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Integrating Sustainability into Development Projects: A Comprehensive Guide

This guide explores key drivers of sustainability integration within development projects. It covers essential policy drivers, user needs, community enhancement, and environmental impacts. Emphasizing the importance of effective public consultations and project-specific planning, it outlines sustainability objectives, procurement strategies, and regulatory considerations. Key tools such as BREEAM and environmental management systems are highlighted for ensuring sustainable practices. With a focus on monitoring and reporting, this resource aims to promote equitable community development and reduction of carbon footprints in construction.

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Integrating Sustainability into Development Projects: A Comprehensive Guide

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  1. Including Sustainability in the BriefKate MillsSenior Sustainability Consultant, BREmillsk@bre.co.uk

  2. Drivers and business needs • Identify policy drivers • Environmental policies • How does this integrate with the business needs? • Identify capital and whole life resources

  3. Identify user needs • Regional and local plans • Existing community provisions or future needs • How will the development enhance the community? • Public consultations

  4. Options to meet user needs • Develop options for project (site) • Consider overall economic, environmental and social impacts • Project specific public consultation • Consider refurbishment v new build • Assess costs and benefits using WLC

  5. Project sustainability • Sustainability objectives • Identify all relevant sustainability requirements • Planning requirements and EIA • Specification and scope for project • Major risks • Project programme and budget for sustainability • The right integrated team • Procurement method?

  6. Project brief • Pollution (land, air, water) • Internal environment • Community impact, equity and access • WLC • Site issues and ecology • Energy • Materials • Sustainability regulations • Transport • Waste • Water

  7. Tools and indicators • Considerate Constructors Scheme • BREEAM for Offices, Retail, Industrial Units • BREEAM for Schools • NEAT for NHS • SmartWaste • Design Quality Indicators • Key Performance Indicators from Constructing Excellence • Environmental Management Systems and Environmental Policies • EPIs – Constructing Excellence

  8. The site - Inverness

  9. Procurement • Good advice at the start • Sustainability expertise as part of core team • Budget • Choice and use of procurement method? • Site and transport • Orientation

  10. Writing the brief • Quantifiable benchmarks • Reporting requirements • Environmental Management System • Monitoring strategy

  11. The targets • 0-8 kg/Carbon/m2 per annum • 4% average daylight factor and uniformity factor of 0.4 • 6.4m3/per person/ per annum water consumption • A rated materials for external walls, windows, roof • Sustainable certified timber • Insulation without ODP and GWP less than 5

  12. The targets • Green procurement system • Excellent BREEAM rating • Monitor carbon dioxide emissions • Considerate Constructors Scheme • Demolition audit and construction waste • Sustainable transport plan with client • Environmental Management System

  13. The process • Use the procurement method • Measurable benchmarks • Selection of developer • Evaluation process and interviews

  14. The result

  15. The result

  16. Demolition

  17. Demolition

  18. Demolition

  19. Demolition

  20. SUDS

  21. SNH Inverness

  22. Monitoring and reporting • Environmental policy • Environmental Management System • Monthly reporting by constructor • Use of BREEAM • Considerate Constructors Scheme • Client monitoring

  23. Post construction review • Post-construction BREEAM assessment • Monitoring of carbon target • Monitoring of water use • Implementing travel plan • Analysis of data collection from construction phase

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