Sustainability Flashcards
What is sustainability?
What is sustainable development?
What are the triple bottom line principles?
What does the NPPF say about sustainable development?
Can you tell me about any Climate Change Conventions or Protocols you are aware of?
What targets did one of these set?
What are the most recent EU / UK targets relating to sustainability?
What is the Paris Agreement?
What was the Kyoto Protocol and what were it’s targets?
Explain your understanding of COP26.
What did the UK Climate Change Act 2008 do?
What is the UK’s current target for sustainability?
What does Net Zero mean?
When does the UK need to achieve this by?
How will it achieve this target?
What are carbon budgets?
What did the Infrastructure Act 2015 say about climate change?
What is the renewable heat incentive?
How can buildings impact upon the environment?
Can you give me an example of a sustainable design feature?
Can you give me an example of an environmental assessment method for buildings?
Can you explain your understanding of the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) to me?
How does MEES impact upon your role?
What are the key dates for MEES?
What falls outside of MEES?
Are there any exemptions from MEES?
What are the penalties for non-compliance?
What is an EPC?
What buildings require an EPC?
When is an EPC required?
Which buildings are exempt from having an EPC?
When do you need to display an EPC?
What is included in an EPC?
How would you find an EPC?
When are the penalties for not having an EPC?
What did Rishi Sunak announce in September 2023 regarding the UK’s
Net Zero target?
What is a DEC?
When is a DEC required?
What must accompany a DEC?
What are the penalties for not having a DEC?
What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?
What is BREEAM/SKArating/LEED/Passivhaus?
What happened to the Code for Sustainable Homes?
What is the Climate Change Levy?
What Part of the Building Regulations relates to energy efficiency?
Name one example of Government policy on energy efficiency for buildings?
When was CRC abolished?
What replaced it?
How did CCL rates change?
What is the SECR regime?
When was it introduced?
For what type of company?
Who is exempt?
What are the requirements?
What are the penalties for non-compliance?
What is a Memorandum of Understanding?
What is a green lease?
What RICS guidance relates to sustainability?
How can an EPC impact upon value or use of a building?
How do you assess a building’s sustainability characteristics?
Tell me about sustainable design / construction considerations/materials.
What improvable features would you be looking for and how do these
relate to different property types/ages?
Tell me about how you would apply a sustainability matrix in your work.
What is Off Site Manufacture (OSM)?
Tell me about tenant/lender/investor considerations in relation to
sustainability.
Explain your understanding of the Green Deal to me.
How can building conservation relate to sustainability?
What features would you recommend in this context?
Tell me about RICS guidance on Life Cycle Costs.
What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
How many are there?
What is the target achievement date?
How are RICS working towards the SDGs?
What is the RICS Value the Planet campaign?
How can the private sector work towards the SDGs?
What is SUDS?
What is net biodiversity gain?
What do each of ISO 14001 and 50001 relate to?
What is an Environmental Management System (EMS)?
What is sustainable procurement?
What is social value?
What does the term whole life carbon mean?
How does whole life carbon differ from life cycle costs?
What opportunities to decarbonise exist in the building life cycle?
What is a post-occupancy evaluation?
What is an Environmental Impact Assessment and when would one be carried out?
What methods of construction are more sustainable?
What are Modern Methods of Construction?
What is PAS 2035?
When and why was the Green Grant scrapped?
Explain your understanding of NABERS.
Explain a key proposal of the Energy White Paper.
Explain the proposals under the Future Homes Standard and Future Buildings Standard.
Explain the proposals under the Government’s Net Zero Strategy and Heat & Buildings Strategy.
What is the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme and what will it fund?
Explain your understanding of the Help to Heat scheme.
What is the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG)?
What is the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)?
What are the Taxonomy Regulations?
Explain your understanding of the B Corp certification.
What is BOPAS?
What changes is the Government making to the use of rebated diesel and biofuels?
How will this affect the construction industry?
Explain the key objectives of the Environment Act 2021.
What is the role of the Office for Environmental Protection?
What are Scope 1 2 and 3 carbon emissions?
What does Approved Document L relate to?
Conservation of Fuel and power
What recent changes to the Building Regulations have been made to work towards the Future Homes and Buildings Standard in 2025?
What does Approved Document S relate to?
Charging of electrical vehicles
Why is the Government encouraging the use of electric vehicles?
The government is encouraging electric vehicle (EV) adoption to combat climate change, reduce air pollution, and achieve net-zero emissions targets by 2050, offering incentives and phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035
What is the UN Race to Zero?
What is the World GBC Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment?
Tell me about the RICS Future Foundations strategy.
What is the 30by30 target?
a commitment to protect and conserve a minimum of 30% of land and sea for biodiversity by 2030,
What is the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard?
A technical standard that provides a framework for the construction industry to demonstrate that built assets align with the UK’s carbon and energy budgets, encompassing both operational and embodied carbon
What is a key theme discussed in the latest RICS Sustainability Report?
What RICS guidance relates to retrofitting?
Residential retrofit standard
RICS PROFESSIONAL STANDARD
UK
1st edition, March 2024
Effective from 31 October 2024
What are the benefits of retrofitting for the building stock?
Improved energy efficiency (and is more cost-effective) …
Reduced urban sprawl. …
Better for the environment and sustainability. …
Increased building value. …
Preserves cultural heritage and history.
