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February 2012
Navigating sustainability in the built environment Report from the UK-GBC Green Building Guidance Task Group
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About this report
This report was sponsored by the following UK Green Building Council members:
UK-GBC would like to thank the following organisations for their contribution to this report:
Aggregate Industries EPR Architects
Arup InterfaceFLOR
Halcrow Group John Lewis Partnership
Aviva Investors LUTRON EA
BAM Construct UK Ltd Marks & Spencer
BBC Morgan Sindall
BRE Savills
Citu Ltd
A number of other organisations contributed towards the research for the Task Group. These
organisations are listed on the Green Building Guidance Task Group page of the UK-GBC website:
www.ukgbc.org
UK-GBC would like to thank all of the Task Group participants for their valuable contributions
found in this document.
© Copyright 2012
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Contents
About this report 2
Introduction 4
Glossary 4
Task Group Recommendations 5
Part 1 - Researching the evidence base 6 Introduction 6 Objective 6 Lifecycle stages 6 Content 6 Planning 7
Part 2 – Communication 8 Introduction 8
Online platform 8 Availability of the online platform 8 Feedback and ratings 9 User journey 9 Adding information to the online platform 10 Maintaining the information 10 Endorsement 10 Launching the online platform 11
Part 3 – Encouraging action 12 Introduction 12 Member Commitment 12 Proposals for revised member commitment 12 Benchmarking 13 ‘Experts’ 13 Training and education 14 Case studies 14 Business case 14 Identifying barriers 14
Conclusion 16
Appendices 17 Appendix A – Summary Spreadsheet 17 Appendix B – Sub group spreadsheets 24 Appendix C - Case study template 24 Appendix D – Examples of a user journey using the platform 25 Appendix E - Member questions 35 Appendix F – Barriers to progress 35 Appendix G - Adding information to the online platform 36 Appendix H – UK-GBC Member Commitment Proposals 37
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Introduction
One of the main reasons the UK Green Building Council was established was to facilitate the
sharing of good practice and advice, and to aggregate learning from within the membership so
industry could make demonstrable progress towards a sustainable built environment. It was
hoped that UK-GBC could provide a ‘first-port-of-call’ for any professional, from across the
building lifecycle or value chain, to be directed towards the most useful information appropriate
to the issue they faced.
In practice that has proved a continuous challenge, as the sheer volume of information, tools,
guidance, training courses, products and services all purporting to help create a sustainable built
environment has mushroomed over recent years. In many ways, this is to be welcomed, but for
organisations throughout the construction, products and property sector – whether as providers
or users of those products and services - navigating that landscape has become increasingly
complex.
Where should you go for the best information and advice? How can one product or service be
compared against another? What are the most progressive targets to set? How can ‘greenwash’
be avoided? How can we build the business case for sustainability? What is considered to be a
good or best practice? How can organisations be benchmarked against peers?
In September 2011, UK-GBC established the Green Building Guidance Task Group to tackle these
questions.
Glossary
For ease of reference the following glossary of terminology has been provided:
• Information – tools, guidance, targets, case studies, training and education etc. • Online platform – the means for communicating the ‘information’ to users.
• Summary spreadsheet Appendix A – a summary of the key ‘information’ collated by the sub groups.
• Sub-group spreadsheet Appendix B – the ‘information’ collated by the Task Group by sector which will be signposted to via the ‘platform’.
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Task Group Recommendations
The following recommendations have been drafted based on the proposals from the Task Group:
1. UK-GBC should take forward the development of a publicly available and easily accessible
online ‘platform’ which would enable technical and non-technical practitioners from
organisations (small to large) to be signposted to information that can contribute towards
sustainability within their business at a project, organisation or product level.
2. Information uploaded to the online platform should be maintained and moderated by UK-GBC
with regular review by existing UK-GBC advisory committees.
3. The online platform should not formally endorse, nor should it create new, products or
services, but it should enable practitioners to provide attributable user-feedback and ratings
via a membership-based forum.
4. All information within the online platform should conform to principles around consistent
metrics and standards, open and transparent data and where applicable be third party
verified.
5. The information prepared by the Planning sub-group should be hosted separately on the UK-
GBC website, and be publicly available for use by local authorities and developers, to help
inform local authority plans.
6. UK-GBC experts should be identified from the membership and relevant trade associations,
who can provide advice and guidance on specific topics.
7. The UK-GBC Membership Commitment could be strengthened and options that go beyond the
existing commitment are presented in the full report. One option would see a tiered
approach to the commitment, with sector specific actions for those organisations that wish
to demonstrate leadership. A further option would be to set prescriptive targets based on
best practice.
8. UK-GBC should look to highlight members that are making the most positive steps to drive
sustainability forwards, wherever they are at on their sustainability journey.
9. Barriers to progress, whether gaps in evidence or advice, or market barriers, identified by
the Task Group (see full report) or highlighted via the online platform, should be reviewed
by UK-GBC and considered as part of the organisation’s ongoing work programme.
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Part 1 - Researching the evidence base
Introduction
The Task Group, which consisted of a steering group and eight sub-groups, began its work by
carrying out a comprehensive audit of the current landscape of existing ‘information’ available
to built environment practitioners throughout the value chain. This included measurement &
reporting tools, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), guidance, benchmarks, case studies, and
training and education that are available to different sectors.
The intention was to establish a framework that could provide the basis for a robust and
independent guide to sustainability in the built environment. The intention was not to create
new tools, guidance or advice where this already exists, but to signpost to the most relevant
information already out there.
The Task Group was also asked to make recommendations on how that information should be
communicated and, once it was available, how UK-GBC members could demonstrate progress
against their sustainability goals. This is addressed in Parts 2 and 3.
Objective
The overarching objective of the Green Building Guidance Task Group was to:
‘Make recommendations on how UK-GBC can sign post to independent, clear and technically
robust information, to assist UK-GBC members to better understand the complex landscape of
the information, products and services that are available in their efforts to address
sustainability in the built environment.’
The Task Group and UK-GBC hopes this work will assist and enable practitioners to deliver a
more sustainable built environment through better organisational sustainability performance,
project delivery and product development.
Lifecycle stages
The information collated by the Task Group’s eight sub groups covered the whole of the building
life cycle and relates to decisions that are made at the relevant stages:
• Corporate strategy
• Project feasibility
• Acquisition and disposal
• Planning
• Building design
• Product supply/Procurement
• New build demolition and construction
• Commissioning/building handover
• Operations
• Refurbishment
The information will address new build, in-use and refurbishment projects; all building types
including non domestic and domestic; all sustainability themes including environmental, social
and economic; and geographical applicability.
Content
The sub groups researched the following questions in relation to sustainability within their
sector; they provided background details for all information provided. This research is set out in
full in the sub-group spreadsheets in Appendix B and covers the following questions:
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• What measurement tools/standards, management systems and reporting frameworks are
available?
• What principles should measurement and reporting frameworks conform to?
• What KPIs, targets, benchmarks are available?
• What guidance is available?
• Are there any case studies that represent good practice?
• Are there any good examples of corporate policies and strategies?
• What existing training and education courses are available and where are the gaps?
• Are there any barriers to progress that exist for sectors?
Further information was added through the consultation process, which was held with UK-GBC
members in December 2011. The key information has been extracted and summarised in the
‘summary spreadsheet’ in Appendix B. Obviously further information will be added over time and
become superseded as new information is developed.
Planning
While many of the sub-groups were clearly able to signpost to information, the planning sub-
group found themselves in a unique position. They were unable to signpost to much existing
guidance because much of what currently exists will be removed when the National Planning
Policy Framework comes into effect. These issues have been elaborated on below.
PLANNING SUB GROUP
The UK-GBC responded to the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) by broadly welcoming
efforts to simplify the planning system, but expressing concern about the lack of detail around the
definition of ‘sustainable development’ and the lack of guidance for planners regarding the
sustainability issues they should be considering when developing their local plans. UK-GBC also
expressed concern that the lack of clear guidance would lead to uncertainty for developers and that
the NPPF could result in a multitude of different definitions of sustainable development being created
at the local level, thereby threatening development viability and slowing the planning process.
The Task Group’s planning sub-group avoided creating prescriptive guidance for planners, since issues
and viability vary according to the local circumstance, and instead focused on the kinds of questions
and issues that planners, developers and neighbourhood forums should consider when they develop or
update their new local plans, or plan developments. The sub-group also wanted to signpost to places
where planners, developers and neighbourhood forums could seek advice about specific issues and
examples of good practice and case studies.
The planning sub-group information can be found on the UK-GBC website. The document is intended
to help Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) and the new neighbourhood forums to understand
sustainability issues, to ensure they achieve a balance between requiring robust sustainability
standards but also ensuring development remains viable. The document is also intended to be useful
to developers, who can use the same set of questions when developing planning applications. The
document is intended for use at the local plan making and outline application stage of the planning
process.
As with the other sections of the online platform, UK-GBC proposes to allow users of the document to
provide feedback, comments and submission of further information including case studies and
examples of good planning practice.
