Sustainability Flashcards
What is sustainability?
Sustainability - to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (bruntland Commision)
What is the triple Bottom Line?
Social - Building healthy communities with sufficient numbers and range of buildings
Economical - Building strong, responsive, competitive economy ensuring sufficient land and right types.
Environmental - contribute to protecting and enhancing our natural, built and historic environment.
What does MEES stand for?
MEES is a set of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards set out by the Government for commercially-let properties.
What does MEES enforce?
From April 2018, new MEES rules mean a landlord cannot renew or grant a new tenancy of longer than 6 months if their property has an EPC rating of ‘F’ or lower.
What is an EPC?
Energy Performance Certificate. egal requirement for a building to be sold, let or constructed.
A-G - A best, G worst
What is the Paris Agreement?
Paris agreement 2016 - binding international treaty concerning climate change. Goal is to limit global warming to below 2 degrees celsius (target below 1.5 when compared to pre industrial levels by cutting pollution.
What are the implications of the Future Homes Standard?
From 2025, the Future Homes Standard will require CO2 emissions produced by new homes to be 75-80% lower than those built to current standards. Homes will need to be ‘zero carbon ready’, with no retrofit work required to benefit from the decarbonisation of the electricity grid and the electrification of heating. Fossil fuel heating (such as gas boilers) will be banned in new homes, with an expected shift to reliance on heat pumps and heat networks.
What is Part L
Part L - Conservation of Fuel and Power
What is Part F
and Part F - Means ventilation
What is the UK target for Greenhouse Emmisions
To reduce to net zero by 2050
What is the code for sustainable homes?
The Code for Sustainable Homes (the Code) is an environmental assessment method for rating and certifying the performance of new homes. It is a national standard for use in the design and construction of new homes with a view to encouraging continuous improvement in sustainable home building.
What does BREEAM stand for?
Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method.
What does BREEAM do?
An environmental assessment method for buildings and communities. It sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and measures a building’s environmental performance.
