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Exploring Links between EIA, BREEAM and CEEQUAL. SPEAKERS: Charlotte Brewin Associate RPS Ivan Rodrigeuz Technical Director URS. Angela Craddy Sustainability Consultant Mott MacDonald Helen Denham Environmental Coordinator Mott MacDonald. EIA, BREEAM and CEEQUAL - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Exploring Links between EIA, BREEAM and CEEQUAL
SPEAKERS:Charlotte Brewin AssociateRPS
Ivan Rodrigeuz Technical DirectorURS
Angela CraddySustainability Consultant Mott MacDonald
Helen DenhamEnvironmental CoordinatorMott MacDonald
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EIA, BREEAM and CEEQUAL How do they currently interact?
Delivered by Charlotte Brewin,Associate at RPS
29th May 2014
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Timing of Assessments
0. Strategic Direction
1. Preparation & Brief
2. Concept Design
3. Developed Design
4. Technical Design
5. Construction6. Handover & Close Out
7. In Use
RIBA Plan of Work
BREEAM
CEEQUAL
EIA
Planning Applications
typically submitted at end of Stage 3
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Key Stages of EIA
Screening ScopingAssessment
of EffectsEnvironmental
StatementPlanning Decision
**New EIA Directive**Introducing potential
new stage of Monitoring and Measurement
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4 Technical Design (Detailed)
6 Handover & Close Out
5 Construction
7 Operation (Maintenance) Plan
3 Developed Design (Outline)
1 Preparation and Brief
2 Concept Design (Preliminary)
0 Strategic
BREEAM Assessor submits final report to BRE for validation and final certification
Final Evidence Verification/Ratification Board AWARD
Construction team collates evidence and issues to BREEAM Assessor
Project close out evidence collated and uploaded by assessor
BRE validates assessment and issues interim certificate
Design Team Collates evidence; Assessor reviews and reports to BRE Provide CQ evidence to assessor
Predictive Assessment Provide CQ evidence to assessor
Register Scheme CQ evidence to assessor
Appoint BREEAM Assessor
Identify need for BREEAM ratingIdentify Project Strategy with appointed
CEEQUAL Assessor
CQ Pre-assessment scoping and scoring workshop
Register Scheme
CQ Contractors Workshop and collate evidence
Key Stages of BREEAM and CEEQUAL
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“An EIA is an assessment that feeds into the planning approvals process, but does not assess how well the subsequent project is actually delivered.
Clearly because CEEQUAL Verification is completed at the end of the project it assesses what has actually happened. This also allows CEEQUAL to provide a means of assessing whether the recommendations from an EIA actually get implemented.
CEEQUAL also provides a very good means for projects that do not require a formal EIA to comprehensively consider environmental issues.”
Philip Charles, CEEQUAL
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Scope of AssessmentEIA BREEAM CEEQUAL
Depends on project, agreed at scoping
Defined topic areas, detail dependant on building type
Defined during scoping exercise
Can Include Will Include Can Include
Air Quality (and Climate Change) Management Project Strategy
Cultural Heritage Health and Wellbeing Project Management
Ecology and Nature Conservation Energy People & Communities
Hydrology and Flood Risk Transport Land Use and Landscape
Landscape and Visual Resources Water Historic Environment
Noise and Vibration Materials Ecology & Biodiversity
Social and Economic Effects Waste Water Environment
Soils, Agriculture and Land Use Land Use and Ecology Physical Resource Use and Management
Traffic and Transport Pollution Transport
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Interaction in evidence base
EIA BREEAM
Air Quality (and Climate Change) Management
Cultural Heritage Health and Wellbeing (includes indoor air quality and acoustic performance)
Ecology and Nature Conservation Energy
Hydrology and Flood Risk Transport
Landscape and Visual Resources Water
Noise and Vibration Materials
Social and Economic Effects Waste
Soils, Agriculture and Land Use Land Use and Ecology
Traffic and Transport Pollution (includes Surface Water Runoff, Light Pollution and Noise Attenuation)
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BREEAM and Hinkley Point C
Information from EIA Authors:-Ecology
TransportLandscape
NoiseHydrology and Flood Risk
Sustainability Strategy
Design Codes and Design Strategies
Construction Strategy
BREEAM Predictive Assessments for 3
Main Buildings
Design and Post Construction Assessments
Angela Craddy Sustainability Consultant Water and Environment
Helen Denham Environmental Manager Transportation
And are they at risk of duplicating efforts?
