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BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) is the world’s leading environmental assessment method for buildings, with over
110,000 buildings certified and over half a million registered. It sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and has become the de facto measure of a
building’s environmental performance.
Credits are awarded in each of eight categories according to performance. These credits are then added together to produce a single overall score on a scale of:
PASS, GOOD, VERY GOOD, EXCELLENT.
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BREEAM AWARDS
BREEAM 2008 came into force on August 1st 2008. One of the main changes included creating a new rating
– BREEAM Outstanding – that will sit above the Excellent rating. For the third year running BRE Global will be
presenting awards for the most environmentally friendly buildings certified by BREEAM.
The BREEAM Awards recognise and reward those involved in the design and construction of the highest scoring
buildings certified under BREEAM that year. A BREEAM ‘EXCELLENT’ rating is a pre-qualification, so the winners
truly represent the UK’s top examples of sustainable design.
In order to win an award, each building must have excelled in every environmental category within BREEAM
(e.g. from Energy to Ecology) and therefore winners represent a holistic approach to delivering environmental
sustainability.
As with all BREEAM-rated buildings, the award-winning designs have been independently assessed and certified.
The 2008 awards will be given to buildings in the following categories:
• BREEAM Bespoke
• BREEAM Fit Out
• BREEAM Industrial
• BREEAM Multi-Residential
• BREEAM Offices
• BREEAM Retail
• BREEAM Schools
• Code for Sustainable Homes
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BREEAM please visit
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BREEAM 2008 AWARDS I 1
BREEAM Bespoke Award Winner: Matthew Hay
Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
about the building
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Professor Matthew Hay was the Chief Medical Officer
for Aberdeen in the 1920s and it was his vision to bring
together the teaching and practice of medicine on one site.
The Matthew Hay Project is to be the final part in his vision.
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Developed through a strong collaboration between NHS
Grampian and the University of Aberdeen, the Matthew
Hay Building will combine teaching accommodation for
undergraduate and postgraduate students and healthcare
professionals in a single building.
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All insulants were specified with low Ozone Depleting
Potential (ODP) and Global Warming Potential (GWP)
Encourage use of public transport
All BREEAM construction site impacts considered and
achieved
Low water consumption fittings
Rainwater harvesting system.
The BREEAM Assessment
The University of Aberdeen understands the need for
sustainable development and has taken the opportunity
to incorporate exemplar BREEAM targets into the design
and procurement process. The Matthew Hay Building
is the first to go through this process and, through close
work with the design team and the BREEAM Assessor,
the University of Aberdeen was delighted to achieve the
BREEAM Excellent rating.
The development has achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating,
scoring 76.19%. As a university facility the building fell
outside the standard BREEAM schemes and a Bespoke
BREEAM Assessment was necessary – this is where the
criteria are specifically tailored to the building type. Overall
the sites have performed very well, gaining full credits for
the Management section and achieving high scores in the
following areas:
• Health & Wellbeing
• Energy
• Transport
Key Facts
Building Services
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The building is serviced by a low temperature hot water
(LTHW) system which provides hot water to serve
perimeter heating, natural ventilation and mechanical
ventilation systems.
BREEAM Rating: Excellent
Score: 76.19%
Size: Net lettable area – 3,310m2
Stage: Design & Procurement
BREEAM Version: 2005
Overview of Environmental features
The Matthew Hay Building benefits from:
• A highly efficient façade system.
• U-values and air permeability beyond the minimum
requirements of Building Regulations.
• Exposed, reinforced concrete frame
• Natural daylighting
• Local controls for heating and lighting
• A Building Management System (BMS)
• Day and night lighting modes
• Monitoring of all plant items and energy consumption
• Mixed mode ventilation strategy
• Majority of spaces being naturally ventilated
• Low carbon technologies and passive renewables
• Heating source with low NOx emissions
• Green Guide-rated materials
Extensive thermal modelling was undertaken to assess
the building performance, leading to accurately sized and
efficient plant.
The façade is also highly insulated which adds to the
thermal mass and reduces heat loss.
The mechanical ventilation system incorporates high
efficiency thermal wheels. The thermal wheels remove
heat from the exhaust air which would normally be
rejected to the atmosphere and it transfers it to the supply
Green Strategy
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Pollution
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Land use & Ecology
Health & Wellbeing
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What have you learnt about BREEAM?
The BREEAM process is continuing to develop, especially
with the new version of BREEAM 2008, which allows
design teams and developers to be challenged within their
designs. Achieving BREEAM Excellent on the Matthew
Hay Building was attained through close collaboration
between the design team and the client to realise the
sustainability objectives set out in BREEAM and the targets
set by the BREEAM Assessor.
