Level 1

Question 1

What does BREEAM stand for?

Answer 1

Building Research Establishment, Environmental Assessment Method

Question 2

What is BREEAM?

Answer 2

A method of assessing a buildings sustainability credentials.

Question 3

What are the main BREEAM assessment headings?

Answer 3

Management
Health & Wellbeing
Energy
Transport
Water
Materials
Waste
Land Use and Ecology
Pollution
Innovation

Question 4

How is BREEAM scored? what are the credits for each level?

Answer 4

Unclassified - Less than 30%
Pass - 30%

Good - 45%
Very Good - 55%
Excellent - 70%
Outstanding - 85%

Question 5

What are the main pillars of sustainability?

Answer 5

Social
Economic
Environmental

Question 6

What do you understanding about the impact the construction industry is having on the planet?

Answer 6

Construction industry contributes to things such as:
Pollution
Carbon emissions
Landfill waste

Question 7

What are the main aspects which contribute to the construction industry’s carbon emissions?

Answer 7

Embodied – Extraction, transport, manufacture etc (materials)

Operational – Heating, Cooling, Power (energy)

2 above are intrinsically linked if the grid is low carbon may be better to use less materials etc

Question 8

What other sustainability legislation are you aware of?

Answer 8

Paris agreement 2015 - declared a climate emergency

UK climate change Act 2008

UK Carbon emission targets published by:
LETI (London Energy Transmission)
UKGBC
RIBA targets

Question 9

What is Part L of the Building Regulations?

Answer 9

Conservation of fuel and power: Approved Document L

Sets standards for the energy performance of new and existing buildings.

Question 10

What types of sustainable construction methodologies or materials are you aware of?

Answer 10

Timber alternatives (CLT frames)

Recycling furniture

Recycling RAF

Gas to ASHP

PVs

Build less, build clever and build efficiently