UK-GBC intends to continue discussions with members, local authorities and the Department for
Communities and Local Government (CLG) to disseminate this work and ensure it is useful and
relevant. The document will be referenced within the UK-GBC website.
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Part 2 – Communication
Introduction
As highlighted in Part 1 the Task Group has collated a wealth of information on measurement
tools, reporting systems, KPIs, guidance, case studies, training and education that are currently
available to industry. Based on the extensive volume of information, the Task Group has
developed recommendations around the most effective way of enabling industry professionals
and practitioners to navigate this information.
ONLINE PLATFORM
The Task Group considered a number of options for how best to communicate the raw data
collated by the sub-groups. This ranged from a simple PDF through to a sophisticated online
platform.
The Task Group believes that an online platform would be the most useful and accessible way to
navigate the information, and this view was endorsed by the consultation with UK-GBC members.
This platform should be hosted on the UK-GBC website1 and provide a web-based central point of
reference, and a rich resource. The navigation should be interactive and simple. It should not
require training to make use of it and should be useful to technical and non technical audiences
using plain English to reach as wide an audience as possible.
The intention would be to allow a user to filter through the library of information available and
to be sign posted to the key information they should consider as part of their research for taking
a project, organisation or product forward at any stage of the building.
It is hoped this will assist individuals and organisations, wherever they are at on their journey, to
understand what they can and should be doing to address sustainability within their business and
within their every day decision-making process. The platform will do this not only by signposting
information such as tools, guidance, targets and case studies for example, but will enable
practitioners to provide feedback and ratings on products and services, which in turn will make
them more useful for industry.
Many organisations offer information such as tools and guidance and would like to promote these
to the wider industry or receive feedback. This platform would be a neutral area to enable this.
Those tools, services etc. that are successful will ultimately have a higher take up. Where there
are gaps in available guidance or advice this will be identified and recommendations made for
further work.
The group have reviewed and set out the key features of and needs from the platform. These
should be taken forward by UK-GBC once funding for the web development is secured.
Availability of the online platform
The signposted information within the online platform should be made publicly available to
industry and it should be possible for any professional to add information to the platform. This
will help support the wider take up of sustainability across industry. However, in order to
safeguard benefits that are specifically for UK-GBC members, the Task Group recommends that
user ratings, feedback and discussion should be restricted to UK-GBC members only. However,
feedback would be provided to providers of products or services, regardless of whether that
provider is a UK-GBC member.
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Any information that is uploaded to the platform can be restricted to UK-GBC members only if
there is concern about making it completely publicly available. The Task Group recommends that
the feedback to tool providers should be passed on even if those organisations are not members.
PUBLIC ‘VERSUS’ MEMBER ONLY
Giving the whole of industry access to the online platform, as opposed to restricting it for UK-GBC
members only, is a significant decision. The rationale is as follows:
There will remain some direct member-only benefits:
• Opportunity to provide ‘expert’ feedback in a member only forum
• Access to forums with ‘experts’ from the membership
• Option to provide feedback and ratings on the information within the portal
• Access to UK-GBC members’ feedback and ratings on the information within the portal. Where
feedback is provided to non-members’ information this will be provided to enable improvements
to be made.
There are important benefits to UK-GBC members in having the platform available to the public:
• It gives profile to members who demonstrate leadership, and consequently business benefits, by
highlighting performance to non members including major clients and Government for example
• UK-GBC members should be seen to practise sustainability and engage others who are not
involved
• The public availability of the online platform will be seen to support Government in their
aspirations for industry to take the initiative
• It will be more of a business benefit to promote tools, products and services more widely than the
UK-GBC membership
• There will be a wider pool of information available if the platform is open to the wider industry
• Any potential sponsors of the platform will have a wider audience.
Feedback and ratings
The UK-GBC is often approached for feedback on sustainability related tools, initiatives and
guidance. Through facilitating an online central platform it will allow industry to self regulate
through openly providing feedback and ratings by logging on using their membership login
details. This makes the process transparent and as seen in many other forums provides a useful
way of quickly identifying which information is of most use and should be considered.
User journey
Each organisation will have different needs when applying sustainability to their business.
Whether they are a global product supplier looking to research targets they should set if they are
to be recognised as leaders in their sector, a retailer looking to progress their procurement
policy, an occupier wanting to develop an internal operational sustainability strategy and they
don’t know where to begin or a developer who has found a really useful way of reporting data
and wants to share their lessons learned.
During development of the platform there will be an initial piece of work to understand the
types of user journey and how individual users might want to navigate in order to find the most
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useful and applicable information. UK-GBC already has a list of the types of questions we often
are asked in Appendix E which prompted this piece of work in the first place. Please see
Appendix D for examples of how a user might navigate this information and the outputs they will
arrive at. A beta version of the platform has been developed to illustrate how this online
platform will be navigated and will be found on the new UK-GBC website.
The user journey will take various forms, these include:
• a ‘guided browse’ to search for information to help inform a project, organisational
strategy or product for example
• a guided browse to search for training and education for an individual
• direct search for information
• to upload information (tools, guidance, case studies, training courses)
• to upload training and education
It should be possible to see the ‘bigger picture’ and the trail the user has taken to retrace steps.
The option to include a feature ‘people who viewed this also viewed’ will be considered during
development. As well as ‘you might also be interested in’ to sign post off to other relevant
information.
Adding information to the online platform
Initially any professional should be allowed to add information to the online platform. Those
looking to add information to the online platform will be required to provide specific details to
categorise the information. This is illustrated further in Appendix G and within the
demonstration online platform.
This process should allow information to be cross-referenced across the various lifecycle stages.
This will ensure that everyone in the building lifecycle is considering the relevant issues. For
example, demolition should be considered in the strategy, design process, construction stages,
not just at end-of-life.
The option of providing formal feedback from practitioners to information providers will be
made available. This evaluation process should consider the effectiveness of a tool from an
environmental, social and economic perspective which could then inform and feed into further
research and development.
The Task Group recognised that any information uploaded to the online platform should look to
align with emerging standards, be in line with future legislation and adhere to principles such as
common metrics, transparent data and third party verification where applicable. It will be
necessary for ‘information providers’ to clearly state where their information meets this criteria.
Maintaining the information
Over time the amount of information will grow as industry adds to it. Equally as information
becomes outdated this will need to be superseded or removed and it is important that only up to
date information is available. A limited lifetime will be attached to information when it is
uploaded and the onus will be on the information holder to provide an updated version as and
when appropriate.
Endorsement
The Task Group considered whether it would be helpful for UK-GBC to play a role in recognising
certain approaches or achievements. The Task Group strongly recommended that the UK-GBC
should remain independent and not endorse any tools, products, services, training etc. but
signpost and allow industry to self regulate through feedback and review. On a regular basis the
UK-GBC will review the information submitted on the platform, through existing groups such as
the Policy Committee and Membership & Marketing Committee.
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Launching the online platform
The UK-GBC should populate the platform with as much information as it has been able to
collate through the Task Group’s work and consultation process. The UK-GBC should approach
tool providers to ensure this information is to the right quality before formally uploading it to
the platform.
RECOMMENDATIONS – ONLINE PLATFORM
1 UK-GBC should take forward the development of a publicly available and easily accessible online
‘platform’ which would enable technical and non-technical practitioners from organisations (small
to large) to be signposted to information that can contribute towards sustainability within their
business at a project, organisation or product level.
2 Information uploaded to the online platform should be maintained and moderated by UK-GBC
with regular review by existing UK-GBC advisory committees.
3 The online platform should not formally endorse, nor should it create new, products or services,
but it should enable practitioners to provide attributable user-feedback and ratings via a
membership-based forum.
4 All information within the online platform should conform to principles around consistent metrics
and standards, open and transparent data and where applicable be third party verified.
5 The information prepared by the Planning sub-group should be hosted separately on the UK-GBC
website, and be publicly available for use by local authorities and developers, to help inform local
authority plans.
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Part 3 – Encouraging action
Introduction
The Task Group agreed that the UK-GBC should be continuously challenging its members. Indeed,
UK-GBC’s whole mission, established by its Founder Members is to seek ‘radical transformation
of the built environment’. So how do we improve the impacts from businesses, services and
products and ensure they have a positive impact on people, planet and profit?
Having collated a wealth of information that will help practitioners the Task Group then
reviewed how the information collated and the online platform could assist in driving
performance. This discussion revolved around strengthening the current UK-GBC member
commitment, gaining access to experts and signposting to existing benchmarking systems.
Member Commitment
UK-GBC prides itself on attracting members who are genuinely committed to achieving radical
change towards sustainability in the built environment sector and committed to driving and
improving their own performance as an organisation. When a new member joins the UK-GBC, it is
a condition of their membership that they sign the ‘UK-GBC Member Commitment’, which is
currently as follows:
“We hereby commit to actively support the mission and objectives of the UK Green Building
Council, and to continuously improve the way in which our organisation measures its
sustainability impacts, publicly reports on these impacts and sets targets to reduce any negative
impacts, in order to contribute to a more sustainable built environment.”