Architect: Bennetts Associates
Building Services: KJ Tait Engineers
Contractor: Mansell
BREEAM Assessor: Faber Maunsell
Client’s Advisor: Thomas and Adamson
Building Operators: University of Aberdeen
Landscape Architect and Ecologist: Ironside Farrar
Acoustic Consultant: New Acoustics
Structural Engineer: SKM Anthony Hunts
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The building adopts passive design features to reduce
energy demand: exposed thermal mass, natural
lighting and ventilation and the use of technically
proficient facades
Active systems were specified for their efficiency and
longevity
The façade design underwent a full CWCT Sequence
B testing regime to prove its technical performance
A long term green transportation plan was developed
by University of Aberdeen, NHS Grampian and
Aberdeen City Council
The building was designed for long term flexibility.
Design Team details
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A rainwater harvesting system has been installed which
collects rainwater and uses it to serve the WCs. This item
of plant reduces carbon involved in mains supply provision
and reduces the demand for potable water supplies.
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The external façade utilises fixed louvres and exposed
concrete ceilings to increase the thermal inertia of the
building. This has allowed the use of natural ventilation to
perimeter rooms negating the need for mechanical cooling
and ventilation.
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air (when required) thereby pre-conditioning the air in
Autumn and Winter periods. These significantly reduce the
boiler demand of the central plant.
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“BREEAM challenges the Design Team to provide not only sustainable designs but also innovative concepts to such designs. From a personal point of view, this is an
exciting proposal to be involved in. From a wider perspective it can only be advantageous to the environment as a whole, as well as providing the end user with an
excellent working environment with low environmental impact.”
Debbie Butler, University of Aberdeen
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BREEAM Fit Out Award Winner:
16 Noel Street, London
about the building
The BREEAM Assessment
Design Team details
Morgan Lovell has offices located in London, Birmingham
and the Thames Valley, and is a office interior design, fit
out, refurbishment and relocation specialist.
The development achieved a BREEAM rating of
EXCELLENT, achieving a score of 76.22%. The buildings
achieved full credits in both the Management and Land
Use & Ecology category and gained high scores in the
following categories:
• Water
• Materials
• Health & Wellbeing
Architect: Morgan Lovell
Developer: Morgan Lovell
Client: Morgan Lovell
BREEAM Assessors: Diligentia Ltd
Its in-house teams of designers, surveyors and project
managers can design and deliver entire projects, with the
benefit of just one point of contact, whether a company is
relocating or refurbishing, or both.
Morgan Lovell employs 120 people. This year it was
named in the Sunday Times Best Green Companies. It
is also a FTSE4 Good listed organisation and holds the
environmental standard ISO 14001 and is a member of the
UK Green Building Council.
Morgan Lovell specialises in the design and build of
sustainable offices and wanted to use the scheduled fit out
of its own office as a pilot scheme to develop a BREEAM
‘Excellent’ rated development in a 1960s office block - the
type of building that would normally be viewed as an
environmental write-off.
The office covers two storeys of a multi-tenanted,
six-storey office block.
Key facts
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BREEAM Rating: Excellent
Score: 76.22%
Size: 532m2
Stage: Design & Procurement
BREEAM Version: 2006
Overview of Environmental features
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On-site separation of waste: trades were encouraged
to take back re-usable packaging such as pallets and
cable drums.
Staff consultation
Use of A-rated Green Guide Products
Use of FSC-certified timber
Water shut-off feature in the toilet areas
A travel plan to encourage greater use of public
transport has been developed
Car park spaces have been given up for cycle racks
Cyclists’ facilities
Infrared movement sensors
All electricity purchased is from renewable sources
Greater use of fresh air and natural light
Heating that delivers controlled temperatures to small
zones rather than the entire building.
Building Services
Initial reports show that 16 Noel Street is cutting energy
use by around 11 per cent, compared to usage prior to
the fit out.
What have you learnt about BREEAM?
The BREEAM process has allowed us to learn the benefits
it can bring to energy efficiency and staff health and
wellbeing in particular. It has enabled us to influence and
guide clients on their own BREEAM fit outs with at least
three other schemes successfully implemented in the last
six months alone.
This saving comes from three key areas:
• The use of efficient new plant
• Heating and ventilation (zoned)
• Intelligent lighting (with features including
sensors, zoned areas and dimmers that
automatically adjust to natural lighting
conditions)
The M&E system is state-of-the-art and harnesses any
heat rejected in areas being cooled, and uses it to warm
up other parts of the building as required.
