AIPC Annual Conference 2010 – Going Green: is it Worth it? Presented by Martin Jennings, Partner,...

AIPC Annual Conference 2010 – Going Green: is it Worth it?

Presented by

Martin Jennings, Partner, Davis Langdon LLP

Going Green – A UK Perspective


Building

Research

Establishment

Environmental

Assessment

Method

Voluntary environmental certification tool for buildings

Introduction


Objectives

• Promoting best practice – beyond legislation• Improving performance of buildings• Benchmarking buildings• Stimulating demand for sustainable buildings


Background

• Developed by BRE & AECOM• 1990 : BREEAM Offices UK (~30 credits)• 2008 : BREEAM International (>100 credits)• 2009 : BREEAM International updates

• 116 000 buildings certified• 710 000 buildings registered


Administration & overview

BRE own, maintain, develop and administer

BREAccredit assessor

Provide guidance

Verify recommendationsIssue certificate

Assessors

Advise developer & design teamLiaise with BREAssess evidenceRecommend rating to BRE


Man

datory

Optional

Assessment process

Design stage• Action list• Guidance report• Interim report• Assessment meeting• Interim certificate

Post construction

• Site visit

• Assessment meeting

• Action list

• Final report

• Final certificate


Scoring system

* weighting & credit numbers vary between schemes

BREEAM topics

Weighting* (%)

(exclude fit-out)

Number of credits*

(BREEAM Offices)

% per credit*

Management 12 10 1.2Health & Wellbeing

15 14 1.07

Energy 19 21 0.9

Transport 8 10 0.8

Water 6 6 1

Materials 12.5 12 1.04

Waste 7.5 7 1.07Land Use &

Ecology10 10 1

Pollution 10 12 0.83


Rating

0%

30%

45%

55%

70%

85%

100%

Unclassified

Pass

Good

Very Good

Excellent

Outstanding


BREEAM schemes

BREEAM UK– Offices– Industrial– Retail– Healthcare– Schools– Education– Prisons– Courts

– Bespoke– Data centres– Communities– EcoHomes– Code for Sustainable Homes

BREEAM Europe– Offices– Industrial– Retail

BREEAM Gulf

BREEAM International– Bespoke

and more to come...


BREEAM International 2009

• Minimum standards

Specific credits must be achieved to obtain a rating.

• Post Construction Review

PCR mandatory. Optional certificate at design stage.

• Innovation credits

Buildings exceed requirements or with innovative feature.


Olympics: Sustainable Development Strategy & Plan

BREEAM related targets:• Permanent venues to achieve a BREEAM EXCELLENT rating.

• Olympic village to achieve Code Level 4

• Minimise embodied impact of materials through use of tools such as BRE Green Guide to Specification

• BRE SMARTWaste to monitor/minimise construction and demolition waste.

Basketball Arena, 2012 London Olympics


The Government set out in its Building a Greener Future - Policy Statement (July 2007) that new homes will be net zero carbon from 2016.

As steps to achieving this target, energy efficiency standards for new homes are to be improved by 25 per cent in 2010 and 44 per cent in 2013 relative to current 2006 standards.

The Government also wants to introduce improved energy efficiency standards for new non-domestic buildings, and in its 2008 Budget announced an ambition for all new non-domestic development to be net zero carbon from 2019.

(They) are therefore proposing a similar phased improvement beginning with 25 per cent reduction in 2010 and plan to consult on the further trajectory towards zero carbon new non-domestic buildings later this year.

UK Planning Policy


BREEAM v LEED

BREEAM

Legislation/Best Practice

Quantitative Thresholds

Based on Carbon Dioxide

Main application in UK

Assessor involvement

LEED

Optional Standards

Percentage Thresholds

Based on US Dollars

Niche application in UK

Team involvement


There is a lot of hype about the battle between BREEAM and LEED in the UK, but this seems to be unfounded.

Both seem happy to co-exist and each has their niche areas or countries. They are even borrowing each other's ideas as they grow.

BREEAM will probably always come out on top in the UK, simply because it is imbedded in the system.

Government departments require BREEAM ratings of all their buildings; most local authorities require BREEAM as part of planning approval for developments over a certain size.

Once projects are underway that aim to be zero carbon, the likes of BREEAM or LEED may have developed to become the global default methods of assessment

BREEAM v LEED


CONVENTION/EXHIBITION CENTRES

• ACC Liverpool– New facility

– BREEAM 2004, Bespoke Assessment, Very Good rating, 58% final score

– Credits targeted based on value added within available budget

– Difficult to achieve Excellent due to type of building and frequency of use

– Did not achieve renewable energy credit

• Manchester Central– Remodelled facility

– BREEAM 2004, Bespoke Assessment, Very Good rating achieved

– Location and budget constrained options


CONCLUSION

• BREEAM is well established in the UK and has real credibility• BREEAM is focussed at a holistic level• Unlikely that a convention/exhibition specific model will be produced by

the BRE• UK and European development legislation on sustainability and energy

use will be more onerous in the coming years• The nature of convention/exhibition centres makes some sustainable

solutions economically unviable• Is BREEAM’s holistic approach better than LEED for convention/

exhibition centres?


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