A brief introduction to

Audit and Certification

Benchmarking

“ In order to manage something you must first be able to measure it ”

UK Assessment Tools

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BREEAM communities

• Larger scale than just the building/project

• Sets a National standard

• All issues considered at earliest stage

• Targets beyond minimum needed for planning requirements/legislation

• Allows for innovation – goal setting

• Considered at planning submission stage

Three phases:

• Selection of Assessment Methodology sets final assessment criteria

• Creation of Assessment Framework – objectives/relevant planning requirements

• Independent Assessment and Certification

Homes

Offices

Shopping Malls

Light Industrial Buildings

Schools / FE

Health Buildings

Prison House Blocks

• Crown Courts

• Job Centres

• Heavy Industrial

Buildings

• Sports Facilities

• Libraries

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The stages of the BREEAM assessment

Covers:New buildMajor refurbishments, i.e. building works that would significantly change the environmental performance of the building, like changing the windows, substituting part of the fabric, adding insulation, changing the servicesExtensionsExisting buildings in operation

BREEAM Issue Categories

Management

Energy

Water

Land Use & Ecology

• Health & Wellbeing

• Transport

• Materials

• Waste

• Pollution

BREEAM Scoring

• Management

• Health and

Wellbeing

• Energy

• Transport

• Water

• Materials

• Waste

• Land Use and

Ecology

• Pollution

• Management

• Health and

Wellbeing

• Energy

• Transport

• Water

• Materials

• Waste

• Land Use and

Ecology

• Pollution

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PASS 30%

GOOD 45%

VERY GOOD 55%

EXCELLENT 70%

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BREEAM Weightings

• Management

• Health & Wellbeing

• Energy

• Transport

• Water

• Materials

• Waste

• Land Use & Ecology

• Pollution

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UK Assessment Tools

SMARTWaste

• Online tool from BRE for all construction projects

• Various levels up to an independent audit from BRE

CEEQUAL

• Similar aim to BREEAM but for infrastructure projects

• Was an Independent group on behalf of ICE: now bought up by BREEAM

• Assessor assembles evidence according to a large question bank/ spreadsheet

• Final score verified and then ratified

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Log in page

www.smartwaste.co.uk

Click on the SMARTWaste Plan logo to get to the log in page

Click on

the logo

US Assessment Tools

Life Cycle assessments

•Building assessments do not include life cycle assessment so other methods must be used, e.g. Greenguard, Greenseal, BEES (free)

• A good score does not necessarily feed into LEED

LEED

Similar to BREEAM – minimum criteria then five key areas for scoring points:

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•Sustainable Sites,

• Water Efficiency,

• Energy and Atmosphere,

•Points system simpler than UK ecopoints but numbers then mean less

• Building types covered:

•New Construction,

• Existing Buildings,

• Commercial Interiors,

• Core and Shell,

• Homes - in pilot

• Materials and Resources and

• Indoor Environmental Quality

• Campuses,

• Retail,

• Labs,

• Healthcare,

• Schools.

US Assessment Tools

LEED cont.

• A paper guide and simple tool are available online though confusing

• Usually a self assessment is then certified

• Increasing use, especially in US and Middle-East, in preference to BREEA,M which had been the clear sector leader.

• Does provide database of registered and certified projects

- some very detailed case studies - useful resource- becomeing 'LEED-AP'-qualified can be a major career boost

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Australian Assessment Tools

• Similar to LEED but 'better' = GreenStar

Life Cycle assessments

• Like LEED GreenStar does not provide life cycle assessment for materials

• Certification from e.g. Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) or Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

• Third party certification can be used to help gain GreenStar certification

GreenStar (New Zealand are developing something similar)

• Based on a combination of BREEAM and LEED but simpler/more elegant

• Focused on Australian issues

• Spreadsheet free to download but technical manuals and certification for sale

• Any user can self assess but pay for formal certification from Australian Green Building Council

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Australian Assessment Tools

GreenStar

Building types covered:

• Education (pilot)

• Healthcare

• Shopping Centre Design

• Office Design

• Office As Built

• Office Interiors

• Office Existing Building

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Rating Categories:

• Management

• Indoor Environment Quality

• Energy

• Transport

• Water

• Materials

• Land Use and Ecology

• Emissions

Other countries' Assessment Tools

Many other countries have modified forms of BREEAM/LEED

• http://www.worldgbc.org/ e.g. Canada, India, Mexico and the UAE

• Estidama, Pearl rating is used in the UAE

• Canada has a system that requires reassessment = continual improvement

• Japan had a buildings rating system CASBEE

• Countries setting up systems include:Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Israel, Korea, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Switzerland, Turkey and Vietnam

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SPeAR® (Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine)

SPeAR® (Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine)

Detailed version

Our modified version of the CEEQUAL tool

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Our modified version of the CEEQUAL tool

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Example: CEEQUAL 4

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