Writes for clients, architects, project managers, building services engineers, quantity surveyors and facilities staff. Presents a working document which provides a strategy to assist all those involved to minimise the environmental impact of buildings over the entire building life cycle. Makes recommendations for designing best practice environmentally friendly buildings, minimising the adverse environmental impact of buildings in use, for refurbishment of buildings and for disposing of them in an environmentally sound way. States the Code complements other publications such as CIRIA's Environmental Handbooks and assessment methods such as BREEAM, which provide a means of assessing and demonstrating compliance with environmental objectives.