Each floor is separately metered to closely monitor
energy usage, as is the air conditioning energy use.
Green Strategy
Environmental fixtures and fittings - From
recycled plastic bottles for kitchen surfaces, recycled
car tyres for entrance mats, FSC timber and clay based
paint to cut VOCs, the specification process involved
the careful sourcing of products for minimum impact on
the environment. Everything was considered for its high
grade of recycled and recyclable content.
Waste Management - At the construction stage,
waste was carefully segregated and taken to licensed
stations. Existing chairs and the reception desk
were reused and other furniture and items including
computer equipment that were not needed were given
to charities for reuse.
Recycling - Full recycling stations are built-in at
strategic locations across the office.
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Management
Energy & Transport
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Materials & Waste
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Health & Wellbeing
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BREEAM 2008 AWARDS I 3
BREEAM Industrial Award Winner:
Costco Warehouse, Croydon
About the Building
Overview of Environmental features
The building will be owned and operated by Costco
Wholesale UK Limited as a cash and carry membership
warehouse. The total floor area of the warehouse building
is 12,975 m2. The development is self-contained and
located off Imperial Way, on the Croydon Airport Industrial
Estate.
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BREEAM certification was carried out as requested by
The London Borough of Croydon as a condition of the
planning consent who called for an Excellent rating to be
achieved. The development will also be subject to Post
Construction Review, also a planning requirement.
Costco operates a chain of cash and carry membership
warehouses that sell high-quality, nationally branded
and selected private-label merchandise at low prices
to businesses purchasing for commercial use or resale,
and also to individuals who are members of selected
employment groups.
Key Facts
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BREEAM Rating: Excellent
Score: 77.45%
Size: 12,975 m2
Stage: Design & Procurement
BREEAM Version: 2006
Space heating/cooling by ground source heat pumps
Building Management System
A-rated Green Guide materials
Good public transport links
Low GWP insulation
Contaminated site, remedial works undertaken
Ecological improvements undertaken
Run-off attenuation with pollution prevention (SUDS)
Permeable paving to large areas of hard standing
On-site recycling of aggregate
Careful management of construction process.
The BREEAM Assessment
This building has achieved a BREEAM rating of Excellent
and a score of 77.45%.
Overall the scheme performed very well achieving full credits
within the Management and Land Use & Ecology sections
and gaining high scores in the following categories:
• Energy & Transport
• Water
Building Services
Space heating and cooling within the building is by means
of ground source heat pumps, fed from 80 boreholes
located beneath the car park and CO2 emissions are
predicted to be 25% lower than required by Building
Regulations.
Management
Energy & Transport
Pollution
Materials & Waste
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Land use & Ecology
Health & Wellbeing
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Additionally building systems are monitored by a Building
Management System, with central off-site monitoring of
plant failure.
Green Strategy
The development is on a former industrial site which has
undergone remediation prior to the construction of the
Costco warehouse. A registered ecologist has been used
and recognised an increase in biodiversity on the site
due to the appropriate planning scheme around the site
perimeter and within the car park.
All assessed materials are Green Guide A- rated and where
possible concrete from the previous buildings has been
crushed and reused on-site as aggregate.
The construction process has been well managed, all
credits in this section were achieved, and the contractor
Miller Construction, has maintained the Considerate
Constructors Scheme score following the recent change in
the scheme criteria.
The site location maximises the potential for public
transport, full cyclist facilities will be provided for
employees and a comprehensive travel plan has been
drawn up.
Design Team details
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Water consumption in the building has been minimised
and the building management system can monitor
consumption and inform users of any leaks. A SUDS
system and permeable paving have also been specified.
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Client, Project Manager and Employer’s Agent: Costco
Wholesale UK, James Cheesemore and Derek
Waddington
Architect: Broadway Malyan
Quantity Surveyor/Planning Supervisor: Northcroft
Main Contractor: Miller Construction (UK) Ltd.
Structural/Civil Engineer: URS Corporation Ltd.
