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Stage 4 > Technical Design
Sustainability Checkpoints
Sustainability Checkpoint 4
During this stage the crucial activity is checking the constituent parts
of the Sustainability Strategy against the developing Technical Design
and that the work of specialist subcontractors does not impact on the
Sustainability Strategy.
Sustainability aims
To ensure that the final design work prepared by the design
team and the follow-on design work by specialist subcontractors
reflects the technical requirements of the underpinning
Sustainability Strategy.
Checkpoints
• Is the formal sustainability assessment substantially complete?
• Have details been audited for airtightness and continuity of
insulation?
• Has the Building Regulations Part L submission been made and
the design stage carbon/energy declaration been updated and
the future climate impact assessment prepared?
• Has a non-technical user guide been drafted and have the
format and content of the Part L log book been agreed?
• Has all outstanding design stage sustainability assessment
information been submitted?
• Are building Handover Strategy and monitoring technologies
specified?
• Have the implications of changes to the specification or design
been reviewed against agreed sustainability criteria?
• Has compliance of agreed sustainability criteria for
contributions by specialist subcontractors been demonstrated?
Key actions
• Make Approved Document L submission, design stage
carbon/energy declaration update and future climate impact
assessment.
