Job Book 9th Edition - Book - Page 99
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Stage 1 > Preparation and Brief
• Review options for formal assessment of aspects of
sustainability and/or energy performance (e.g. BREEAM,
LEED, Passivhaus). If the project is a component of a larger
scheme, ensure that targets support and are consistent with
any overarching sustainability assessment methodologies.
Establish a timetable for associated assessor appointment and
early stage actions.
• Include a simple description in the Initial Project Brief of the
internal environmental conditions that the client requires.
• Involve the client’s facilities management team and review
past experience (both good and bad) in a spirit of openness in
order to set environmental and performance targets or Project
Outcomes that are useful, measurable and challenging but
achievable and unambiguous. Energy use and carbon emissions
targets should include both regulated and unregulated use.
• Agree how to measure performance in use, what incentives
there will be to achieve Project Outcomes and what action is
appropriate if anything falls short.
• Develop potential energy strategies, including estimated
energy demand calculations, options for renewables and
implications for building or site design (e.g. whether there is
sufficient plant space).
• Develop water efficiency strategies to establish similarly robust
performance targets.
• Set out sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and surface water
retention requirements.
• Develop a brief for specialist environmental sub-consultants
(e.g. wind monitoring consultants, ecologists).
• Consider climate change adaptation criteria and future
performance standards.
• Set out any future uses or reconfiguration to be
accommodated.
• Ensure that the competence of potential design team
members matches the client’s Sustainability Aspirations.
The team should be balanced, with members of similar
competence and commitment and with complementary
contracts of engagement.
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