The Task Group reviewed some approaches to driving performance and proposed ideas for how
the member commitment can assist with demonstrating leadership within the UK-GBC
membership.
The Task Group were very conscious of the need to ensure that any approach did not unfairly
penalise smaller organisations that might not have the capacity to meet demanding targets. It
also acknowledged that it could not impose targets that were out of the control of organisations.
For example, it is not feasible to expect every project to achieve BREEAM Outstanding if the
client will not pay for it even although the consultancy suggests it should be achieved.
There were also concerns about the resource implications upon the UK-GBC, which would have
to verify compliance and police performance and which could become resource intensive, and
for which there is currently no additional capacity to resource this.
HIGHLIGHTING LEADERS
The Task Group recommended the UK-GBC website could potentially highlight how members are
conforming to the member commitment. It could highlight sustainability achievements setting out
which measurement and reporting systems organisations are using and KPIs they had met depending
on their sector, all linked to the UK-GBC member commitment. That way the membership becomes a
key place for customers to identify which organisations are leaders and possibly look to the
membership as a first port of call for procurement of services and products.
Proposals for revised member commitment
The Task Group was asked to consider whether the member commitment ought to be reviewed
and strengthened in order to drive change in the sector and demonstrate industry leadership.
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The group was also asked to consider how UK-GBC members who are going further and faster, in
terms of their sustainability performance, could be recognised and profiled.
MEMBER COMMITMENT PROPOSALS
The Task Group considered three options for a revised Member Commitment which have been set out
in more detail in Appendix H:
• Keep the existing member commitment as it currently stands.
• Introduce a tiered approach which is not prescriptive but sets out some suggested actions around
measurement and reporting that are sector specific.
• Introduce prescriptive targets for projects, organisations and product suppliers to meet which can
be chosen from a menu of options.
The Task Group agreed in principle that the member commitment should be reviewed to
compare and drive performance, but stressed that this should be a comprehensive review
process. The Task Group therefore recommended that the Membership and Marketing Committee
should advise the UK-GBC team and Board of how the member commitment could be
strengthened, based on the options set out above.
Benchmarking
The Task Group reviewed proposals to form a benchmarking system to enable like-for-like
comparison of members and drive improved performance. There was nervousness around the
complexities of such systems and exclusion of SMEs and new members who would not be able to
compete and be at a disadvantage. The suggestion was that UK-GBC should instead signpost to
existing benchmarking systems. This would enable leaders to be identified within a particular
sector and those could be highlighted on the UK-GBC website. The group also recommended that
users should be signposted to where they could provide data for benchmarking purposes. For
example, operational energy to inform Display Energy Certificate benchmarks, embodied carbon
data for embodied carbon benchmarks for buildings etc.
‘Experts’
The UK-GBC currently hosts a ‘Rapid Response Team’, a group which is made up of professionals
that span the value chain within the membership. They provide views from a range of sectors on
various themes. This is an invaluable source of information that enables the UK-GBC team to
take a considered view on a tool, topic, building or product. It was suggested a similar system
could be established in conjunction with the online platform, to provide an information resource
for UK-GBC members. This service would be available to UK-GBC members only and only
members would be considered to provide expertise.
Members with specific expertise would sit on a forum and be referred to as ‘experts’ on certain
issues. There would have to be some form of application process, similar to the process that
members go through to apply for a Task Group. The UK-GBC membership has various trade
associations and member groups who focus on certain areas of the value chain such as products,
energy, renewable and occupiers for example. These groups would be signposted within the
online platform and act as ‘experts’ for further review.
The UK-GBC has initiated a series of Sustainability Training and Education Programme (STEP)
master classes and it is envisaged the speakers from this series will form a pool of industry
experts for the online platform which will be added to over time.
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Training and education
Existing training and education courses have been collated by the Task Group for inclusion within
the online platform, these will be further added to by a comprehensive list of sustainability
training and education courses has been collated by the UK-GBC STEP team.
The Task Group also looked at training and education needs of professionals working within the
value chain and identified where there were gaps. The gaps that were highlighted were sector
specific in terms of the need for professionals who need to relate sustainability directly to their
role and responsibilities, for example property agents and investors.
This correlates very closely to the feedback received in the survey on training and education
which was undertaken in September 2011 by the STEP team. The STEP Task Group, which is
currently underway, is recommending the development of additional STEP courses and master
classes to plug gaps in the current training provision. Some of the content will address topics
covered within the online platform including tools, setting targets, corporate reporting, site
visits and product development. The courses and master classes could provide an opportunity for
members who are leading in a particular area to raise their profile and share their experience
with others who are just embarking on that particular aspect of their sustainability journey for
example around measurement and reporting.
Case studies
Sharing case studies among the membership was considered the best way of communicating good
practice performance and associated cost/saving information. The UK-GBC has produced a
standard template in Appendix C which will be made available for uploading case study
information. The case study would be tagged to enable them to be highlighted during relevant
searches.
Case studies should be easy to add to over time, and allow for other parties to add their views on
a particular project. For example an engineering organisation may add a case study about their
involvement on a project but the contractor and building users should be able to add ‘their view’
to get a range of perspectives and lessons learned.
Whilst organisations are happy to share success stories, there are challenges around collecting
information of cases where problems occurred and lessons learned. Informal blogs and forums
could be used to share anecdotal evidence of anonymous projects on what went wrong and how
it was addressed and fixed.
Business case
The Task Group considered information on ‘the business case’ to be important evidence
available to industry. The platform will sign post users to information on the business case where
these exist in case studies. It will be important to have industry experts available to review any
content and provide some feedback, comment and rating to reflect the quality of the
information. The purpose would be to reflect a balanced and robust view of the value and
business case around sustainability.
Identifying barriers
Whilst industry can do all it can to review options to drive performance this will likely lead to
the identification of barriers, which pose challenges – perhaps that are specific to a particular
sector. For example competing systems of measurement that use different metrics, or the lack
of any data on which to base design decisions. These issues will be gathered and fed back into
the UK-GBC programme and used to inform policy work, STEP and other activities that UK-GBC
carries out.
The Task Group identified where they thought there were current barriers to progress, these are
set out in Appendix F.
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RECOMMENDATIONS – ENCOURAGING ACTION
6 UK-GBC experts should be identified from the membership and relevant trade associations, who
can provide advice and guidance on specific topics.
7 The UK-GBC Membership Commitment could be strengthened and options that go beyond the
existing commitment are presented in the full report. One option would see a tiered approach to
the commitment, with sector specific actions for those organisations that wish to demonstrate
leadership. A further option would be to set prescriptive targets based on best practice.
8 UK-GBC should look to highlight members that are making the most positive steps to drive
sustainability forwards, wherever they are at on their sustainability journey.
9 Barriers to progress, whether gaps in evidence or advice, or market barriers, identified by the
Task Group (see full report) or highlighted via the online platform, should be reviewed by UK-GBC
and considered as part of the organisation’s ongoing work programme.
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Conclusion
UK-GBC aims to offer clarity, cohesion and leadership to a disparate sector, bringing together
everyone involved in the complex process of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and
operating buildings. The research conducted and the recommendations made by this Task Group
will help deliver on these aims by paving the way for an independent platform that sign-posts to
the information needed to inspire individuals and businesses to take action and build knowledge.
Once completed the platform will provide a central point of reference, and rich resource, which
will help businesses – wherever they are on their journey – to understand what they can and
should be doing to address sustainability. By using the platform as the basis for recognising and
highlighting leadership, UK-GBC can demonstrate that membership of the organisation reflects a
genuine and measurable commitment to sustainability. In turn we hope this will lead to business
benefits for clients, customers or procurers looking to work with leaders in the field.
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Appendices
APPENDIX A – SUMMARY SPREADSHEET
This is a summary of all information taken from the sub-group spreadsheets which are categorised into application building life cycle stages. There is undoubtedly more information to be included, please contact info@ukgbc.org if
you would like to add any information to this for inclusion in the future development of the online platform.
