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ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE
C1. Economic and Social Initiatives
> What are the sustainability measures in the project?
> What have you done that is different or better?
> What economic and social initiatives have been adopted?
- Green travel
What health and wellbeing initiatives have you adopted?
> Air quality, access to fresh air, control of ventilation,
pollutants, VOC’s.
> Wellbeing amenity including cycling, gym, café,
restorative spaces or other wellbeing facilities.
- Responsible procurement
> Access to daylight, avoiding glare, quality and
controllability of lighting.
- Local sourcing of materials
> Workstation design, stand sit down desks etc.
- Local jobs created/maintained
> Connections to nature and biophilic design approach.
- Response to civic responsibility
> Inclusive and multi-sensory design (neuro diversity /
accessibility).
- Community engagement and how design
responses to feedback from stakeholders
- Diversity, equity and inclusion design approach
> Material selection, biobased, non-composite
materials.
- Social value strategy
> Interior layout, active design (e.g. visible stairs etc.)
- Community-accessible space, affordable amenity,
community partnership structures.
> Post-occupancy evaluation and sharing of lessons
learned, building tours etc.
> Have you used any system to measure the social
value of the project e.g. social value portal etc?
> Ongoing monitoring of occupant wellbeing and
internal conditions and occupant surveys.
> Emerging benchmarks.
> Other initiatives adopted.
C2. Sustainability & Climate Change
> Did the building achieve any accreditations? (e.g.
WELL score, Fitwell , AirRated etc). Please provide
full copies of the certificates.
Have the climate change risks been identified and the risks
mitigated in the design? [Including overheating, storm
events including horizontal driving rain, flood risks, etc]
> Have you considered embodied and operational
carbon?
> Have you applied Circular Economy design
principles, including retrofit first, design for
disassembly, design for adaptability, use of reclaimed
and/or biogenic materials?
> Has the project improved biodiversity and urban
greening? [Measured based on Biodiversity Net Gain
increase of at least 10% and Urban Greening Factor
of >0.3]
> What accreditations or ratings have been achieved?
(BREEAM, LEED, SKA, NABERs etc) Please provide
full copies of the certificates.
> How did rating process drive the design?
> State the project’s up front and whole life embodied
carbon and benchmarked against appropriate RIBA
2030/UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard
targets [measured in kgCO2e/m2] and verified
post-construction based on as-built information.
> State the project’s operational energy use intensity
in kWh/m2/year (GIA and/or NIA), benchmarked
against compared against UK NZCBS/NABERS
and REEB benchmarks and verified through postoccupancy evaluation.
> What is the percentage contribution from on-site
renewables?
> State the project’s route to net zero carbon using the
UKGBC Net Zero Carbon Framework or the CRREM
paths as a reference.
> State the project’s target water use in litres per person
per day or litre/m2 per year benchmarked against
RIBA 2030 values (target and actual), and REEB
benchmarks and verified through post-occupancy
evaluation.
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C3. Health & Wellbeing
D. Lifting The Spirits
> Describe what sets this project apart from the norm
and therefore why the project should be considered
for an award.
