Table 2.1 BREEAM criteria

Table 2.1BREEAM criteria

Management  Project brief and design  Life cycle cost and service life planning  Responsible construction practices  Commissioning and handover  Aftercare

Energy  Reduction of energy use and carbon  Energy monitoring  External lighting  Low carbon design  Energy efficient cold storage  Energy efficient transport systems  Energy efficient laboratory systems  Energy efficient equipment  Drying space Water  Water consumption  Water monitoring  Water leak detection  Water efficient equipment

Waste  Construction waste management  Recycled aggregates  Operational waste  Speculative floor and ceiling finishes  Adaptation to climate change  Functional adaptability

Pollution  Impact of refrigerants  NOx emissions  Surface water run-off  Reduction of night time light pollution  Reduction of noise pollution Health and wellbeing  Visual comfort  Indoor air quality  Safe containment in laboratories  Thermal comfort  Acoustic performance  Accessibility  Hazards  Private space  Water quality Materials  Life cycle impacts  Hard landscaping and boundary protection  Responsible sourcing of materials  Insulation  Designing for durability and resilience  Material efficiency

Transport  Public transport accessibility  Proximity to amenities  Alternative modes of transport  Maximum car parking capacity  Travel plan Land use and ecology  Site selection  Ecological value of site and protection of ecological features  Minimizing impact on existing site ecology  Enhancing site ecology  Long term impact on biodiversity Innovation  Innovation

DGNB

DGNB was launched in 2009 by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB), with a release of an international version in 2014. The DGNB system includes three equally weighted categories such as: environmental, economic, sociocultural, and the functional quality. It also includes three more categories which have lower weight in the assessment, but important nevertheless: technical, process and site quality. The weighting of the criteria is dependent on the building typology.

The maximum score is 100%, and certification can be rated as: DGNB Bronze (≥35 points), DGNB Silver (≥50 points), DGNB Gold (≥65 points), and DGNB Platinum (≥80 points).

LEED

LEED is established in 1998 in the USA by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). The scoring system is based on a bottom–up methodology, where the indicators are assessed and their points are aggregated within a category. However, the points between categories are not weighted and the final score is a sum of the criteria. LEED for New Construction 2009 is structured into two levels, Categories and Points, which are similar to Issues and Categories in other schemes. The points scoring system is used. There are seven categories that cover (maximum number of points for each category in parentheses): Sustainable Sites (26),

Water Efficiency (10), Energy and Atmosphere (35), Materials and Resources (14), Indoor

Environmental Quality (15), Innovation in Design (6), and Regional Priority (4); the maximum possible total score is 110 points.

In regard to the to the number of points awarded from the assessment, the buildings can be rated as: Unclassified (<40 points), Certified (≥40 points), Silver (≥50 points), Gold (≥60 points), and Platinum (≥80 points).