The opportunity or overlap?
Reducing flexibility to minimise impact
Increasing knowledge of detail
Progress of the delivery processSustainability opportunity
ConstructionCommissioning
andhandover
Operationand
maintenance
Detailed design & procurement
Project start-up
Option selection
Decommissioning
Environmental Impact Assessment
BREEAM and CEEQUAL Assessments
- Legislative minimum
- Best practice option for market leaders
Outline design
Rating systems evolve and push “business as usual” to higher standards
Source: “USGBC White Paper – Greening the Codes”, US Green Building Council, 2010
Each of the major rating systems is re-developed every 2 or 3 years to stay ahead of progressive building codes.
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How does each method addresses… ecology?EIA
• Screening
• Scoping
• Baseline surveys
• Assessment of Impacts
• Mitigation
Conditioned at discretion of planning authority
CEEQUAL
LE 02 Ecological value of site and protection of ecological features
LE 03 Mitigating ecological impact (Mandatory)
LE 04 Enhancing site ecology
LE 05 Long term impact on biodiversity
Manchester Civil Justice Centre – multi award winner BREEAM ‘Excellent’
6.1.1 Land of high ecological value
6.1.2 Consultation with Nature Conservation
Organisations
6.1.3 Ecological Works Plan (Mandatory)
6.2.1 Surveys for protected species
6.2.2 Injurious or invasive species
6.3.1 Existing ecological features –
Recommendations
6.3.2 Existing ecological features –
monitoring
6.3.3 Existing ecological features –
implementation success
6.4.1 New wildlife habitats
6.4.2 Special features for wildlife
6.4.3 Net increase in area / features of high value
6.5.1 Ongoing ecological management
6.5.2 Programme for monitoring
The opportunity?
Motivations are different….• legislation vs best practice
• mitigate vs enhance
• design vs whole-life-cycle
SMART – EIA, CEEQUAL and BREEAM
SMART – – Specific
– Measurable
– Achievable
– Repeatable
– Realistic
– Timeframe
NET2 Nottingham
Delivery and Performance
• EIA Statute driven
– Mitigation of impacts by design
• CQ and BREEAM seek
– Intention
– Commitment
– Whole-life approach
– Cradle to grave/gate
– Targets and Quantifiable assessments
– Mitigation measures
– Operational Plans and MonitoringNET2 Nottingham
Implementation Evidence
Post EIA assessment - – Contract documents
– Environmental Management Plans
– Training and induction
– Environmental Risk Register
– Consents and permits
– Generic and Specific Method Statements
– Communication
What EIA, BREEAM and CEEQUAL assessment methods can learn from each other?
Ivan Rodriguez
Technical Director
29 May 2014
EIA Webinar - Discuss the linkage between EIA and BREEAM and EIA and CEEQUAL
What can these assessment methods learn from each other?
• Regulations & complexity
• Reporting, Scoping & Measurement
• Transparency
• Impact on different project stages
• Evidence gathering during design process
• Quality assurance
EIA Webinar - Discuss the linkage between EIA and BREEAM and EIA and CEEQUAL
Regulations & complexity
• EIAs can be complex, they follow a regulatory regime
• Both BREEAM and CEEQUAL try to ensure that best practice (beyond regulations) is incorporated in the planning, design, construction and operation of Buildings and Infrastructure projects. BREEAM is required by some Local Planning Authorities whist CEEQUAL is voluntary.
• BREEAM and CEEQUAL follow a Technical / Assessment manual based on specific criteria.
• The BREEAM standard is subject to consultation and review every 3 years. This is aligned with the publication of Part L of Building Regulations.
