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Level(s) - Sustainable performance in buildings

One day

Intermediate

7 Sections

Level(s) stakeholder roles

Before you begin, please refer to the Learning journey document in the Resources section on the right hand side of the screen. It will indicate the materials that best suit your priorities.

This Introduction will guide you through the development of a Level(s) project plan and the building description.

Introduction

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1. Greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions along a building’s life cycle

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Minimizing the whole life carbon output, consider both energy consumption during the use phase of the building and embodied energy, including:

Use stage energy performance.
Life cycle Global Warming Potential.

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Module 1

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2. Resource efficient and circular material life cycles

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Optimizing the building design to support lean and circular flows, including:

Building materials use and quantities
Minimizing construction and demolition waste generated to optimize material use
Replacement cycles and flexibility to adapt to change
Potential for deconstruction as opposed to demolition

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Module 2

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Using water efficiently, particularly in areas of identified long-term or projected water stress.

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Module 3

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Creating buildings that are comfortable, attractive and productive. This includes four aspects of the quality of the indoor environmental quality:

The indoor air for specific parameters and pollutants
The degree of thermal comfort
The quality of artificial and natural light and associated visual comfort
The capacity of the building fabric to insulate occupiers from internal and external sources of noise

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Module 4

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Future-proofing building performance:

Adapting to changes of future climate impacting on thermal comfort
Making the building more resilient and resistant to extreme weather events (including flooding: fluvial, pluvial and coastal)
Improving the building design to reduce the chances of pluvial/fluvial flood events in the local area (i.e. increasing sustainable drainage)

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Module 5

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A long-term view of the whole life costs and market value of more sustainable buildings, including:

Life cycle costs (construction, operation, maintenance, refurbishment and disposal)
Encouraging the integration of sustainability aspects into market value assessment and risk rating processes and ensure that this is done as informed and transparent as possible

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Module 6

Atosaigh

Modules

Learning journey

Curtha i gcrích

0. Introduction

Curtha i gcrích

1. Greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions along a building’s life cycle

2. Resource efficient and circular material life cycles

3. Efficient use of water resources

Curtha i gcrích

4. Healthy and comfortable spaces

5. Adaption and resilience to climate change

6. Optimised life cycle cost and value

European Union

Explore by topic:

Explore by topic:

Level(s) - Sustainable performance in buildings

Learning journey

0. Introduction

1. Greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions along a building’s life cycle

2. Resource efficient and circular material life cycles

3. Efficient use of water resources

4. Healthy and comfortable spaces

5. Adaption and resilience to climate change

6. Optimised life cycle cost and value

Modules

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