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: Faarup Associates
Environmental Consultant: Environ
Planning Consultants: RPS
Landscape Architects: Andrew Davis Partnership
BREEAM Assessor: Environmental Assessment
Consortium
‘We recognise our success requires that we be a
responsible neighbour in all of the communities
where we do business. This has always been
important to the company, and we continue
to expand that dedication by constantly
looking for ways to be good stewards of the
environment we all share. Costco obtaining an
‘Excellent’ BREEAM certification demonstrates
Costco’s commitment towards developing
our sustainability credentials in line with best
practice. The BREEAM assessment system has
helpfully allowed Costco and the project design
team to benchmark the scheme with other
similar buildings throughout the country’
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BREEAM multi-residential: LANCASTER
UNIVERSITY - PHASE IV RESIDENTIAL
About the Development
Overview of Environmental Features
The purpose of the development was to provide 800 new
student residential rooms for Lancaster University with high
levels of environmental performance at an affordable rent.
University Partnerships Programme (UPP) had previously
delivered over 3300 new student residential rooms on the
Lancaster University campus.
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The University development brief for Phase IV increased
performance standards to new levels:
1 Improved product performance – Sustainability and
the Environment
2 Enhanced living space and social provision
3 Improved Design Quality at both scheme level and
accommodation level
4 Low rent proposition – i.e. lower delivery and running
costs.
The commitment of Lancaster University and UPP
to environmental issues required that this latest
phase of student accommodation should focus
on sustainability and improving environmental
performance. BREEAM certification was a
requirement of Lancaster University.
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High levels of insulation
High levels of airtightness
Mechanical heat recovery ventilation systems
Low NOx, A-rated gas condensing boilers
Solar water heating
Building management system
Low water use aerated taps and showers, dual flush
WCs
SUDS (Sustainable drainage) wastewater attenuation
system
Full low energy lighting/PIR to common areas
High levels of acoustic performance
Dimensioning to accommodate standard building
material sizes
Simple plan configuration
Use of A-rated Green Guide products
FSC-certified timber
Ecologist’s recommendations implemented
Recycling storage space.
Building Services
Key Facts
The overriding approach has been to reduce energy loads
by passive means, significantly improving insulation values
and airtightness performance to the accommodation.
Both the townhouse and cluster flat accommodation
are provided with low pressure hot water heating using
low NOx, A-rated gas condensing boilers. High levels of
insulation and excellent airtightness performance have
reduced space heating requirements and the largest
energy load is providing hot water.
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Whole house mechanical heat recovery ventilation units
are used to deliver fresh, filtered air to all habitable rooms,
with 80% heat recovery efficiency. Solar thermal collectors
are used on cluster flat accommodation to pre-heat water.
The new accommodation at Lancaster University
is seen as part of the educational offering, and
incorporates many of the attributes that support
sustainable student living.
BREEAM Rating: EXCELLENT
Score 71.4%
Net lettable area: 9240m2
Stage: Design & Procurement
BREEAM Version: 2006.
The BREEAM Assessment
The development has achieved a BREEAM Excellent
rating scoring 71.4%. Overall the scheme performed
very well gaining maximum credits within the
Management section and achieving high scores in the
following areas:
• Health & Wellbeing
• Transport
• Land Use & Ecology
• Pollution
The scheme also achieved a significant proportion of
the energy credits due to the high energy standards
achieved.
Building Regulations, and the high levels of airtightness
encouraged the use of mechanical heat recovery and
ventilation systems to provide a controlled, filtered whole
house ventilation system.
A variety of measures have been adopted to ensure
a healthy internal environment, in particular quality of
indoor air, levels of natural light and improved acoustic
performance.
Wherever possible natural and benign materials and
finishes are used internally, care being taken to avoid
materials which omit unwanted VOCs. All paint finishes are
based on natural technologies and solvent free. Traditional
solvent-based adhesives/sealants are avoided.
The use of controlled ventilation with heat recovery
ensures a continuous supply of fresh air to all habitable
rooms, and helps maintain optimum humidity levels in the
accommodation.
The townhouses are designed so that only the party walls
are load bearing with floors spanning between these
walls. This allows the internal space to be flexible in respect
of layout and may be reconfigured if necessary, future
proofing the accommodation.
Aerated taps and showers deliver controlled amounts of
water, and dual flush WCs are used throughout.
Design Team details
Metering of utilities is discrete to each townhouse enabling
each dwelling to review and compare actual usage online.
The University is implementing an incentive scheme to
promote responsible utility usage.
University Client: Lancaster University
Developer Client: UPP Ltd
Architect: Goddard Wybor Practice
M&E Consultants: Bailey Gomm
Principal Contractor: Norwest Holst
Green Strategy
What have you learnt about BREEAM?
Attention has been given to the construction process and
waste generation during construction.
We have found the discipline of undertaking the BREEAM
assessment to be helpful to the project delivery team and
not difficult to satisfy given the background and approach
to the student residential concept, which is based on
sustainable principles.
