Sustainability L1 Flashcards
L1
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
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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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Explain your understanding of COP26.
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What did the UK Climate Change Act 2008 do?
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What is the UK’s current target for sustainability?
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What does Net Zero mean?
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When does the UK need to achieve this by?
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How will it achieve this target?
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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
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for buildings?
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Can you explain your understanding of the Minimum Energy Efficiency
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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?
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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 did Rishi Sunak announce in September 2023 regarding the UK’s
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Net Zero target?
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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 Part of the Building Regulations relates to energy efficiency?
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Name one example of Government policy on energy efficiency for
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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
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considerations/materials.
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What improvable features would you be looking for and how do these
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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
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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
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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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Explain your understanding of NABERS.
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Explain a key proposal of the Energy White Paper.
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Explain the proposals under the Future Homes Standard and Future
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Buildings Standard.
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Explain the proposals under the Government’s Net Zero Strategy and
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Heat & Buildings Strategy.
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What is the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme and what will it
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fund?
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Explain your understanding of the Help to Heat scheme.
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Explain a key theme discussed in the RICS and World Built Environment
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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
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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
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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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Tell me about the RICS Future Foundations strategy.
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What is the 30by30 target?
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