Environmental and health related criteria for buildings - ANEC

IBO - Environmental and Health related Criteria for Buildings
CSH refers to DTI’s Construction Industry KPI Pack, this series of documents guides the
reader through how to set targets for their own projects.
To show compliance with issue Man 3, procedures that cover 2 or more of the following
items are required (for achieving 1 point) respectively 4 or more of the items listed below (for
achieving 2 points):
- Monitor, report and set targets for CO 2 production or energy use arising from site
activities
- Monitor and report CO 2 or energy use arising from commercial transport to and from site
- Monitor, report and set targets for water consumption from site activities
- Adopt best practice policies 77 in respect of air (dust) pollution arising from site activities
(e.g. ‘dust sheets’, regular proposals to damp down the site in dry weather, covers to
skips etc.)
- Adopt best practice policies 78 in respect of water (ground and surface) pollution occurring
on the site
- 80% of site timber is reclaimed, re-used or responsibly sourced
Eco1 Ecological Value of Site
One credit is achieved where compliance is shown with the following requirements:
- The construction zone is of low ecological value 79 .
- All land outside the construction zone will remain undisturbed by the construction works
in areas of ecological value.
The construction zone includes any land used for buildings, hard standing, landscaping, site
access and any land where construction work is carried out (or land is being disturbed in any
other way), plus a 3m boundary in either direction around these areas. It also includes any
areas used for temporary site storage and buildings.
77 Further information can be obtained from DTI/BRE publications ‘Control of Dust from Construction and
Demolition Activities’ and Pollution Control Guide Parts 1–5 provide good practice guidelines on construction
related pollution.
78 Best practice guidelines:
PPG 1 – General guide to the prevention of pollution. Environment Agency
PPG 5 –Works in, near or liable to affect watercourses. Environment Agency
PPG 6 – Working at demolition and construction sites. Environment Agency available at www.netregs.gov.uk
79 Development sites with low ecological value are defined as follows (reference: checklist Eco1 of the CSH,
Technical Guide, p.248):
a) land which is entirely within the floor plan/s of existing building/s or building/s demolished within the past two
years
b) land which is entirely covered by other constructions such as sporting hard surfaces, car parking or such
constructions which have been demolished within the past two years
c) land which is contaminated by industrial or other waste to the extent that it would need decontamination before
building
d) land which is a mixture of either existing building, hard surfaces and/or contaminated land
e) 80% of the land within the development site complies with a)-c) and the remaining 20% of the ground area of
the building extend into land which has been either; used for single-crop arable farming for at least five years, OR
consists of regularly cut lawns and sports fields
Where the site contains any trees or hedges above 1m high or with a trunk diameter greater than 100mm, the site
cannot be regarded of low ecological value as well as if there are
- any ponds, streams or rivers on, or running through the site
- any marsh or other wetland present on the site
- any meadows or species-rich grassland present on the site
- any heath land, consisting of heather and/or scrub present on the site
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