mast architects sustainability

Sustainability

MAST work to establish sustainable communities and aim to set the standard for the future: in terms of energy use, carbon emissions, increased insulation and affordable heating. We share the objectives set out by our clients to provide healthy buildings and have achieved this with breathing wall construction, co-ordinated heating and ventilation, and with easily understood and effective controls. Materials and products should be selected for their natural, healthy characteristics: low toxicity and low embodied energy, being sourced locally where possible.

This policy is carried forward into our working methods. We have an ongoing office sustainability policy that means we turn off computers, specify green and fairtrade office products, recycle printer cartridges and all waste paper. We have a low emission pool car and promote a cycle to work scheme.

Our approach to waste & environmental management has been developed in response to Local Agenda 21 and to meet the broad aims identified in ISO 14001.