The building incorporates significantly higher levels of
insulation and airtightness than required by current
Percentage % of score attained
Management
“The generally accepted definition of sustainable
development places upon us an approach
to development whereby every action has to
be taken while considering its future effect.
BREEAM facilitates that decision-making
process.”
Energy & Transport
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Materials & Waste
Water
Land use & Ecology
Health & Wellbeing
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BREEAM Offices:
DEFRA Headquarters, Lion House, Alnwick
About the Building
The BREEAM Assessment
Green Strategy
Lion House is an ultra low-emissions office building
project for the Department of Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Situated in Alnwick, in the North
East of England, it is a flagship development designed
to achieve exemplary standards of sustainability and
environmental performance. The new office building is
formed of two blocks located to the south and east of an
existing building which remained fully operation during
construction.
The development has achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating,
scoring 80.72%. Overall the development performs well,
despite the rural nature of the site limiting the number of
credits which were achievable within the Transport section
of the assessment.
DEFRA champions Sustainable Development, helping
Government as a whole to deliver economic, social and
environmental sustainability. Defra is also the focal
point for rural policy, supporting strong rural communities
and ensuring that dispersed rural needs are reflected in
social and place-based policies across Government. The
Department has a strong international dimension, with
a critical role in both European Union and global policy
making.
Within the energy credits the development also achieved
all of the credits available for energy performance beyond
the current Building Regulations.
A number of specific targets were set for the project
through a sustainability charter which all parties involved
signed up to and was monitored throughout the design
and construction process. These included:
• Delivering a low carbon building and including wind
turbines, photovoltaic cells, solar heating and a
biomass woodchip boiler
• Minimising mains water consumption through
selection of low water use fittings and the use of a
rainwater harvesting system with a consumption
target below DEFRA’s own policy targets
• Achieving a BREEAM Offices 2006 rating of Excellent
and a score of at least 76%.
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BREEAM Rating: Excellent
Score: 80.72%
Size: 1,600m2
Stage: Design & Procurement
BREEAM Version: 2006
Overview of Environmental features
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Naturally ventilated office, supplemented with
mechanical displacement ventilation when
required
View out and good daylighting levels throughout
Cycle storage
Biomass boilers
Photovoltaic collectors integrated into solar
shading
Solar water heating
Exposed thermal mass to allow passive night
cooling
Responsibly sourced materials (FSC, PEFC and
ISO14001 standards)
Visible display of rainwater, energy consumption
(consumption, cost, CO2 emissions)
Comfort cooling limited to server room only
Automatic lighting control system
Rainwater harvesting
Use of A-rated Green Guide specifications for all
major elements
Insulation materials with zero ozone depleting
potential and low global warming potential
Ecological enhancement of the site post
development
Risk of water pollution minimised
Extensive management of construction site
impacts
Mains leak detection and sanitary supply shut-off
Full credits were achieved for Management and Water and
very high scores were also achieved within the Health &
Wellbeing and Energy sections of the assessment.
Building Services
The building form and fabric was designed to reduce
energy consumption and maximise the use of natural light
and ventilation. The building form and width allows for
natural ventilation and maximises natural daylight. The
building orientation also maximises winter solar gains.
In addition to high levels of fabric insulation a range of
renewable energy technologies were specified including:
• Biomass boiler and thermal store to meet 90% of the
heat demand
• Solar PV cells, also used to provide solar shading of
south facades
• Evacuated tube solar water heating
• Wind turbines (3 x 15kW)
The building was comprehensively modelled at an
early design stage and this allowed the requirements
for low energy consumption to influence the
design of the building fabric, the architecture and
selection of building services and renewable energy
technologies.
Design Team details
Design and Build Contractor: Kier Northern
Architect: Frank Shaw Associates
Building Services: Haden Young
Structural Engineer: Faber Maunsell
BREEAM Assessor: 3 Planets
Landscape Architect: Anthony Walker and Partners
Ecological Consultant: E3 Ecology
The office is primarily naturally ventilated, and is
supplemented by displacement ventilation based upon
temperature or air quality.
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Energy & Transport
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Materials & Waste
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Health & Wellbeing
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BREEAM Retail:
Cabot Circus, Bristol
About the Building
Cabot Circus, Bristol is a mixed-use, retail-led urban
regeneration scheme which completes in September
2008. It is 1.5 million ft2 (139,353 m2) occupying a 36-acre
site. It is a leading example of a comprehensively mixeduse scheme with nine different uses: retail, catering, leisure,
offices, market housing, affordable housing, student
housing, hotel, and car parking.