Measurement - tools, standards, management systems
Reporting – ways of reporting data
Targets – suggested targets and benchmarking
Guidance Organisational policies
Case studies *Further case studies have
been identified which will be included in the online
platform
Training & education *Over 500 courses have been identified by the STEP Task
Group which will be included in the online platform*
- Arup Passive Design Assistant
http://www.arup.com/Publications/Passive_De
sign_Assistant.aspx
- Association for Environmentally Conscious
Builders (AECB) Energy Standards – ‘Carbon
Lite’ (Silver, Passivhaus & Gold)
http://www.carbonlite.org.uk/carbonlite/ener
gystandards.php
- Association for Environmentally Conscious
Builders (AECB) Water Standards
http://www.carbonlite.org.uk/carbonlite/wate
rstandards.php
- ATHENA Ecocalculator for Assemblies &
Impact Estimator for Buildings
http://www.athenasmi.org/our-software-
data/ecocalculator/
- Autodesk Building Integrated Modelling (BIM)
http://usa.autodesk.com/building-information-
modeling/
- Autodesk Project Vasari
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/vasari/
- Better Building Partnership (BBP) Better
Metering Toolkit
http://www.betterbuildingspartnership.co.uk/
working-groups/sustainability-
benchmarks/better-metering-toolkit/
- Better Building Partnership (BBP) Green
Building Management Toolkit
http://www.betterbuildingspartnership.co.uk/
working-groups/owner-occupier-
partnerships/green-building-management-
toolkit/
- BES 6001 – Responsible sourcing of
construction products
http://www.bre.co.uk/page.jsp?id=1514
- Butterfly Low carbon design and decision
tool / giving you control of green design
http://www.blpinsurance.com/sustainability/b
utterfly/
- Building Research Establishment
Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM)
In-Use
http://www.breeam.org/page.jsp?id=373
- AccountAbility AA1000 Series
http://www.accountability.org/sta
ndards/index.html
- Business in the Community (BitC)
Corporate responsibility index
http://www.bitc.org.uk/cr_index/
- Carbon Disclosure Project
https://www.cdproject.net/en-
US/Pages/HomePage.aspx
- Carbon Trust Standard
http://www.carbontruststandard.c
om/pages/home
- Connected Reporting Framework
http://www.connectedreporting.ac
countingforsustainability.org/
- Considerate Constructors
Scheme
http://www.ccscheme.org.uk/
- Carbon Reduction Commitment
Energy Efficiency Scheme
(CRCEES)
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/conte
nt/cms/emissions/crc_efficiency/c
rc_efficiency.aspx
- Dow Jones Sustainability Index
http://www.sustainability-
index.com/
- European Public Real Estate
Association (EPRA) Best Practice
Recommendations for
Sustainability Reporting
http://www.epra.com/media/EPR
A_BPR_2011_Sustainability.pdf
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Construction and Real Estate
Sector Supplement (CRESS)
https://www.globalreporting.org/r
eporting/sector-
guidance/construction-and-real-
estate/Pages/default.aspx
- Green 500
http://www.green500.co.uk/
- Global Real Estate Sustainability
- Better Building Partnership
Sustainability Benchmarking
Toolkit
http://www.betterbuildingspartn
ership.co.uk/working-
groups/sustainability-
benchmarks/sustainabilty-
benchmarking-toolkit/
- Building Research
Establishment Environmental
Assessment Method (BREEAM) In-
Use
http://www.breeam.org/page.jsp
?id=373
- Building Research
Establishment Environmental
Assessment Method (BREEAM)
New Construction
http://www.breeam.org/podpage
.jsp?id=369
- Building for Life
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk
/our-work/cabe/localism-and-
planning/building-for-life/
- Business in the Community
(BitC) Corporate responsibility
index
http://www.bitc.org.uk/cr_index
/
- Centre for Construction
Innovation
http://www.ccinw.com/
- Code for Sustainable Homes
http://www.planningportal.gov.u
k/uploads/code_for_sust_homes.p
df
- Considerate Constructors
http://www.ccscheme.org.uk/
- Constructing Excellence
http://www.constructingexcellen
ce.org.uk/
- Design Quality Indicators
http://www.dqi.org.uk/website/d
- DECC 2050 Pathway
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/conten
t/cms/tackling/2050/2050.aspx
- Association for Environmentally
Conscious Builders (AECB) Energy
Standards – ‘Carbon Lite’ (Silver,
Passivhaus & Gold)
http://www.carbonlite.org.uk/carbo
nlite/energystandards.php
- Better Building Partnership (BBP)
Better Metering Toolkit
http://www.betterbuildingspartners
hip.co.uk/working-
groups/sustainability-
benchmarks/better-metering-
toolkit/
- Better Building Partnership (BBP)
Low Carbon Retrofit Toolkit
http://www.betterbuildingspartners
hip.co.uk/download/bbp-low-
carbon-retrofit-toolkit.pdf
- Better Building Partnership (BBP)
Managing Agents Toolkit and
Checklist
http://www.betterbuildingspartners
hip.co.uk/download/bbp-managing-
agents-sustainability-toolkit.pdf
- Better Building Partnership (BBP)
Green Building Management Toolkit
http://www.betterbuildingspartners
hip.co.uk/working-groups/owner-
occupier-partnerships/green-
building-management-toolkit/
- Biodiversity in planning and
development – code of practice
http://www.biodiversityplanningtool
kit.com/stylesheet.asp?file=351_goo
d_practice_and_technical_standards
- Business in the Community (BitC)
Corporate responsibility index
http://www.bitc.org.uk/cr_index/
- Building Research Establishment
(BRE)
- Achilles
http://www.achilles.com/en/
- British Land Brief for Sustainable
Developments
http://files.the-
group.net/library/britishland/files/
pdf_118.pdf
- GLA Sustainable Procurement
Policy
http://www.london.gov.uk/rp/poli
cy/
IPF Environmental Best Practice
https://www.ipf.org.uk/MainWebSi
te/Resources/Document/Environme
ntal%20Best%20Practice%20Investm
ent%20Management%20Policies%202
010%20update.pdf
- ODA Sustainable Development
Strategy
http://www.london2012.com/docu
ments/oda-publications/oda-
sustainable-development-strategy-
full-version.pdf
- London 2012 PVC Policy
http://www.london2012.com/docu
ments/imported/use-of-pvc-
policy.pdf
- London 2012 HFC Policy
http://www.london2012.com/docu
ments/imported/use-of-hfc-
policy.pdf
- Supplier Ethical Data Exchange
(Sedex)
http://www.sedexglobal.com/
- Adaptation New Build Retrofit
and case stsudies
http://www.london.gov.uk/trccg/d
ocs/pub1.pdf
- Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth
Form College, UK
http://www.excellencegateway.or
g.uk/node/3541
- Carbon Table
http://www.carbontable.com/
- Empire State Building
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/
publish/us/en/products/building_e
fficiency/esb.html
- Envirowise
http://envirowise.wrap.org.uk/cha
nge/casestudies.html
- InterfaceFLOR EPD
http://tinyurl.com/6cv5wy8
- ODA Learning Legacy website
http://learninglegacy.london2012.c
om/
- Tata Steel's Shotton plant case
study of sustainable product
manufacture
http://www.colorcoat-
online.com/en/sustainability/color
coat_sustainable/
- Technology Strategy Board
http://www.innovateuk.org/public
ations/case-studies.ashx
- Usable Buildings Trust
http://www.usablebuildings.co.uk/
- Vulcan House, Sheffield, UK
http://www.tatasteelconstruction.
com/file_source/StaticFiles/Constr
uction/Library/Sections/FIS_Vulcan
_House.pdf
- Waste Resource Action
Programme (WRAP) case studies
http://www.wrap.org.uk/construct
ion/case_studies/
- AECB Carbonlite
http://www.carbonlite.org.uk/
- Apres
http://apres.lboro.ac.uk/resources.p
hp
- Building Research Establishment
(BRE)
http://www.bre.co.uk/training.jsp
- Certified Passivhaus Designer
course
http://www.passivhaus.org.uk/page.
jsp?id=24
- CIBSE
http://www.cibsetraining.co.uk/
- CIBSE Low Carbon Assessors
http://www.cibseenergycentre.co.uk
/assessors.html
- Concrete Sustainability for
Managers
http://nrmca.org/education/Certific
ations/Sustainability.htm
- Construction Skills training courses
http://www.cskills.org/supportbusin
ess/courses/
- RIBA CPD - Product Transparency
and EPDs
http://www.ribaonlinecpd.com/strea
ming/03781_facts/index.asp
- Timber Trade Federation
http://www.ttf.co.uk/TTF_Education
/On_Line_Learning.aspx
- UK-GBC Sustainability Training &
Education Programme (STEP)
http://step.ukgbc.org/
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- Building Research Establishment
Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM)
New Construction
http://www.breeam.org/podpage.jsp?id=369
- BS 8555:2003 Environmental management
systems. Guide to the phased implementation
of an environmental management system
including the use of environmental
performance evaluation
http://shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pi
d=000000000030077920
- BS EN ISO 14040:2006 Environmental
management. Life cycle assessment.
