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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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Can you tell me about any Climate Change Conventions or Protocols you are aware of?

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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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What are the penalties for non-compliance?

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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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When was CRC abolished?

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What replaced it?

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How did CCL rates change?

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What is the SECR regime?

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When was it introduced?

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For what type of company?

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Who is exempt?

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What are the requirements?

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What are the penalties for non-compliance?

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What is a Memorandum of Understanding?

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What is a green lease?

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What RICS guidance relates to sustainability?

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

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How do you assess a building’s sustainability characteristics?

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Tell me about sustainable design / construction considerations/materials.

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

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What is Off Site Manufacture (OSM)?

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

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Explain your understanding of the Green Deal to me.

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How can building conservation relate to sustainability?

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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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What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

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How many are there?

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What is the target achievement date?

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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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What is net biodiversity gain?

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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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What is social value?

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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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What is a post-occupancy evaluation?

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

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What methods of construction are more sustainable?

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What are Modern Methods of Construction?

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What is PAS 2035?

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When and why was the Green Grant scrapped?

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

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Explain your understanding of NABERS.

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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 this?

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

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Explain how EPC reporting on the Government website has changed.

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

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

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

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

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What is the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG)?

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What is the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)?

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What are the Taxonomy Regulations?

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Explain your understanding of the B Corp certification.

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What is BOPAS?

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What changes is the Government making to the use of rebated diesel and biofuels?

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How will this affect the construction industry?

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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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What are Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions?

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What does Approved Document L relate to?

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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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What are the Scottish Government’s targets to reduce carbon emissions?

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What does Scotland’s National Performance Framework say about sustainable development?

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What legislation do we have in Scotland relating to sustainability?

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What section of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 covers EPC requirements?

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How do the EPC requirements impact your role?

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What are the key dates for EPC’s?

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What falls outside of EPC requirements?

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What does the recommendation report contain?

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Explain what Section 63 relates to.

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What options does a building owner have within the Action plan?

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How have you carried out capital cost and value engineering exercises to determine the impact of sustainability issues on design and construction processes?

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How have you carried out life cycle cost exercises which take account of sustainability issues?

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Explain your understanding the measures undertaken by governments and international bodies to encourage the reduction of the environmental impact of development.

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What are your level 2 examples?

Summary of Experience

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  • EPC in Braemar - Took various notes required for producing EPC. Property was a relatively new property and was fitted with modern air source heat pump system. I collected the relavent details that allowed me to accurately input the system into the software.
  • EPC in St Cyrus - EPC required by owner to receive funding for installation of solar panels. Recorded relavanet details such as oreintation and overshading and asked for MCS certificate.
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What are solar panels?

Summary of Experience - Level 2 - Green

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  • They allow the conversion of sunlight into electricity
  • Sunlight contains energy known as photons
  • When photons hit solar modules within the solar panel they cause electrons to flow through the bottom layer
  • Movement of electrons generates electricity that flows into an inverter
    Inverter converts DC electricity into AC that is then used to power the building
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How did you record the solar panels at St Cyrus?

Summary of Experience - Level 2 - Green

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  • I recorded the orientation of the panels
  • The level of pitch
  • Levels of overshading
  • Total installed capacity which is noted on the MCS certificate
124
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Was there an improvement after having the solar panels installed?

Summary of Experience - Level 2 - Green

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Yes, there was an increase of 6 sap points

125
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What is an MCS certificate and why do you need one for an EPC?

Summary of Experience - Level 2 - Green

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  • Microgeneration Certification Scheme certificates are proof that installations have been designed, installed and commissioned to a high standard using only MCS certified products by an MCS certified installer
  • The certificate itself lists specific information relating to the installation and the part that is required for the EPC is the peak KW generation
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What is an air source heat pump?

Summary of Experience - Level 2 - Green

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  • System transfers heat from outside air into water which is used to heat property and water stored in a cylinder to be used for hot water
  • The heat from external air is absorbed into a fluid which passes through a heat exchanger into the heat pump, which raises the temperature and then transfers that heat into the water
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How did you record the air source heat pump?

Summary of Experience - Level 2 - Green

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  • You have the option to input the model number director into the system so that it chooses the exact system.
  • Have to record type of system (air to water), heat emitters and heat controls
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Are there any issues with air source heat pumps?

Summary of Experience - Level 2 - Green

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  • Exspensive
  • Not capable of producing high levels of heat
  • Inefficient in cold weather
  • Noisy
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How do you carry out an EPC?

Summary of Experience - Level 2 - Green

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  • Inspect property and record various details such as construction, glazing, heating and so on
  • Take various measurements such as heat loss, party walls and wall thickness
  • Input data in Elmhurst software which produces the certificate
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What recent developments under this heading both generally and regarding EPCs in particular?

131
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How did the air source heat pump in Braemar influence the outcome of the assessment?

132
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Apart from EPCs how have you applied your skills to level 2 on this topic?

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If two flats in the same building have the same footprint and heating system, what else might contribute to different EPC assessments?

RICS APC - GD (20 decks)

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