BREEAM, LEED and CSH 9th February 2010Sean Lockie. Sean.lockie@fgould.com

Agenda

• Context

• Our experience

• LEED BREEAM CfSH Rating Systems

• What do they cost?

• Conclusions

Context

PHYSICAL IMPACTS

• Temperature rise• Flooding• Supply chain disruption• Adaptation• Security• Comfort

MARKET DYNAMICS

• Changing attitudes• New Technologies• Peers• Brand• CSR

REGULATION

• Part L 2010 revision• Climate Change Act: 80% reduction by 2050 – 34% by 2020• Energy Performance Certificates / Display Energy Certificates • Zero carbon buildings: schools 2016, non-domestic 2019, homes 2016;• Carbon budget – All departments• CRC EES• Site Waste Management Plans - mandatory• Landfill Tax escalation• Feed-in Tariffs 2010

REPUTATION

• Brand• Company Performance• Customer• Employee

Context

2016- Zero carbon target Residential + Schools

2019- Zero carbon target Non Domestic

2019- Zero carbon target government buildings

Zero Carbon and allowable solutions…..

£160 / tonne

About Faithful+Gould

• Faithful+Gould (F+G) is one of the largest independent Consulting, Project Management and Cost

Consulting organisations in the world

• A member of the ATKINS Group

• 57 offices in 20 countries with over 2,000 staff (1,750 professional consultants)

Asia Pacific- 3 Locations-150 staff- 10 LEED/GREEN STAR

Middle East & India- 4 locations- UAE, Oman, Qatar & Saudi Arabia-250 staff -12 LEED / ESTIDAMA

UK & Europe-26 Locations-1,250 staff- 50 BREEAM / LEED / CSH Assessors

United States-24 Locations-600 staff-10 LEED Assessors

Green Building Rating Systems Across The Globe

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Building Environmental Assessment methods

Drivers

BREEAM

•OGC Require it on all Government projects

- “Very Good” – for refurbishment- “Excellent” – for New Build

•Planning Requirements •Government Departments•Local Authorities•CSR

LEED

• American companies prefer LEED

• Greater global presence

• CSR

CfSH

• From 1 May 2008 mandatory for all new homes to be rated against the Code and include a Code or nil-rated certificate within the Home Information Pack. (CLG)

• Homes Communities Agency funded developments to achieve Code level 3 or better

• Grants available for Code levels 4 and 5.

Other Rating Systems (energy and carbon only)

EPC• Mandatory on all leased or sold buildings

• Design information

• Public buildings over 1000 m2

• Valid for 10 years

DEC• Existing Buildings

• Public Sector (+ some private sector landlords)

• Shows energy and carbon emissions

• DEC is valid for 1 year

• Advisory Report is valid for seven years

What do the acronyms stand for + governance

BREEAM Building Research Establishment 

Environmental Assessment Method 

(50 assessors)

BRE

LEED US Green Building Council

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 

(20 assessors)

USGBC

CSH UK Government Department for Communities and Local Government

Code for Sustainable Homes 

(20 assessors)

CLG

CEEQUAL UK Institute of Civil Engineers

Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment and Award Scheme

(15 assessors)

ICE

What types of building does it cover?

BREEAMOffices Retail Education Prisons Courts Healthcare Industrial Bespoke International (+Gulf & Europe)In-use

LEEDNew construction & major renovations Existing BuildingsCommercial InteriorsCore and ShellHomesNeighbourhood DevelopmentSchoolsRetail

What types of building does it cover?

What types of building does it cover?CSHResidential dwellings only

Note: Multi-residential are covered by BREEAM

CEEQUALCivil engineering and public realm projects: • roads • railways • airports• coast and river works• water supply • wastewater treatment• power stations• retail and business parks

What categories are assessed?

BREEAM Management Health and WellbeingEnergy Transport WaterMaterial and WasteLand use and EcologyPollution

LEEDSustainable sitesWater efficiencyEnergy and atmosphereMaterials and resourcesIndoor environmental qualityInnovation and design process

What categories are assessed?

What categories are assessed?CSHEnergy and CO2 EmissionsWaterMaterialsSurface Water Run-offWastePollutionHeath and WellbeingManagementEcology

CEEQUAL

Project ManagementLand UseLandscape Issues Ecology & Biodiversity The Historic EnvironmentWater ResourcesEnergy and Carbon Material Use Waste Management Transport Effects on Neighbours Relations with Community & Stakeholders

How many have been done?

BREEAM About 100,000 certified

800,000 registered

LEED About 2,000 certified

200,000 registered

CSH All new UK homes

Over 300,000 homes have been registered

51,000 homes achieving code level 3 or better (10th Nov 2008)

CEEQUAL Launched 2003

No data on number of schemes

Other Green Building Rating Systems

Estidama

(Abu Dhabi, UAE)

Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council

Means ‘Sustainability’ in Arabic

The Pearls Design System & Rating Method

GreenStar(Australia)

Green Building Council of Australia

Environmental rating system for buildings

HQE 

(France)

Association pour la Haute QualitéEnvironnementale (ASSOHQE)

Haute Qualité Environnementale (High Quality Environmental standard) 

CASBEE (Japan) Japan Green Building Council

Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency

HK Beam 

(HK, China)

Hong Kong BEAM Society

Building Environmental Assessment Method

All credit based systems

• BREEAM, LEED, CSH, CEEQUAL are all rating tools.

• They work in a similar way

• Use ‘credits’ or points

- Some mandatory points

- The remainder optional

• The number of credits achieved translates into a score and a rating

What’s the process?

LEED process

• Registration

• Charette

• Evidence gathering

• Design stage submittal to USGBC for QA

• Construction stage submittal to USGBC for QA

• Re-submittal

• Certification

BREEAM process

• Registration

• Preliminary assessment

• Evidence gathering

• Design & Procurement stageassessment

• Post Construction stage assessment

• Submittal to the BRE for QA

• Re-submission

• Certification

What do the categories cover?

Mandatory aspects

• Mandatory points

for each level of

certification

Scoring

• Mandatory aspects

• Section scores tallied

• Weighting applied

• Score Rating

Ratings

Weighting system

Weighting system

Example credit