EIA Webinar - Discuss the linkage between EIA and BREEAM and EIA and CEEQUAL
Reporting, scoping & measurement • The procedure for carrying out an EIA requires the
developer to compile an Environmental Statement which describes the likely significant effects of the development on the environment and includes proposed mitigation measures. The approach for each EIA topic/issue can be quantitative or qualitative.
• The CEEQUAL scoping process parallels the EIA scoping stage and this is useful in many ways. The assessment is carried out online and submitted to the verifier.
• BREEAM is more rigid, allowances for scoping out credits are limited and higher flexibility is only allowed in Bespoke assessments. Both BREEAM and CEEQUAL ratings are evidence based and quantitative (%score , Ratings).
EIA Webinar - Discuss the linkage between EIA and BREEAM and EIA and CEEQUAL
Transparency
• EIA is a very transparent assessment method, as the whole ES submitted to the LPA is publicly available
• BREEAM and CEEQUAL are slightly less transparent to the general public (although this is changing with the publication of the case studies for both BREEAM Man 5 and CEEQUAL 2.5.2) these are not mandatory
• The production and publication of detailed case studies for both BREEAM and CEEQUAL to enable lessons learnt and best practice to be disseminated should be mandatory
EIA Webinar - Discuss the linkage between EIA and BREEAM and EIA and CEEQUAL
Impact on different project stages• EIA, BREEAM and CEEQUAL should start at earliest
project stage to maximise sustainability, added value and minimise risks.
• The EIA approach is driven by regulation and it is specific for each development type, location, etc.
• BREEAM can assess a Masterplan, the design and construction of a specific building ,and monitor its sustainability performance (yearly) through BREEAM In-use.
• CEEQUAL starts with the strategy section and assess the design and construction of Infrastructure projects. Can also manage the maintenance of Term Contracts.
EIA Webinar - Discuss the linkage between EIA and BREEAM and EIA and CEEQUAL
Impact on different project stages
RIBA Plan of Work Stage
0 Strategic definition
1 Preparation
and Brief
2 Concept Design
3 Developed
Design
4 Technical
Design
5 Construction
6 Handover and close
out
7 In Use
EIA
BREEAM Communities
BREEAM NC 2014
BREEAM Sh, Refb & FO
BREEAM In Use
CEEQUAL
Pre-application discussions
EIA / Planning
Step 1 Assessment and Interim Certification
Pre-assessment
Step 2 Assessment
Step 2 & 3 Ass & Certification
Design Stage Assessment
Interim Design
Certification
Construction Ass & Certification
Shell Certification
Refub & FO Certification
Assess & Certification
Pre-assessmentDesign Stage (WTA Interim) Ass & Cert
Construction Stage (WTA) Ass & Cert
Maintenance term
contract
EIA Webinar - Discuss the linkage between EIA and BREEAM and EIA and CEEQUAL
Evidence gathering during design process
• EIA, CEEQUAL and BREEAM assessments cover similar topics/issues such as transport, ecology, noise, waste, ground contamination, flood risks etc. but they are treated in a different way.
• EIA illustrates or predicts the effects of a development (or activity) that is likely to have a significant environmental effect, it then justifies how this effect can be mitigated against, through short, medium or long term measures.
• CEEQUAL and BREEAM usually set targets at the
beginning of the design process, in terms of a score that should be achieved.
EIA Webinar - Discuss the linkage between EIA and BREEAM and EIA and CEEQUAL
Quality assurance
• An EIA can be challenged as the ES is publicly available so thorough internal and legal review is key.
• CEEQUAL assessment have a two tier Quality Assurance process (verification and ratification). This QA level should be maintained.
• BREEAM assessments are quality assured by BRE Global Limited, which is an independent certification body accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and certified to ISO 9001 for all its BREEAM related activities.
SUMMARY - Links between EIA, BREEAM and CEEQUAL
Any comments or questions?
Collaborative Approach
Market Driven Commercial
Competitive
Quality Markers
Self – Regulation Best practice
Statutory Compliance
Whole Lifecycle approach
Independent Certification and Ratification
Quality, sustainable and environmental developments
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