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Sustainability Flashcards

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What is sustainability?

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Sustainability means meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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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? What is the Paris Agreement?

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What are the 2020/2030/2050 EU targets? What did the UK Climate Change Act 2008 do? What are carbon budgets?

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What did the Infrastructure Act 2015 say about climate change? 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? 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? 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? What are the penalties for non-compliance? What is an EPC?

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What buildings require an EPC? When is an EPC required?

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Which buildings are exempt from having an EPC? When do you need to display an EPC?

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What is included in an EPC? How would you find an EPC?

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When are the penalties for not having an EPC? What is a DEC?

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When is a DEC required? What must accompany a DEC?

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What are the penalties for not having a DEC? What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? What is BREEAM/RICS SKA/LEED/Passivhaus?

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What happened to the Code for Sustainable Homes? 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? What is ESOS?

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When was CRC abolished? What replaced it?

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How did CCL rates change? What is the SECR regime? When was it introduced? For what type of company?

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Who is exempt?

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What was the Kyoto Protocol and what were its targets?

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The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part one) global warming is occurring and (part two) that human-made CO2 emissions are driving it.

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What are the requirements?

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What are the penalties for non-compliance? What is a Memorandum of Understanding? 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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32
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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?

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Tell me about how you would apply a sustainability matrix in your work. What is Off Site Manufacture (OSM)?

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Tell me about tenant/lender/investor considerations in relation to sustainability. Explain your understanding of the Green Deal to me.

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How can building conservation relate to sustainability? What features would you recommend in this context? Tell me about RICS guidance on Life Cycle Costs.

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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? 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? 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)? 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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What opportunities to decarbonise exist in the building life cycle? What is a post-occupancy evaluation?

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What is an Environmental Impact Assessment and when would one be carried out? What methods of construction are more sustainable?

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What are Modern Methods of Construction? What is PAS 2035?

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48
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Explain your understanding of the Green Grant.

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49
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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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51
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Explain a key proposal of the Energy White Paper.

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1) It outlines plans for a national Emissions Trading Scheme. …
2) Funding has been ringfenced for nuclear. …
3) It places carbon capture at the heart of a levelling up agenda. …
4) It is aiming to diversify the clean energy mix. …
5) Those reliant on fossil fuels will be supported in the transition.

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What changes are likely to be made to MEES under this?

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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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How do you assess a buildings sustainability characteristics

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BREEAM

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