Level 1 - Sustainability Flashcards
N1. What are the Building Regulations?
• A set of regulations and standard that all new buildings must be built to.
N2. Can you name some of the building regulations?
- B = Fire Safety
- F = Ventilation.
- M = Accessibility.
- A = Structure.
- C = Site Preparation.
- D = Toxic Substances.
- E = Resistance to Sound.
- G = Sanitisation and Hot Water.
- H = Drainage and Waste Disposal.
- J = Heat Producing Appliances.
- K = Prevention from falling, collision or impact.
- L = Conservation of Fuel and Power.
- N = Glazing.
- P = Electrical Safety.
- Q = Security.
- R = High speed comms networks
- 7 = Materials and workmanship
N3. Can you tell me more about Part L?
In 4 parts - new/existing dwellings, new/existing non-dwellings
Includes:
- insulation regulations
- boiler productivity, lighting
- storage techniques for hot water.
- heating and ventilation systems
- space heating controls and air conditioning systems
N4. Can you explain BREEAM?
• BREEAM, which stands for Building Research Establishments Environmental Assessment Method, is a way of rating the sustainable performance of a building.
N5. What are the BREEAM Ratings?
- Unclassified. (below 30%)
- Pass. (30% and over)
- Good. (45% and over)
- Very Good. (55% and over)
- Excellent. (70% and over)
- Outstanding. (85% and over)
N6. What can be done onsite to improve sustainability?
- Waste Management, i.e. the segregation of waste for recycling.
- Just in time Deliveries.
- Waste Management Plans.
- Design around standard size materials
N7. What is a Waste Management Plan?
- It will outline how materials will be managed efficiently, and how waste will be disposed of legally.
- It should explain how the re-use and recycling of materials will be maximised.
N8. What do you understand sustainability to be in principle?
• Sustainability is about meeting the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
N9. What Statutory Requirements do you know about relating to Sustainability?
- Environmental Protection Act 1990
- Climate Change Act 2008.
- Energy Act 2013
- ESOS (energy savings opportunity scheme)
- WEEE regs (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
N10. What is the Climate Change Act 2008?
- A Framework setup to create an economically viable path to reducing green house gas emissions.
- Introduced as a result of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
- As a result of the Kyoto Protocol in 1992.
N11. What did the Climate Change Act 2008 introduce?
• The Carbon Reduction Targets: o 34% efficiency by 2020. o 50% efficiency by 2030. o 80% efficiency by 2050. o All in comparison to the 1990 emission levels.
N. What happened in 1992 in Rio?
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. (U N F C C C)
N. What did the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change introduce?
• The Kyoto Protocl, which the UK signed up to an eventually influenced the introduction of the Climate Change Act 2008.
N. What is the Environmental Protection Act 1990
3 main parts:
1 - Pollution control
2 - Waste on land
3 - Statutory nuisance and clean air.
N. What is ESOS?
Under EU legislation, mandatory for UK companies to complete an initial audit of their energy usage.
- Private and third sector only
- must employ at least 250 staff or
- have an annual turnover of more than £42.5m
- public sector organisations are not affected.
N. What is an Energy Performance Certificate?
• An EPC is a rating system for rating the sustainability of a building.
N. What does BREEAM stand for?
• Building Research Establishments Environmental Assessment Method.
N. What is BREEAM?
• A method of assessing, rating and certifying a building sustainability.
N. How is a building rated under BREEAM?
• Against nine criteria:
- Energy.
- Land use.
- Water.
- Health and Wellbeing.
- Pollution.
- Transport.
- Materials.
- Waste.
- Management.