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Stage 4 > Technical Design
• Draft the non-technical user guide and agree the format and
content of the Approved Document L log book.
• Submit all outstanding design stage sustainability assessment
information.
• Assess the compliance of contributions by specialist
consultants and contractors with agreed sustainability criteria
demonstrated.
• Specify the building handover process and monitoring
technologies.
• Agree technical requirements to support the monitoring
strategy.
• Ensure that artificial lighting and daylighting strategies and
controls are mutually supportive in delivering low energy
consumption.
• Involve facilities management and users in reviewing the
environmental control systems and manual and automatic
controls to ensure that they are appropriately simple and
intuitive, and that there is a match between expectations and
the design.
• Make sure that the project team is aware of the technical
consequences of strategic sustainability decisions.
• Specify sustainable materials and products, balancing life-cycle
assessment, maintenance regime, durability and cost.
• Complete consultation with subcontractors and suppliers
with regard to Technical Design issues and review information
packages to check that they are coordinated, complementary
and support all components of the Sustainability Strategy.
• Agree responsibilities and routines for data recording to
monitor performance.
• Review the potential knock-on implications of value
engineering on performance and sustainability targets.
• Review the final details, including subcontractors’ packages, for
airtightness and continuity of insulation.
• Review the information required to demonstrate compliance
with sustainability requirements (e.g. materials certification).
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