This project is funded by a £500 million investment
by The Bristol Alliance (a partnership between Land
Securities and Hammerson, two of the UK’s leading Real
Estate Investment Trusts) plus a further £100 million of
development by others within the masterplan. The site
includes:
Shopping and entertainment:
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1 million ft2 (92,900 m2) of shopping and leisure
140 new shops incorporating:
−− House of Fraser 170,000 ft2 (15,800 m2)
−− Harvey Nichols 37,000 ft2 ( 3,450 m2)
−− 15 major flagship stores
−− Over 25 new restaurants and cafés
100,000 ft2 (9,290 m2) 13-screen Showcase Cinema
de Lux
New civic spaces and facilities:
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2,600 car parking spaces
New cycle routes, bus and coach stops, and taxi rank
New public spaces include:
−− an open square in Quakers Friars
−− a spectacular covered space in The Circus
−− three new pedestrian streets
A sustainable approach to the development of Cabot
Circus has been adopted from the outset, transforming a
brownfield site into a modern centre with a barrier-free
public realm and improved transport options. UK-sourced
materials have been used in the construction of the
scheme wherever possible, and naturally ventilating
covered streets are one the scheme’s major characteristics.
Key Facts
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BREEAM Rating: Excellent
Score: 72.59%
Size: 90,000m2
Stage: Design & Procurement
Overview of Environmental Features
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Naturally ventilating, unconditioned streetscape
Use of high-efficacy lamps and intelligent lighting
controls throughout
Presence detection controls lighting to all back of
house areas
Engagement with tenants at the earliest, to
encourage sustainable tenant fit-out
Production of guidance and assessment
documentation for tenants
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Rainwater harvesting, serving public WCs and
irrigation points
Low flush WCs and flow restrictors to taps
Roof gardens within residential areas in Quakers Friars
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High level of recycling throughout the construction
and operational stage of the scheme
85% of waste recycled during construction including
shop fitting waste
70% of construction workers living within 25 miles
Considerate Constructors Scheme average score of 33
(out of 40)
Exceeds Building Regulations insulation requirements
Passive solar controls
Low NOx boilers
A green travel plan
The BREEAM Assessment
The scheme was always to score highly under BREEAM
Retail, however the joint venture development partners
forming the Bristol Alliance, Land Securities and Hammerson
acknowledged their expectations for all their schemes to rate
as highly as possible. The design and construction teams were
subsequently challenged to deliver the ‘Excellent’ rating.
The scheme is the first retail project of its kind to achieve
the highest BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’. Top scores were
achieved in the following categories:
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Management 93.75%
Health & Wellbeing 81.82%
Transport 80%
Building services
Lighting: Lighting to streets is subtle and high efficacy
LED lighting has been used where appropriate. Back of
house area lighting is controlled by presence detectors
to significantly reduce operational hours. Car park
lighting energy usage costs will be halved through the
use of intelligent controls and high-efficacy lamps and
an enhanced level of control allows for a three stage
switching of lighting to all decks, linked to daylight sensors
to ensure lighting is not on during daylight hours. Perimeter
lighting is also controlled independently.
Ventilation: The architectural design of the scheme
has taken advantage of natural ventilation to reduce the
energy demands associated with heating and cooling via
large air handling systems, saving around 5 million kilowatt
hours per annum, equivalent to the energy consumed
annually by 450 homes.
Green Strategy
Sustainability Guidelines: Environmental guidance for all
tenants was provided through a number of initiatives including
a shop-fit guide, retailer and on-site management training,
and an education and green issues awareness programme.
Materials: Building materials with low environmental
impact have been specified for use throughout the
scheme. Timber and insulation are environmentally
sustainable, and recyclable materials such as zinc and
copper have been used in preference to less recyclable
materials. Materials such as natural stone, brick, steel, glass
and landscaping have been predominantly UK-sourced
where possible.
Waste Recycling: During construction, 90% of
steel waste was recycled, 80% of timber was chipped
(recycled), and 40% of concrete was from recycled sources.
Water: Low water use fittings have been installed in
residential units, landlord and public areas. The rainwater
harvesting system captures rainwater from the street
canopies for re-use in flushing toilets and irrigation
throughout the scheme.
