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- - - - Definition - Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) is an internationally recognised green building certification system Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in 1998. Information is gathered by design team members though can be coordinated by LEED Accredited Professionals or LEED Green Associates. Assessment and certification is granted solely by the Green Building Certification Institute responsible for the third party verification of project compliance with LEED requirements.
        
        Assessments cover the following major areas:
        
        1) Location and Planning
        
        2) Sustainable Sites
        
        3) Water Efficiency
        
        4) Energy and Atmosphere
        
        5) Materials and Resources
        
        6) Indoor Environmental Quality
        
        7) Innovation and Design Process
        
        8) Regional Priority
        
        Buildings can qualify for four levels of certification:
        
        Certified - 40 - 49 points
        
        Silver - 50 - 59 points
        
        Gold - 60 - 79 points
        
        Platinum - 80 points and above
    - - Definition - Stands for Building Research Establishment, Environmental Assessment Method. BREEAM is an international scheme that provides independent third-party certification of the assessment of the sustainability performance of individual buildings, communities and infrastructure projects. Assessment and certification take place at several stages in the built environment life cycle, from design and construction through to operation and refurbishment
        
        BREEAM headline assessment categories
        
        1) Management
        
        2) Health & Wellbeing
        
        3) Energy
        
        4) Transport
        
        5) Water
        
        6) Materials
        
        7) Waste
        
        8) Land Use and Ecology
        
        9) Pollution
        
        10) Innovation
        
        Advantages of BREEAM certification
        
        1) Demonstrates level of achievement
        
        2) Compliance can lower environmental impact
        
        3) Improves internal environment
        
        4) Can reduce operating costs
        
        5) Improves marketability of the client or developer
        
        BREEAM rating thresholds
        
        1) Outstanding = ≥ 85%
        
        2) Excellent = ≥ 70%
        
        3) Very good = ≥ 55%
        
        4) Good = ≥ 45%
        
        5) Pass = ≥ 30%
        
        6) Unclassified = < 30%
    - - Definition - Operated by RICS, SKA rating is an environmental assessment tool for sustainable fit-outs. SKA comprises more than a hundred 'good practice' measures covering energy and CO2 emissions, waste, water, materials, pollution, wellbeing and transport. An example of a good practice measure is that when wooden flooring is stripped out, it should be sent for re-use to a salvage yard instead of to landfill.
        Project teams interested in fitting out spaces in an environmentally sustainable way can use the SKA rating method to:
        
        1) Carry out an informal self- assessment of the environmental performance of their fit-out
        
        2) Commission a quality-assured assessment and certificate from an RICS-accredited SKA assessor
        
        3) Obtain clear guidance on good practice in fit-out and how to implement it
        
        4) Benchmark the performance of fit-outs against each other and the rest of the industry
- - - - • Name of the waste
      - • What category this falls into via the coding on the .gov website
      - • How it will be disposed? There needs to be an audit of where it will go to after it has been picked up