Principles and framework
http://shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pi
d=000000000030154435
- BS EN 16001:2009 Energy management
systems. Requirements with guidance for use
http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/?pid=0
00000000030172146
- BS8555 Guide to the phased implementation
of an environmental management system
including the use of environmental
performance evaluation
http://www.iema.net/ems/acorn_scheme/bs85
55
- Building for Environmental and Economic
Sustainability (BEES) software
http://www.wbdg.org/tools/bees.php
- Carbon Buzz
http://www.carbonbuzz.org/
- CEEQUAL
http://www.ceequal.com/
- European Standards Mandate M350
Sustainability of Construction Works
http://www.bsigroup.com/en/Standards-and-
Publications/Committee-
Members/Construction-committee-members-
area/M350-Standards/
- Code for Sustainable Homes
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/co
de_for_sust_homes.pdf
- Considerate Constructors
http://www.ccscheme.org.uk/
- Constructing Excellence
http://www.constructingexcellence.org.uk/
- Cradle to Cradle
http://www.mbdc.com/detail.aspx?linkid=2&su
blink=8
- Daysim
http://daysim.com/
- Display Energy Certificates (DEC)
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/
planningandbuilding/displayenergycertificates
- Design Quality Indicator (DQI)
http://www.dqi.org.uk/website/default.aspa
- Ecohomes
Benchmark (GRESB)
http://gresb.com/
- ISO 26000 – Social responsibility
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalo
gue/management_and_leadership_s
tandards/social_responsibility/sr_di
scovering_iso26000.htm
- Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors Ska Rating
http://www.rics.org/ska
- Supplier Ethical Data Exchange
(SEDEX)
http://www.sedexglobal.com/
- SMARTWaste
http://www.smartwaste.co.uk/
- Sustainability Report Assurance
(SRA)
http://www.bsigroup.com/en/Asse
ssment-and-certification-
services/management-
systems/Standards-and-
Schemes/Sustainability-Report-
Assurance/
- Sustainable Concrete Forum
http://www.sustainableconcrete.or
g.uk/
- Waste Resource Action
Programme (WRAP) halving Waste
to Landfill
http://www.wrap.org.uk/construct
ion/halving_waste_to_landfill/
efault.aspa
- Display Energy Certificate (DEC)
http://www.communities.gov.uk/
publications/planningandbuilding/
displayenergycertificates
- Dow Jones Sustainability Index
http://www.sustainability-
index.com/
- ENDS Directory 2010
http://www.endsdirectory.com/in
dex.cfm?action=articles.home
- Energy Performance Certificate
(EPC)
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Ho
meAndCommunity/BuyingAndSelli
ngYourHome/Energyperformancec
ertificates/DG_177137
- Environment Agency
Performance
http://www.environment-
agency.gov.uk/business/topics/pe
rformance/default.aspx - League
Table (PLT)
- European Public Real Estate
Association (EPRA)
http://www.epra.com/regulation-
and-reporting/sustainability/
- Green Guide to Specification
http://www.bre.co.uk/greenguid
e/podpage.jsp?id=2126
- Green Rating Alliance
http://www.green-rating.com/
- Greenprint Foundation
http://www.greenprintfoundation
.org/Default.aspx
- GRESB Green Star
http://gresb.com/benchmark
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Construction and Real Estate
Sector Supplement (CRESS)
https://www.globalreporting.org/
reporting/sector-
guidance/construction-and-real-
estate/Pages/default.aspx
- Housing Quality Indicators
http://www.homesandcommuniti
es.co.uk/hqi
- International Sustainability
Alliance
http://www.internationalsustaina
bilityalliance.org/
- International Property
Database (IPD) Benchmarking
http://www.ipd.com/OurProducts
Services/WorkingwithinthePublicS
ector/PropertyBenchmarkingservi
ce/tabid/2427/Default.aspx
http://www.bre.co.uk/what-we-
do.jsp
- Building Research Establishment
Environmental Assessment Method
(BREEAM) In-Use
http://www.breeam.org/page.jsp?id
=373
- Building Research Establishment
Environmental Assessment Method
(BREEAM) New Construction
http://www.breeam.org/podpage.js
p?id=369
- Building Research Establishment
(BRE) Post Occupancy Evaluation
http://www.bre.co.uk/page.jsp?id=
1793
- British Council for Offices Best
Practice Guide
http://www.bco.org.uk/research/
- BS 8900:2006 Guidance for
Managing Sustainable development
http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductD
etail/?pid=000000000030118956
- BSRIA & Usable Buildings Trust–
soft landings
http://www.bsria.co.uk/services/de
sign/soft-landings/
- BSRIA Commissioning Guide Set
https://www.bsria.co.uk/bookshop/
books/commissioning-guide-set-
compak1/
- Business Council on Climate
Change (USA) Green Tenant Toolkit
http://www.bc3sfbay.org/green-
tenant-toolkit.html
- CABE/Design Council
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/ou
r-work/CABE/Design-Review/
- CABE Sustainable Places
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.
gov.uk/20110118095356/http:/www.
cabe.org.uk/sustainable-places
- Chartered Institute of Buildings
(CIOB) Carbon Action 2050
http://www.carbonaction2050.com
- Carbon Disclosure Project
https://www.cdproject.net/en-
US/Pages/HomePage.aspx
- Carbon Trust
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/cut-
carbon-reduce-
costs/pages/default.aspx
- Considerate Constructors Scheme
http://www.ccscheme.org.uk/
- CIBSE research & guidance
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=page.view&item=453
No website addresses:
Bank of America Tower, New York
Beijing’s City Plan
ITC Headquarters, India
Lisneal College, Derry, N. Ireland
Los Angeles Department of Public
Works, CA, USA
Low Energy Database
Lowestoft Sixth Form College
Mauritius Commercial Bank
Mayor of London Green Awards
(Green 500)
National Energy Foundation
Newport City Footbridge
NRC
O’Hare International Airport North
Air Traffic Control Tower
The Address, Dubai
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http://www.breeam.org/page.jsp?id=21
- Ecohomes XB
http://www.breeam.org/page.jsp?id=275
- Ecotect
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/inde
x?id=12602821&siteID=123112
- EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
http://www.bsigroup.co.uk/Assessment-and-
Certification-services/Management-
systems/Standards-and-Schemes/EMAS/
- BS EN 15804 Sustainability of construction
works. Environmental product Declarations.
Core rules for the product category of
construction products
http://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/Ho
me/Project/201100664
- BS EN 15942:2011
Sustainability of construction works.
Environmental product declarations.
Communication format business-to-business
http://shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pi
d=000000000030200469
- BS 8902:2009 Responsible sourcing sector
certification schemes for construction
products. Specification
http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/?pid=0
00000000030191223
- BS 8903:2010 Principles and framework for
procuring sustainably
http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/?pid=0
00000000030203003
- ISO 14044:2006 Environmental management
- Life cycle assessment - Requirements and
guidelines
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnu
mber=38498
- EnergyPlus
http://www.designbuilder.co.uk/content/view
/29/44/
- Envest 2
http://envest2.bre.co.uk/
- Energy Performance Certificates (EPC)
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommu
nity/BuyingAndSellingYourHome/Energyperform
ancecertificates/DG_177137
- Environmental Design Solutions Limited
(EDSL) TAS Software
http://www.edsl.net/main/
- EPODA
http://epoda.co.uk/live/
- eQuick Energy Simulation Tool (eQuest)
http://doe2.com/equest/
-Forest Stewardship Council
http://www.fsc.org/
- GaBi Build-it
http://www.gabi-software.com/software/gabi-
build-it/
- International Property
Database (IPD) Eco-Ledger
Benchmark tool
http://www.ipd.com/LinkClick.as
px?link=downloads%2Fprodukter%2
FEco-Ledger-
Flyer.pdf&tabid=1904&mid=6531
- International Property
Database (IPD) Environment
Code
http://www.ipdoccupiers.com/De
fault.aspx?TabId=1632
- ISO 14025:2006 Environmental
labels and declarations Type III
environmental declarations
Principles and procedures
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue
_detail?csnumber=38131
- Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
Sustainability benchmarking
http://www.joneslanglasalle.co.u
k/UnitedKingdom/EN-
GB/Pages/Sustainability_Benchma
rking_Definition.aspx
- US-Green Building Council
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED)
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPag
e.aspx?CategoryID=19
- London Benchmarking Group
http://www.lbg-
online.net/about-lbg.aspx
- ODA Sustainable Development
Strategy
http://www.london2012.com/doc
uments/oda-publications/oda-
sustainable-development-strategy-
full-version.pdf
- Passivhaus
http://www.passivhaus.org.uk/
- Secured by design
http://www.securedbydesign.com
/
- Strategic Forum for
Construction
http://www.strategicforum.org.u
k
- Sustainable Concrete Forum
http://www.sustainableconcrete.