Design Team details
Developer: The Bristol Alliance
Architect: Chapman Taylor LLP, Stanton Williams,
Alec French, Wilkinson Eyre and Benoy
Mechanical Services: Hoare Lea (HLP)
Electrical Services: Hoare Lea (HLP)
Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine
BREEAM Assessor: Faber Maunsell Sustainable
Development Group (FM)
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Health & Wellbeing
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‘BREEAM was found to be an excellent tool to measure both our and our design and construction teams’ performance. It also proved invaluable in both managing
and demonstrating our commitment to improve targets in line with our Corporate and Social Responsibilities. We are confident that with the knowledge
gained through the exercises performed in Bristol, we will continue to exceed expectations and deliver the highest quality, environmentally responsible retail-led
developments’. Robin Dobson, Project Delivery Director for Bristol Alliance
BREEAM 2008 AWARDS I 7
BREEAM Schools Award Winner:
Eltham Hill Technology College, Greenwich London
About the Building
The BREEAM Assessment
Eltham Hill Technology College is part of Building Schools
for the Future (BSF), a government programme worth
£2.2bn a year that aims to rebuild or refurbish every
secondary school in the country by 2015.
This building has received a BREEAM Excellent rating
scoring 74.95%. Eltham Hill scored well in most
BREEAM categories, with no category except Materials
achieving less than 71%.
This college is one of five schools being transformed by
the London Borough of Greenwich, three of which are
being rebuilt and two of which are undergoing major
refurbishment and extension. Eltham College falls into
the latter category. Ultimately, each secondary school in
Greenwich will benefit.
The highest scoring categories were Land Use
and Ecology and Water, achieving 91% and 85%
respectively.
BDP Sustainability carried out BREEAM Schools
assessments for the first wave schools in the London
Borough of Greenwich. Working closely with BDP
Environmental Engineers, Civil & Structural Engineers,
Lighting Designers and Acousticians on all aspects of
design enabled the team to draw on skills and expertise
from a number of specialists to achieve the highest
environmental rating. This is a clear demonstration of
successful integrated design within BDP.
Key Facts
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BREEAM Rating: Excellent
Score: 74.95%
Size: 7532m2
Stage: Design & Procurement
BREEAM Version: 2006
Overview of Environmental features
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Natural ventilation strategy applied to classrooms and
sports hall.
Night-time cooling
Effective use of thermal mass
A rainwater tank has been sized based on the 5-day
flush demand of the whole school.
Storage for recyclable waste in excess of BREEAM
requirements
Construction site impacts- London Borough of
Greenwich has made a requirement that the
contractor shall achieve maximum BREEAM credits
for construction site impacts
Responsible sourcing of materials
CO2 emissions are a 32% improvement on Part L
Building Regulations
Biodiverse green roofs
Enhanced biodiversity providing educational value
to pupils
Building Services
Natural means of ventilation will be applied to the
classroom blocks with minimum fresh air via opening
motorised dampers below sill height. These motorised
dampers will be automatically controlled and linked to
temperature, PIR (occupancy) and CO2 detector and
connects to BMS. In addition, all of the windows will be
openable in order to provide enhanced ventilation in
hotter months.
In the sports hall ventilation will be provided
through roof-mounted intake and extract vent cowls
incorporated with motorised dampers and control
mechanism. The control provided will include CO2
control, temperature control and open/close control.
Extra venting will be provided in Summer to control the
potential overheating situation.
Heating will be via the perimeter and air plant coils from
a natural gas system with biomass as part of the system
serving the sports hall. Hot water will be provided by a
Natural gas system for the main school with biomass
system as an additional system to the sports hall.
Cooling is via local units, either wall or ceiling-mounted
served by air-cooled condensers located externally.
Green Strategy
BDP’s Green Strategy for Eltham Hill Technology College
specifies that the environmental technologies and
systems incorporated in the design will be accessible to
students to use as a learning resource.
The building elements to be used as a learning resource
include extensive biodiversity green roofs, wood pellet
boiler with technology description and live data display,
exposed transparent rainwater pipes with technology
description and live data display in science labs to
illustrate rainwater harvesting.
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Materials & Waste
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Land use & Ecology
Health & Wellbeing
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The energy metering will be provided to the BMS to
calculate and publicly display the energy consumption
and the CO2 emissions saved by the biomass boiler in
lieu of gas boiler plant. Monitoring of water storage for
recycling is proposed for recording use and will be of
educational value.
The site includes key landscape features which are
to include an allotment which is within the school
boundary and can be accessed by pupils to create and
manage a natural habitat.
Design Team details
Architect: Hawkins Brown
M&E Engineer: BDP
Structural Engineer: BDP
Public Health Engineer: BDP
Acoustician: BDP
Lighting Designer: BDP
Quantity Surveyor: Nisbet LLP
Project Manager: Arup
Ecologist: Arup
Client: London Borough of Greenwich
What have you learnt about BREEAM?
