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Introduction to BREEAM Invest Northern Ireland

Introduction to BREEAM Invest Northern Ireland. Colin King. Contents. What makes a sustainable building? Credit examples BREEAM aims How BREEAM works BREEAM growth. Global environmental issues?. Pictures missing. Local Issues?. Local issues. Pictures missing. BREEAM Issue Categories.

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Introduction to BREEAM Invest Northern Ireland

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  1. Introduction to BREEAM Invest Northern Ireland Colin King

  2. Contents • What makes a sustainable building? • Credit examples • BREEAM aims • How BREEAM works • BREEAM growth

  3. Global environmental issues?

  4. Pictures missing

  5. Local Issues?

  6. Local issues Pictures missing

  7. BREEAM Issue Categories • Management • Energy • Water • Land Use & Ecology • Health & Wellbeing • Transport • Materials • Pollution

  8. Examples of actual credits in 2 categories • Health and Wellbeing • Energy

  9. Health and Wellbeing

  10. Health & Wellbeing – BREEAM Offices • HW01 Daylighting • HW02 View Out • HW03 Glare Control • HW04 High Frequency Lighting • HW05 Internal and External Lighting Levels • HW06 Lighting Zones

  11. Health & Wellbeing – BREEAM Offices • HW08 Potential for Natural Ventilation • HW09 Internal Air Pollution • HW11 Ventilation Rates • HW12 Smoking Policy • HW14 Thermal Comfort

  12. Health & Wellbeing – BREEAM Offices • HW15 Thermal Zoning • HW16 Microbial Contamination • HW17 Acoustic Performance • HW20 Carpet Cleaning • HW21 Occupant Satisfaction Feedback • HW22 Occupant Satisfaction Targeting

  13. Energy

  14. Energy – BREEAM Offices • E01 Reduction of CO2 Emissions • E02 Sub-metering of Substantial Energy • E03 Sub metering of areas/tenancy • E04 External Lighting

  15. Energy – BREEAM Offices • E06 Maintenance Procedures • E07 Energy Policy • E08 Energy/CO2Monitoring, Targeting and Reduction • E09 Energy Information Desemination

  16. Management • Health and Wellbeing • Energy • Transport • Water • Materials • Land Use • Ecology • Pollution BREEAM Score Assessment Credits Single Score Environmental Weightings Issue Category Scores BREEAM - Scoring PASS GOOD VERY GOOD EXCELLENT

  17. Management • Health & W’being • Energy • Transport • Water • Materials • Land Use • Ecology • Pollution 15 15 25 5 10 15 15 BREEAM - Weightings Environmental Weightings

  18. What is BREEAM? • Environmental Assessment Method • Certification scheme • Voluntary • Independent & credible • Holistic • Customer focussed • Credits based

  19. Aims • Improve environmental performance of buildings • Improve internal environment for occupants

  20. Regulatory minimum Number of buildings BREEAM Aspirational Minimal Mass market Environmental Standards

  21.    Which building types can be assessed? What is BREEAM?  • Job Centres • Health Buildings • Heavy Industrial Buildings • Sports Facilities • Crown Courts • Garden Sheds  • Offices • Homes • Shopping Malls • Light Industrial Buildings • Schools • Prison House Blocks      

  22. Types of BREEAM Assessments

  23. Examples Examples Location Building fabric Services Both

  24. Assessment Process • BRE structure • Assessment Process • Annual Review process • Exemplar building – case study • Putting a Price on Sustainability

  25. Quality Control Pre BREEAM Advice Consensus Standard Formal Assessment Assessment Process IndependentLicensed Assessors Builder, Developer, Owner, Occupier Quality Control Issue Certificate

  26. Assessment Process Require BREEAM Assessment Employ BREEAM licensed assessor BREEAM Consultancy Assessment Registered Information Gathering / Meeting Draft Report Final Report BRE QA Check BREEAM Certificate Issued

  27. Annual review process • Each scheme is reviewed annually • Currently ‘2006’ version • Review process drivers • Building Regulations • Change in legislation • Industry best practice • Change in common practice • Therefore a 2006 VERY GOOD is a higher standard than a 2005 VERY GOOD rating.

  28. Cost of sustainability ‘Putting a price on sustainability’ BRE Trust (BRE & Cyril Sweett), 2005 • Covers : • Housing • Naturally ventilated office • Air conditioned office • PFI health centre • Capital cost implications of achieving the different BREEAM / EcoHomes ratings • Available from BRE bookshop £9 / £22.50

  29. Results – worst case scenarios ‘Putting a price on sustainability’

  30. Growth of BREEAM

  31. BREEAM Awards • Response to request from assessors and clients • Presented at BRE annual conference • Awards in each scheme • Highest performing building

  32. Offices Winner - Scottish National Heritage HQ Overview • Occupant control for lighting, heating and ventilation • Proximity detection for the water supply to all urinals and WCs • Enhancement of the ecological value of the site • Extensive use of FSC certified timber • Re-use of a site that was previously contaminated

  33. English Partnerships ‘VERY GOOD’ and ‘EXCELLENT’ Office of Government Commerce (OGC) ‘EXCELLENT’ (new buildings from March 2003) Housing Corporation EcoHomes ‘VERY GOOD’ from April 2006 Welsh Assembly Government EcoHomes GOOD from May 2006 for all social housing ‘VERY GOOD’ on all land sold by WA ‘EXCELLENT’ for high profile developments Who is specifying BREEAM and EcoHomes?

  34. Local Authorities Oxford Ashford Buckinghamshire Brighton Others? Regional Development Agencies Private Developers Main drivers are planning process and the social housing sector NGO’s WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) One Million Sustainable Homes (OMSH) Campaigning for at least EcoHomes ‘VERY GOOD’ to be set as the CSB standard Who is specifying BREEAM and EcoHomes?

  35. More information • EcoHomes and BREEAM Offices • Email : breeam@bre.co.uk • Phone : 01923 664 462 • Post : BRE, Garston, Watford, WD25 9XX

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