org.uk/
- Sustainable timber
procurement
http://www.cpet.org.uk/uk-
government-timber-procurement-
policy
- Target Zero
http://www.targetzero.info/inde
- CIBSE TM22: Energy Assessment &
Reporting Methodology
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=43
- CIBSE TM25 Understanding
building photovoltaics
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=46
- CIBSE TM31: Building log book
toolkit
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=227
- CIBSE TM 36 Climate change and
the indoor environment: impacts
and adaptation
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=295
- CIBSE TM39: Building Energy
Metering
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=347
- CIBSE TM46: Energy Benchmarks
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=page.view&item=1190
- CIBSE TRY/DSY Hourly Weather
Data Set
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=332
- CIBSE Guide A: Environmental
design
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=1
- CIBSE Guide B: Heating,
Ventilating, Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=305
- Construction Industry Research
and Information Association (CIRIA)
http://www.ciria.org/service/Home
/AM/ContentManagerNet/HomePage
s/CIRIA_1502_20080929T115140Hom
ePage.aspx?Section=Home
- CIBSE Guide D: Transportation
systems in buildings
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=4
- CIBSE Guide G: Public health
engineering
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=7
- CIBSE Guide H: Building control
systems
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=8
- CIBSE Commissioning Codes: Set
of Seven Codes
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- Green Globes
http://www.greenglobes.com/
- Green Guide to Specification
http://www.bre.co.uk/greenguide/podpage.jsp
?id=2126
- Green Building Council Australia Green Star
http://www.gbca.org.au/green-star/
- GreenSpec
http://www.greenspec.co.uk/
- Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE)
database
http://www.bath.ac.uk/mech-
eng/sert/embodied/
- IPD Environment Code
http://www.ipdoccupiers.com/Default.aspx?Ta
bId=1632
- ISO 14000 series
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_14000_essentials
- ISO 14025:2006 Environmental labels and
declarations -- Type III environmental
declarations -- Principles and procedures
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnu
mber=38131
- ISO 14044:2006 Environmental management
Life cycle assessment - Requirements and
guidelines
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnu
mber=38498
- ISO/WD 14046 Life cycle assessment --
Water footprint -- Requirements and
guidelines
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogu
e_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=43263
- ISO/DIS 14067 Carbon footprint of products -
- Requirements and guidelines for
quantification and communication
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogu
e_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=59521
- ISO 21930:2007 Sustainability in building
construction - Environmental declaration of
building products
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnu
mber=40435
- ISO 9001:2008 Quality management systems
– Requirements
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnu
mber=46486
- BS EN 16001:2009 Energy management
systems. Requirements with guidance for use
http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/?pid=0
00000000030172146
- ISO/TS 21931-1:2006 Sustainability in
building construction -- Framework for
methods of assessment for environmental
performance of construction works -- Part 1:
Buildings
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnu
x.php?/
- TM46 – CIBSE
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?
go=page.view&item=1190
- UK Construction Key
Performance Indicators
http://www.bre.co.uk/page.jsp?i
d=1478
- UK Contractor Group
http://www.ukcg.org.uk/home/
- Urban Land Institute (ULI)
LESSEN
http://www.less-en.org/
Timber Trade Federation
Responsible Purchasing Policy
requirement for continuous
Improvement on an annual basis.
http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go
=publications.view&item=266
- Considerate Constructors Scheme
http://www.ccscheme.org.uk/
- Constructing Excellence
http://www.constructingexcellence.
org.uk/
- Construction Product Association
(CPA)
http://www.constructionproducts.or
g.uk/aboutus/Page.aspx?Id=16
- Institute of Environmental
Management & assessment (IEMA)
Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA) Quality Mark
http://www.iema.net/qmark
- Energy Saving Trust best practice
guide
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.u
k/Publications2/Local-authorities-
and-housing-associations/Existing-
housing/Area-Based-Approach-Best-
Practice-Guide
- Environment Agency – NetRegs
http://www.environment-
agency.gov.uk/netregs/
- Flood Risk Assessment Guidance
for New Development,
Environment Agency and Defra
(2005)
http://www.environment-
agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/3166
2.aspx
- Neighbourhood Forum/Village
Design Statement
http://www.pas.gov.uk/pas/core/p
age.do?pageId=1562794
- GPA common metrics
http://www.bpf.org.uk/en/files/bpf
_documents/sustainability/Common_
Metrics_Paper_FINAL.pdf
- Green Book Live
http://www.greenbooklive.com/
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Construction and Real Estate Sector
Supplement (CRESS)
https://www.globalreporting.org/re
porting/sector-
guidance/construction-and-real-
estate/Pages/default.aspx
- Waste Resource Action
Programme (WRAP) halving Waste
to Landfill
http://www.wrap.org.uk/constructi
on/halving_waste_to_landfill/
- Institution of Civil Engineers
http://www.ice.org.uk/Information-
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mber=40434
- ISO 15686-1:2011 Buildings and constructed
assets -- Service life planning -- Part 1:
General principles and framework
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogu
e_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=45798
- ISO 15392:2008 Sustainability in building
construction -- General principles
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogu
e_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=40432
- US-Green Building Council Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?Categ
oryID=19
- Lifetime homes
http://www.lifetimehomes.org.uk/
- London Housing Design Guide
http://www.lda.gov.uk/publications-and-
media/publications/design-guide.aspx
- Minergie
http://www.minergie.ch/home_en.html
- Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES)
http://www.iesve.com/
- NaturePlus
http://www.natureplus.org/nc/fr/presse/actua
lites/seite/4/news/asbp-
launch/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=3
- Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 2050
http://www.bsigroup.com/en/Standards-and-
Publications/How-we-can-help-
you/Professional-Standards-Service/PAS-
2050/PAS-2050/
- Passivhaus
http://www.passivhaus.org.uk/standard.jsp?id=
37
- Programme for the Endorsement of Forestry
Certification
http://www.pefc.co.uk/
- Radiance
http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/
- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
SKA
http://www.rics.org/ska
- Specialist in Land Contamination (SiLC)
http://www.silc.org.uk/
- Standard Assessment Procedure for the
Energy Rating of Dwellings (SAP)
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/emi
ssions/sap/sap.aspx
- Simplified Building Energy Modelling (SBEM)
http://www.ncm.bre.co.uk/
- SimaPro
http://www.simapro.co.uk/
- Smart Waste
http://www.smartwaste.co.uk/
- Society of Construction and Quantity
Surveyors Whole life Costing
resources
- Institution of Mechanical
Engineers (IMechE)
http://www.imeche.org/knowledge
- Home Builders Federation (HBF)
http://www.hbf.co.uk/
- Good Homes Alliance (GHA)
http://www.goodhomes.org.uk/reso
urces/
- Institute of Environmental
Management and Assessment
(IEMA) Vol12 - Environmental
management plans
http://www.iema.net/shop/product
_info.php?cPath=27_29&products_id
=9472
- Institute of Environmental
Management and Assessment
(IEMA) Vol13 - Adapting to climate
change: a guide to its management
in organisations
http://www.iema.net/shop/product
_info.php?cPath=27_29&products_id
=9848
- Institute of Environmental
Management and Assessment
(IEMA) Vol14 - Climate Change
Mitigation: a guide for
organisations
http://www.iema.net/shop/product
_info.php?cPath=27_29&products_id
=10006
- Institute of Environmental
Management and Assessment
(IEMA) Principles considering
climate change mitigation and
adaptation in EIA
http://www.iema.net/eia-cc
- International Property Database
(IPD) Environment Code
http://www.ipdoccupiers.com/Defa
ult.aspx?TabId=1632
- IPD Sustainable Property Index
Monitor (ISPI) Monitor Code
http://www1.ipd.com/Pages/DNNPa
ge.aspx?DestUrl=http%3A//www.ipd.
com/sharepoint.aspx%3Ftabid%3D221
5
- Institution of Structural Engineers
(IStructE)
http://www.istructe.org/resources-
centre
- GUT (Gmeinschaft
umweltfreundlicher Teppichboden)
http://www.ecolabelindex.com/ecol
abel/gut
- Landlord Energy Statement –
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http://www.wholelifecosting.co.uk/
- Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine
(SPeAR)
http://www.arup.com/Projects/SPeAR.aspx
- TRACE 700
http://www.trane.com/Commercial/Dna/View.
aspx?i=1136
- Transient System Simulation Tool (TRNSYS)
http://www.trnsys.com/
- Timber Trade Federation Responsible
Purchasing Policy (RPP)
http://www.ttf.co.uk/Environment/Responsibl
e_Purchasing_Policy.aspx
- United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS
9001)
http://www.ukas.com/
- United Nations Environment Programme
Sustainable Buildings Climate Initiative (UNEP
SBCI) Common Metrics
http://www.unep.org/sbci/Activities/CCM_Pilo
t.asp
- Waste Resource Action Programme (WRAP):
Designing Out Waste in Buildings
http://www.wrap.org.uk/construction/tools_an
d_guidance/designing_out_waste/dow_building
s.html
- Waste Resource Action Programme (WRAP)
Net waste and minimising waste
http://www.wrap.org.uk/downloads/19279-
02_Design_Guide_online_pdf_version.06dc831f.
7167.pdf
- Waste Resource Action Programme (WRAP):
Designing Out Waste Tool for Buildings
http://www.wrap.org.uk/downloads/19279-
02_Design_Guide_online_pdf_version.06dc831f.
