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Sustainability Flashcards

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What is sustainability?

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What is sustainable development?

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What are the triple bottom line principles?

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What does the NPPF say about sustainable development?

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Can you tell me about any Climate Change Conventions or Protocols you
are aware of? What targets did one of these set?

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What are the most recent EU / UK targets relating to sustainability?

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What is the Paris Agreement?

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What was the Kyoto Protocol and what were it’s targets?

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What are the 2020/2030/2050 EU targets?

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Explain your understanding of COP26

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What did the UK Climate Change Act 2008 do?

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What are carbon budgets?

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What did the Infrastructure Act 2015 say about climate change?

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What is the renewable heat incentive?

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How can buildings impact upon the environment?

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Can you give me an example of a sustainable design feature?

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Can you give me an example of an environmental assessment method for
buildings?

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Can you explain your understanding of the Minimum Energy Efficiency
Standard (MEES) to me?

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How does MEES impact upon your role?

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What are the key dates for MEES?

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What falls outside of MEES?

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Are there any exemptions from MEES?

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What are the penalties for non-compliance with MEES?

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What is an EPC?

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What buildings require an EPC?

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When is an EPC required?

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Which buildings are exempt from having an EPC?

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When do you need to display an EPC?

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What is included in an EPC?

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How would you find an EPC?

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When are the penalties for not having an EPC?

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What is a DEC?

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When is a DEC required?

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What must accompany a DEC?

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What are the penalties for not having a DEC?

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What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?

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What is BREEAM/SKArating/LEED/Passivhaus?

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What happened to the Code for Sustainable Homes?

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What is the Climate Change Levy?

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What Building Regulation relates to energy efficiency?

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Name one example of Government policy on energy efficiency for buildings?

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What is ESOS?

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43
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When was CRC abolished? What replaced it?

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How did CCL rates change?

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What is the SECR regime? When was it introduced? For what type of company?

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Who is exempt from the SECR regime?

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What are the requirements of SECR?

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What are the penalties for non-compliance with SECR?

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49
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What is a Memorandum of Understanding?

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50
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What is a green lease?

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51
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What RICS guidance relates to sustainability?

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52
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How can an EPC impact upon value or use of a building?

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53
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How do you assess a building’s sustainability characteristics?

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54
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Tell me about sustainable design / construction considerations/materials.

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55
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What improvable features would you be looking for and how do these
relate to different property types/ages?

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56
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Tell me about how you would apply a sustainability matrix in your work

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57
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What is Off Site Manufacture (OSM)?

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58
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Tell me about tenant/lender/investor considerations in relation to
sustainability.

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59
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Explain your understanding of the Green Deal to me.

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60
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How can building conservation relate to sustainability? What features would you recommend in this context?

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Tell me about RICS guidance on Life Cycle Costs.

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62
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What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals? How many are there?

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What is the target achievement date for the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

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How are RICS working towards the SDGs?

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What is the RICS Value the Planet campaign?

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How can the private sector work towards the SDGs?

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What is SUDS?

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67
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What is net biodiversity gain?

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68
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What do each of ISO 14001 and 50001 relate to?

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What is an Environmental Management System (EMS)?

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What is sustainable procurement?

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71
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What is social value?

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72
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What does the term whole life carbon mean?

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How does whole life carbon differ from life cycle costs?

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What opportunities to decarbonise exist in the building life cycle?

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75
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What is a post-occupancy evaluation?

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76
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What is an Environmental Impact Assessment and when would one be
carried out?

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77
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What methods of construction are more sustainable?

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78
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What are Modern Methods of Construction?

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What is PAS 2035?

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80
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When and why was the Green Grant scrapped?

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81
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What further changes are proposed to minimum energy standards relating to private residential property?

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82
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Explain your understanding of NABERS.

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83
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Explain a key proposal of the Energy White Paper.

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What changes are likely to be made to MEES under the Energy White Paper?

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85
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Explain the proposed changes under current Government consultation to
MEES for non-domestic properties?

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86
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Explain how EPC reporting on the Government website has changed

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87
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Explain the proposals under the Future Homes Standard and Future
Buildings Standard.

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88
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Explain the proposals under the Government’s Net Zero Strategy and
Heat & Buildings Strategy

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89
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What is the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme and what will it fund?

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90
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Explain a key theme discussed in the RICS and World Built Environment
Forum Sustainability Report 2021.

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91
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What is the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG)?

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92
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What is the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)?

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93
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What are the Taxonomy Regulations?

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94
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Explain your understanding of the B Corp certification.

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What is BOPAS?

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What is CEEQAL?

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97
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What changes is the Government making to the use of rebated diesel and
biofuels? How will this affect the construction industry?

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98
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Explain the key objectives of the Environment Act 2021

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What is the role of the Office for Environmental Protection?

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100
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What are Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions?

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What does Approved Document L relate to?

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102
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What recent changes to the Building Regulations have been made to
work towards the Future Homes and Buildings Standard in 2025?

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What does Approved Document S relate to?

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Why is the Government encouraging the use of electric vehicles?

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What is the UN Race to Zero?

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What is the World GBC Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment?

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