The BREEAM Assessment method was used across
all five schools for Greenwich BSF. It was instrumental
in bringing a consistent level of high sustainability
performance across a large building schools
programme. BREEAM was effective in delivering
sustainability through the common low energy and
sustainable environmental engineering approaches by
BDP that the process facilitated.
The ‘Excellent’ rating was difficult to target, but
ultimately proved achievable through the integrated
design approach and inherent sustainable design from
the outset of the project.
Code for Sustainable Homes:
32 & 33 Tewitt Close, Windmill View, Illingworth
Background Information
Building Services
These two homes in Illingworth are the first real homes
to be certified against the Code for Sustainable Homes
(Code) which was launched in April 2007.
On all properties on the estate, as with other homes in
the area, artificial stone was used to construct walls and
dark grey concrete cladding used as roof tiles. All homes
benefited from white UPVC double glazed windows, and a
pre-finished composite door.
These homes form part of the new 84-home Windmill
View Estate in Illingworth, near Halifax.
The estate includes 11 two-bed houses, 8 two-bed
apartments, 2 one-bed apartments, 58 three, four and
five-bedroom houses – all classic stone-fronted, spacious
(and popular) properties. Twenty seven of these homes
are available for shared ownership, with the remainder
available for rent from Pennine Housing 2000.
The development area had previously been used for a
mix of social housing and high rise units but they were
demolished, leaving the area as a waste ground in need
of redevelopment. Instead of just building the scheme as
planned, Bramall funded the Code assessment using the
project as a test bed for the Code.
The developers Bramall Construction specialise in the
refurbishment and construction of public sector housing
throughout Yorkshire, Humberside and the East Midlands.
The company is part of Keepmoat plc, a leader in
community generation in the north of England.
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Code Rating: 4
Score: 70
No. of units assessed: 2
Stage: Post Construction
Overview of Environmental
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These first two Code houses have the following features:
• Solar panels producing renewable energy for heating
hot water
• 44% improvement to standard building regulations
• Improved U values on glazing, external doors and
loft space
• Fitted exhaust air heat pump
• 300mm cavities which are fully filled to reduce energy
loss
• Recycling bins stored in the kitchen units
• Improved sound insulation
• Water-saving measures including low flush WCs and
controlled flow rate taps
• Home user guide
• Use of Green Guide-rated materials
• A Code for Sustainable Homes 4 Star rating
• Full marks were achieved in three of the Code
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−− Surface water run-off
−− Waste
−− Management
• The two homes also scored well in the Water and
Ecology categories.
The homes contain solar panels which are used to heat
inside and power the hot water systems. Exhaust heat
pumps can top up the temperature by recycling warmer
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converting it into fresh, filtered air. The solar panels and
heat pumps contribute to a 44% improvement on Part L
building regulations.
The houses have thicker, 300mm cavity walls and
improved insulation on the glazing, external doors, floors
and loft space. They also use less water, through restrictors
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The improved U values will mean residents will pay around
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Green Strategy
Both homes met the Code requirements in specifying
Green Guide-rated materials and all timber used is either
PEFC or FSC certified.
To reduce local traffic impact, homes are supplied with
stores specifically made large enough to store bicycles
securely.
Design Team details
Architects: WSM
Engineers: MET
Exhaust Air Heat Pumps: NIBE
Heating: Alpha Boilers
BREEAM Assessor: NHBC
Bramall Project Co-ordinator: Ashley Jones
What have you learnt about the Code?
From working on the scheme at Illingworth we have
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The estate also benefits from landscaping features. Each
property has its own garden and private space with ample
room for planting or for recreational use. The public areas
have also been landscaped with trees and shrubs planted
to create a pleasant view from the new houses.
To ensure local facilities are further improved, a £50,000
donation has been given to Calderdale Council to carry out
local improvements.
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BREEAM 2008 AWARDS I 9
2007
Winners
Bespoke BREEAM
Swindon Central Library, Swindon
Developer & Architect : Swindon Borough Council
BREEAM Score: 72.51%
EcoHomes
Plots 1-19, Block 6, Site B, Upton, Northampton
Developer : Cornhill Estates Ltd
Architect : Working Group, Porphyrios Associates, Gale and Snowden
BREEAM Score: 80.25%
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Printed locally on FSC approved 100% recycled stock
Innovate Green Office, Thorpe Park, Leeds
Developer: Innovate Property Ltd.
Architect: Rio Architects
BREEAM Score: 87.55%