7167.pdf
- Waste Resource Action Programme (WRAP):
Recycled content Toolkit
http://www.wrap.org.uk/construction/
Tenant Energy Statement (LES-TER)
http://www.les-ter.org/page/home
- Local/regional historic building
trusts
http://www.savebritainsheritage.or
g/your_campaign/
- Better Buildings Partnership - Low
Carbon Retrofit Toolkit
http://www.betterbuildingspartners
hip.co.uk/working-
groups/sustainable-retrofit/low-
carbon-retrofit-toolkit/
- National Building Specification
(NBS)
http://www.thenbs.com/resources/i
ndex.asp
- Waste Resource Action
Programme (WRAP) Netwaste
Toolkit
http://nwtool.wrap.org.uk/Docume
nts/NW%20Tool%20Manual.pdf
- National Industrial Symbiosis
Programme (NISP)
http://www.nisp.org.uk/
- Natural England guidance
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/
ourwork/enjoying/outdoorsforall/ac
cesstonature/guidance.aspx
- ISO 21930:2007 - Sustainability in
building construction --
Environmental declaration of
building products
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_d
etail?csnumber=40435
- Strategic Forum - Reducing the
Footprint of the Construction
Process
http://www.strategicforum.org.uk/
pdf/06CarbonReducingFootprint.pdf
- Royal Institute of British
Architects (RIBA) Green Overlay
http://www.ribabookshops.com/upl
oads/9a0204f4-8775-d644-c9d1-
b2d508c5924b.pdf
- Royal Institute of Chartered
Surveyors (RICS) SKA
http://www.rics.org/ska
- Robust Details Certification
Scheme
http://www.robustdetails.com/
- Site Waste Management Plan
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/
2008/314/contents/made
- Society for the Protection of
Ancient Buildings
http://www.spab.org.uk/advice/
- Sustainable Business Toolkit for
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Construction Skills
http://www.cskills.org/uploads/cat
11_tcm17-24365.pdf
- Sustainable Concrete Forum
http://www.sustainableconcrete.org
.uk/
- Technology Strategy Board (TSB)
http://www.innovateuk.org/
- EU Timber Regulation
http://www.cpet.org.uk/eu-timber-
regulation
- The Alliance for Sustainable
Building Products
http://www.asbp.org.uk/
- UK Climate Impacts Programme
(UKCIP), Environmental Change
Institute
http://www.ukcip.org.uk/
- UK Contractor Group
http://www.ukcg.org.uk/home/
- UK Green Building Council (UK-
GBC)
http://www.ukgbc.org/site/home
- United Nations Environment
Programme Sustainable Buildings
Climate Initiative (UNEP SBCI)
Common Metrics
http://www.unep.org/sbci/Activitie
s/CCM_Pilot.asp
- Building for Tomorrow Today -
Sustainable Design and
Construction: Leeds Local
Development Framework
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/housing/P
lanning/Planning_consultations/Build
ing_for_tomorrow_today__sustainabl
e_design_and_construction__SPD_(L
DF).aspx Statement/Neighbourhood
planning
Waterwise
http://www.waterwise.org.uk/
- Waste Resource Action
Programme (WRAP): Recycled
content Toolkit
http://www.wrap.org.uk/
- Zero Carbon Hub http://www.zerocarbonhub.org/
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APPENDIX B – SUB GROUP SPREADSHEETS
Please see separate document on UK-GBC website.
APPENDIX C - CASE STUDY TEMPLATE
The following structure has been prepared as a suggested outline for developing case studies to
ensure consistency of information. There will be an option for making case studies anonymous or
restricted to members only. It will be possible to easily update the information and add
comments/views.
Names of those involved in writing the case study Abstract Summary of the project, product, corporate/operational approach with key stats What was done?
• Project name
• Location
• Objectives and specifications – link to sustainability strategy
• Key stakeholders and partners
• Project period
• Classification (new/refurb, domestic/non-domestic, product, community infrastructure
project, etc)
• Sustainability guidance/tools used (WRAP toolkit, BBP Green Lease toolkit)
• Third party certification achieved (BREEAM, Code for Sustainable Homes, BES6001,
Environmental Product Declaration etc.)
• Investment and payback
How was it done? • Brief description of the sustainability initiative and how it was delivered
• Consideration of new technologies/innovation
• Barriers to implementation and strategies used to overcome barriers
• Resources used to deliver the initiative and relevant costs
Results • Results and achievements (environmental, social and economic)
• Lessons learned (what worked what did not work?)
• Conclusions drawn (what will do differently next time?)
• Legacy and long-term management
• Value – commercial and other
• Comparison to relevant benchmarks
Attachments • Photos
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APPENDIX D – EXAMPLES OF A USER JOURNEY USING THE PLATFORM
This Appendix looks to provide an idea of some possible user journey’s and some possible outputs, please note that the outputs will be reviewed during
the development process, this is just for illustrative purposes only.
The user here is looking to prepare a holistic sustainability strategy for a new housing development. They would go through an initial selection process
which will then provide a set of results which can be found on the following page.
Selection process What stage in the building lifecycle are you at?
Strategy Acquisition
Master
planning
Building
design
Product
supply/
Procurement
New build
construction
Commissioning/
building
handover
Transaction/
change of
use Operations Refurbishment Disposal
What type of project is it?
New Build Refurbishment Fit-out In use CSR
Product
development
What building use is it?
Office Retail School Industrial Healthcare Sports Domestic
What impacts are you looking to address?
Holistic Energy Carbon Water Waste Materials Biodiversity Social Economic
What geographical scope do you want to address?
UK England Wales Scotland N. Ireland Europe International
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Results
Measurement
Adapting to climate change impacts - A good practice guide for sustainable communities
BRE Sustainability Checklist, BREEAM
Building for Life
CABE
Carbon Trust Standard
Code for Sustainable Homes
Design for Homes
EA Flood Map
Ecohomes/BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment
Good Homes Alliance Standard
Heritage at Risk register, English Heritage. Save Britain’s Heritage Buildings at Risk register. Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland
Heritage Gateway & National Heritage list for England
ISO 14001
ISO14044
Landscape character assessment
Lifetime Homes
Local Transport Plan
Manual for Streets
Passivhaus
SHIFT
UK-GBC Example Decision Framework - Waste
UK-GBC Example Decision Framework - Water
Reporting
ISO14001
Credit 360
SEDEX
Examples of
progressive KPIs
and benchmarks
%of new homes built to levels 4 and above of CSH
Strategic Forum
WRAP Halving Waste to Landfill
ODA Sustainable Development Strategy
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Guidance and
toolkits
Biodiversity in planning and development – code of practice
CABE Sustainable Places
Carbon Trust
CIBSE research & guidance.
CIBSE TM22: Energy Assessment & Reporting Methodology
CIBSE TM39: Building Energy Metering
EIA Quality Mark
Energy Opportunity Plans
Energy Saving Trust
Flood Risk Assessment Guidance for New Development, Environment Agency and Defra (2005) Neighbourhood Forum/Village Design Statement
Industry bodies - e.g. HBF, Good Homes Alliance
Local/regional historic building trusts.
NPPF; Where relevant, AONB authorities; Natural England guidance
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
UK Climate Impacts Programme, Environmental Change Institute
Various Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs), e.g.Building for Tomorrow Today - Sustainable Design and Construction: Leeds Local Development
Framework
Village Design Statement/Neighbourhood planning
WRAP
Zero Carbon Hub
Policies for
borrowing
British Land Brief for Sustainable Developments
London 2012 PVC Policy
London 2012 Sustainable Development Strategy
Case studies
Carbon Trust low carbon building accelerators case studies
ODA Learning Legacy website
Training &
education UK-GBC STEP Introduction
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The user here is a commercial tenant looking to address its internal operational performance around energy and carbon. They would go through an
initial selection process which will then provide a set of results which can be found on the following page.
Selection process What stage in the building lifecycle are you at?
Strategy Acquisition
Master
planning
Building
design
Product
supply/
Procurement
New build
construction
Commissioning/
building
handover
Transaction/
change of
use Operations Refurbishment Disposal
What type of project is it?
New Build Refurbishment Fit out In use CSR
Product
development
What building use is it?
Office Retail School Industrial Healthcare Sports Domestic
What impacts are you looking to address?
Holistic Energy Carbon Water Waste Materials Biodiversity Social Economic
What geographical scope do you want to address?
UK England Wales Scotland N. Ireland Europe International
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Results
Measurement
BBP Better Metering Toolkit
BBP Green Building Management Toolkit
BREEAM In Use
EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
EPODA
ISO EN 16001
ISO14001
RICS SKA
Reporting
BiTC – CR Index
Carbon Disclosure Project
Carbon Trust Standard
Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Green 500
GRI
SEDEX
Ska Rating
Examples of
progressive KPIs
and benchmarks
IPD Eco-Ledger Benchmark tool
IPD Health Check tool
London Benchmarking Group
ULI LESSEN
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Guidance and
toolkits
British Council for Offices Best Practice Guide
BS 8900:2006 Guidance for Managing Sustainable development
Building User Guide for BREEAM compliant buildings
Business Council on Cliamate Change (USA) Green Tenant Toolkit
Carbon Disclosure Project
CRC
GPA metrics
Green 500
GRI CRESS
IPD Environment Code
ISPI Monitor Code
LES-TER
RICS Maintenance Schedules
SKA
UNEP Common Carbon Metrics
Case studies
Carbon Table
Mayor of London Green Awards (Green 500)
Training &
education
BREEAM
UK-GBC STEP Introduction
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The user here is a product manufacturer. They would go through an initial selection process which will then provide a set of results which can be found
on the following page.
