Pearl Building Rating System - Estidama

Requirement
Achievement
Credit
Submission:
Design Rating
affect no more than 20% of the coastal edge;
� Mitigate for impacts (for the loss of up to 30% of significant assets and 50% of
valuable assets) through on-site re-establishment of habitat, using similar species
diversity as the lost habitat at an area replacement ratio of 2:1;
� Provide for an ecological corridor between the protected habitat area (significant
assets) and the mitigation area; and
� Provide confirmation of the appointment of a management and maintenance
organization (with a contract running for at least 5 years)
Strategy 3 – Offsite Compensation:
Applies to site where offsite compensation is required, due to the impracticality of
protection or mitigation (as determined through consultation with the UPC). UPC’s
Estidama Assessor must provide approval before the compensation strategy can be
pursued.
As for Strategy 2, but instead of onsite mitigation, compensate offsite:
� Compensate for the loss of up to 30% of significant assets and 50% of valuable
assets through off-site re-establishment of habitat, using similar species diversity as
the lost habitat at an area replacement ratio of 2:1;
� Provide confirmation of the appointment of a management and maintenance
organization (with a contract running for at least 5 years) for the compensation
site, if management not to be undertaken by the local municipality.
� The compensation site must be:
o located within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi;
o a degraded habitat; and
o located outside an area allocated for development within Plan 2030.
� The habitat to be created in the compensation site must be:
o of a similar type to the habitat lost at the development site;
o of a type appropriate to the compensation site location; and
o ideally located in an area surrounded and connected to a similar habitat.
This is a requirement. There are no Credit Points awarded.
� Supporting calculations, summarizing total site area, protection area and/or
mitigation area / compensation area in hectares;
� Construction strategy to protect sensitive habitats and protected species from
construction impacts;
� Details of the appointed suitably qualified ecological consultant’s professional
status, if different to the consultant details provided in NS-R1; and
Strategy 1:
� Protection Strategy Report which identifies the potential risks to the Natural
Systems assets from development and inform setback requirements, including:
� narrative and maps which detail the boundaries of the assets;
� extent of habitats and species to be protected;
� limits of development, buffer areas and setbacks (Works areas must be clearly
identified on an aerial photograph of existing conditions); and
� any features of ecological value to be lost.
Strategy 2:
� Mitigation Strategy Report which details the reasons for requiring mitigation for
loss of habitat and includes:
� narrative and maps of the area of natural system assets to remain protected;
� the area and value of habitat to be lost to development;
� the area allocated for re-establishment;
� limits of development, buffer areas and setbacks (Works areas must be clearly
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