Sustainability

Question 1

What is the paper which the RICS and UN global compact published ? What does it set out?

Answer 1

Advancing Responsible business in land construction real estate use and investment 2018

Set out how businesses can assess their impact when planning designing constructing and operating buildings

Question 2

Which piece of uk legislation now includes the target for carbon net zero by 2050? What’s the target by 2030?

Answer 2

Climate change act

Reduction in emissions by 78%

Question 3

What are the five ranked UKGBC frameworks for achieving net carbon zero

Answer 3

1 establish nzc scope
2 reduce construction impacts
3 reduce operational energy use
4 increase renewable energy supply
5 offset any remaining carbon

Question 4

What happens every 5 years under the climate change act?

Answer 4

A carbon budget is set which set increasingly stronger regulations

Question 5

What is shown on the front of an EPC certificate? 6 name 4

Answer 5

Address of property and floor area

EPC certificate ref number

Technical information on energy provision

Estimation of running costs

Energy performance rating from A+ to G

Benchmarking information

Question 6

How long is an EPC cert valid for?

Answer 6

10 years

Question 7

What are the current MEES requirements for commercial property? When did it come into place?

Answer 7

All leases from 1 April 2023

Question 8

Name some exemptions for MEES? Name 4

Answer 8

If it doesn’t need one eg place of worship

Workshops with low energy demand eg no heating or cooling

Where tenancy is for less than 6 months with no security of tenure

Where tenancy is for more than 99 years

When it isn’t feasible to improve to E even with all possible improvements

When it can be proven that improvements would devalue the property by more than 5%

When third party consent is refused

Question 9

Who polices MEES

Answer 9

The local authority

Question 10

What’s might MEES rise to by 2027 and 2030?

Answer 10

C by 2027

B by 2030

Question 11

What does BREEAM stand for

Answer 11

Building research establishment environmental assessment method

Question 12

What 9 weightings does BREEAM use? 5 name 4

Answer 12

Energy consumption
Water use
Transport links
Waste management
Health and wellbeing

Question 13

Name a stadard you can build to Other than breeam?

Answer 13

WELL Standard

Question 14

What do green lease clauses do?

Answer 14

Ensures landlords and tenants share information about use of energy, water and waste