

(exemplar) for other towns across the region.

The BG team ran workshops to familiarise 

the city planning teams with the BG systems 

approach: especially, the Goal Driven Planning 

Matrix (GDPM).  The city’s targets were entered 

into the GDPM in order to facilitate a bespoke, BG 

Solutions based Master plan. Public workshops 

were held to gather further inputs and work-up 

candidate design concepts, via the use of the 

GDPM. The conclusions of these workshops 

are being incorporated into final version  of the 

Master plan ("work in progress").

Goal Driven Planning Matrix form and outline results

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Main Outcomes

The public workshops were highly valuable: 

they identified, for example, several new city 

resources that would not have been tapped into 

using a standard design process. 

A number of BG solutions were embedded into 

the plans. One solution of particular interest is 

the multi-functional use of irrigation canals in the 

city and parks (Figure 23 ). In the past, they would 

be empty for most of the time, and so would have 

no aesthetic and recreational value. Under the BG 

Systems plan, they deliver areas for recreation, 

biodiversity and flood protection

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Under dry conditions, water to the irrigation 



canals/streams is supplied from a shallow 

groundwater aquifer, driven by pumps powered 

by solar energy. It serves to maintain minimal 

water flow for supporting aquatic life throughout 

the year at no energy cost (Figure 23). The 

surrounding, vegetated floodplain area is used 

for recreation and to support biodiversity. Under 

conditions of heavy rain or high ground water 

level the floodplain retains its groundwater flood 

retention capacity. Because of the extended 

duration groundwater flooding, and clear water, 

flooded areas are used for water sport recreation 

activities. Thus, instead of being "reserved for 

flood storage" only, flood plains are converted 

into attractive open spaces for year round use.

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Multi-functional use of floodplains under: a. Dry weather conditions, b. Flooding  conditions

1. CITY INNOVATIVE 

     DEVELOPMENT 

     PLAN 

3. SOCIALLY 

     BALANCED  

4. ENVIRONMENT

     MANAGEMENT  

5. SUSTAINABILITY  

7. CITY 

     ADAPTABILITY 

     TO WEATHER   

     EXTREMES

9. SMART 

     GOVERNMENT

11. CITY STRATEGY 

       IMPELMENTATION

       MONITORING  AND 

       MANAGEMENT 

       PLAN

CITY GOALS

Agreed with 

Mayor’s team

TARGETS

FOR EACH GOAL

FUNCTIONS

& CONCEPTS

/ INDICATORS

CITY FACILITIES 

/ BG ANALYSIS

6.1. Selection of city 

industries based on 

specific, agreed criteria  

6.3. Create integrated 

     food production  

6.4. Create particular 

economy  orientated 

education  

6. COMPETITIVE

     ECONOMY

8. REPLICABILITY

10. AVOID SHOCKS

2. QUALITY OF LIFE  

  

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6.2. Identity specific 

resources of the 

location for the 

development of 

specific industry.  

1. Geographic location (trade)

2. Sustainable energy 

resources (geothermal energy)

3. Undeveloped land (strong 

real estate potential)

4a. A tradition of local 

craftmanship and 

entrepreneurship

4b. A tradition of industrial 

manufacturing

5. Developed industries 

6. Already established 

infrastructure, large working 

areas


7. Brownfield locations

8. Planning documentation

9. Data on number of citizens 

and their education  structure

10. Educational structure of 

existing professors in local 

schools

11. Already started 



refurbishment of city port  on 

river Sava

12. Planned construction of 

intermodal terminal and 

logistic centre.

13. Data on the quantity and 

quality of free land owned by 

the city.

14. Resources for tourism

a

b



Solar powered pump for 

groundwater abstraction


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