Selection process What stage in the building lifecycle are you at?
Strategy Acquisition
Master
planning
Building
design
Product supply/
Procurement
New build
construction
Commissioning/
building
handover
Transaction/
change of
use Operations Refurbishment Demolition
What type of project is it?
New
Build Refurbishment Fit out In use CSR
Product
development
What building use is it?
Office Retail School Industrial Healthcare Sports Domestic All
What impacts are you looking to address?
Holistic Energy Carbon Water Waste Materials Biodiversity Social Economic
What geographical scope do you want to address?
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Results
Measurement
tools
Environmental Profiles
ICE database
Measurement
standards
BES6001
BS EN ISO 14040 (Environmental Management. Life Cycle Assessment. Principles and Framework)
BS EN ISO 14044 (Environmental Management. Life Cycle Assessment. Requirements and Guidelines)
CEN TC 350
Cradle to Cradle
ISO 14025
ISO 14044
ISO 21930
EN 15804(dev)
EN 15942
ISO 14067(dev)
ISO 14046(dev)
Management
Systems
There are no management systems as such for measuring products. There are systems in existence which sets out how to go about putting in place an
Environmental Management System, e.g. ISO 14001.
Less widely used is ISO 9001, which applies to the processes that create and control the products and services an organisation supplies and prescribes
systematic control of activities to ensure that the needs and expectations of customers are met
Principles
that
measurement
systems
should
conform to
Based on a full lifecycle approach.
Common transparent independently verified LCA database.
Consistent with European activities.
Recognise the importance of Responsible Sourcing. Consistent across all construction products.
Product measurement tools should be fair, create a level playing field for all product manufacturers, be based on agreed standards and be easily applied
and understood. They must also be compatible with higher policy requirements. So, for example, product measurement tools should not drive products
from the market. Should be based the full Life cycle of a product, verified by a qualified third party and conducted to transparent methodology, so
different products can be compared objectively.
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Reporting
There are relatively few, if any, obligatory reporting frameworks in existence. Most product manufacturers have to report on their performance in meeting
statutory requirements on allowable emissions, for example and this is a significant issue for them. More recently, we have seen the introduction of the
CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, a mandatory carbon emissions reporting and pricing scheme to cover all organisations using more than 6,000MWh per year
of electricity per annum. There is a huge raft of initiatives in existence to encourage product manufacturers to improve their environmental performance
and the best known of these is probably the Government's Sustainable Construction Strategy. However, this relies on voluntary leadership and
implementation of best practice rather than any formal framework.
GRI
Sustainable Concrete Forum
What
principles
should
reporting
frameworks
conform to
GRI, AA1000, ISO 26000
Based on existing management systems
Sustainable Concrete Forum
Examples of
progressive
KPIs and
benchmarks
Government Sustainability Strategy
UK Contractors Group
BREEAM
GRI
Constructing Excellence
Strategic Forum
Sustainable Concrete Forum
How do you
compare
product
performance?
The Green Guide
EPD
Various Carbon Calculators
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Guidance and
toolkits
Carbon Trust
Waterwise
The Institute for the Built environment (IBU), together with industry associations for the flooring sector, has developed Product Category Rules (PCR)
outlining the information needed for a ‘Floor Coverings’ EPD. IBU acts as the third party verifier and for both the LCA and the process and ensures the EPD
follows IBU’s standardised scheme.
Sustainable Concrete Forum
Case studies
A case study of sustainable product manufacture at Tata Steel's Shotton plant can be found at http://www.colorcoat-
online.com/en/sustainability/colorcoat_sustainable/
An example of a InterfaceFLOR EPD can be found here on the IBU website : http://tinyurl.com/6cv5wy8
Over 60% reduction in waste from the concrete industry. 88% of concrete certified to responsible sourcing standard BES 6001.
Example
policies
See http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/company/procurement/ for an example of the procurement policy at Tata Steel. Also, Tata Steel Colors was used
as a pathfinder within the company to achieve certification to BES 6001, the BRE standard on sustainable procurement. See http://www.colorcoat-
online.com/en/company/news/tata_steel_colors_certified_BES_6001.
Sustainable Procurement Policy,
UK Contractors Group,
Achilles
Sedex
CEEQUAL
Training &
education
STEP
RIBA CPD - Product Transparency and EPDs
Apres
Concrete Sustainability for Managers
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APPENDIX E - MEMBER QUESTIONS
1. We’re fitting out our retail spaces which tools should I use to measure impacts?
2. As a contractor what is the best way to report performance?
3. Is there anywhere independent I can provide my project data for benchmarking?
4. How can I make my products as sustainable as possible?
5. What do I need to do/is expected of me as a UK-GBC member?
6. Where can I get examples of embodied carbon benchmarks for a new build office block?
7. What progressive targets should I set for a new school?
8. How do I write an environmental/sustainability policy?
9. How do I develop a sustainability strategy for an SME organisation?
10. Is GRI CRESS appropriate for me?
APPENDIX F – BARRIERS TO PROGRESS
The Task Group identified some barriers to progress that require further help from UK-GBC and
other groups to lead on or work with Government for resolution. These are set out here:
• A clear business case for sustainable buildings
• Better links between design and end use of energy management
• Clarity of zero carbon definition
• Plans around allowable solutions, FiTs and RHI
• Clear international common metrics
• Consolidating information
• Addressing the gap between design and as built
• Designing for commissioning – good discrete access
• District Network operators
• Embodied carbon database and benchmarks
• Project team integration
• Lifecycle carbon
• Transparent product performance database and benchmarks at building level
• Compatibility with higher level strategies emerging from Europe
• Fewer but more focused initiatives.
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APPENDIX G - ADDING INFORMATION TO THE ONLINE PLATFORM
Those looking to add information to the online platform will be required to provide the following
details:
Uploading General (case studies, guidance, KPI’s etc.)
• Title of information
• Summary of information
• Who uploaded it and organisation
• When it was uploaded
• Whether it is open to members only or the wider public
• Cost
Specifically for tools
• Its status in the regulatory market
• How it conforms to principles around common metrics such as UNEP SBCI Common
Carbon Metrics2, Green Property Alliance Common Metrics3, standards, transparency,
sharing data etc.
For training courses
• Title of course
• Summary of course
• Training provider type
• Course location
• Cost
• Whether it is open to members only or the wider public
• Who uploaded it
• When it was uploaded
Tagging There will be a requirement to tag the information being uploaded based on the following:
Information
• Stage of the building lifecycle it is applicable to
• Building type (new, existing, refurbishment)
• Building function (office, home)
• Themes (energy, carbon, water, waste, materials)
• Geographical scope
Training
• Stage of the building lifecycle interested in
• Type of training provider
• Length of course
• Themes (energy, carbon, water, waste, materials)
• Cost
• Location
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APPENDIX H – UK-GBC MEMBER COMMITMENT PROPOSALS
The following three proposals were put forward to initiate a discussion around strengthening the
UK-GBC member commitment:
1. Keep the existing member commitment as it currently stands
2. Introduce a tiered approach which is not prescriptive but sets out some suggested
actions that are sector specific, for example:
a. Base level – as per current member commitment
b. First level – a commitment to measure performance as suggested by UK-GBC and
provide data where necessary for benchmarking purposes. For example:
i. Projects – Part L – Data to Carbon Buzz ii. Organisations – DEC – Data to CIBSE iii. Products – embodied carbon – data to WRAP?
c. Second level - publicly display a comparable, transparent, third party verified performance label. For example:
i. Projects – e.g. BREEAM, RICS Ska, LEED ii. Organisations – e.g. DEC, GRI CRESS iii. Products – e.g. EPD, BES6001
3. Introduce prescriptive targets for projects, organisations and product suppliers to meet
which can be chosen from a menu of options, for example:
a. Projects – 15% improvement over Part L, 50% carbon reduction, >90% reuse and recycling of construction waste, >90% demolition waste, BREEAM Excellent, CSH
Level 4, 50% local employment, 100% accessible design etc.
i. Dark green projects achieve 100% targets
ii. Light green projects achieve >50% targets
iii. Yellow projects achieve >10% targets
b. Organisations – 50% carbon reduction by 2020,etc.
c. Products –targets should include compliance with a responsible sourcing method, reduction of embodied impacts including carbon and energy, elements of reuse
and recycling and safe and healthy materials.
i. Dark green products achieve 100% targets
ii. Light green products achieve >50% targets
iii. Yellow products achieve >10% targets
The member commitment targets could link back to those KPIs identified in the online platform.
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