BREEAM HIGHER EDUCATION AND LABORATORIES

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BREEAM HIGHER EDUCATION AND LABORATORIES

• Peter James
• Higher Education Environmental
• Performance Improvement (HEEPI)
• www.heepi.org.uk

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MORE INFORMATION

• Web sites- www.heepi.org.uk- www.labs21.org.uk
• Events- Institute of Safety in Technology and
  Research, Nottingham, July 2cnd- Labs 21,
  Indianapolis, Sept 20-23rd - Innovations in
  European Universities

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Building Regulations
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BREEAM TIMETABLE

• May 2009 finalise credits
• June 2009 assessor training
• July 2009? launch
• End 2009 HEFCE decision on whether mandatory
  (Excellent New Build)
• Summer/Autumn 2010 - review

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BREEAM CHANGES

• BREEAM 2008 general changes- Credit updating,
  e.g. Energy EPCs- Revised weightings- Minimum
  requirements- Innovation and exemplary credits-
  Post Construction Review
• BREEAM HE campus changes
• BREEAM HE lab related changes

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NEW/MODIFIED CREDITS

• HEALTH1 1 credit for good levels of daylighting
  in 60 of the occupied areas and 2 credits for
  good daylighting in 80 of occupied areas
  exemption for areas in which environmentally
  controlled conditions are required
• HEALTH17 Use of BS CEN 14175 on fume cupboard
  safety

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NEW/MODIFIED CREDITS

• MANAGEMENT1 Commissioning
• MANAGEMENT4 Building User Guide 2cnd credit
  for Laboratory User Guide
• MANAGEMENT6 Consultation limited to the
  University community in an existing campus

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NEW/MODIFIED CREDITS

• Filtering out of credits for buildings that
  present sensitivity issues
• MANAGEMENT7 Shared facilities
• MANAGEMENT9 Publication of building information
• MANAGEMENT10 Development as a learning resource

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ENERGY CREDITS

• ENERGY1- In all cases up to 15 credits based on
  SBEM calculation- Up to 5 additional credits for
  laboratories- 5 for over 25 of floor area- 3
  for 10-25 of floor area- Subject to a simple
  significance test(e.g. 2 of total consumption)

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ADDITIONAL ENERGY CREDITS

• Choice from a menu
• Ventilation credits
• Heat and cooling credits
• Design integration credits
• Type specific credits
• Fume cupboard credits (2)- Mandatory for labs
  with fume cupboards

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VENTILATION CREDITS

• Grouping/isolation of high filtration/ventilation
  activities
• Low pressure drop design- optimised duct runs
  use of 3D modelling
• Specification and achievement of best practice
  fan power

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FAN POWER (Watts/Litre/Second)

• General laboratory supply air AHUs with heating
  and cooling - 1.5
• General laboratory extract systems - 1.2
• Laboratory local extract ventilation 1.0
• Containment 3 or 4 area extract - 1.5
• Fume cupboard extract individual systems - 1.0
• Fume cupboard extract manifolded systems - 1.5

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HEAT AND COOLING CREDITS

• Heat recovery- e.g. exhaust air (where no risk
  of cross-contamination)
• Cooling recovery
• Grouping of cooling loads
• Specification of free cooling coils

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SYSTEM INTEGRATION CREDITS

• Design integration- a documented process of
  dialogue and challenge between key suppliers
  (especially architects and engineers) and users
  to achieve right sizing eliminate unecessary
  contingencies etc.
• Load responsiveness- modularity variable speed
  drives and pumps etc.

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FUME CUPBOARD CREDITS

• Credit 1 Exhaust volume air flow of below
  0.16m3/second per linear metre
• Credit 2 Below 0.12m3/s
• Achieved GSK Newcastle
• Comparison Traditional CAV 0.25m3/s
• Comparison Cambridge 0.175m3/s
• Prerequisite HEALTH17 (BS 14175) design team
  assurance on safety

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KEY QUESTIONS

• Ensuring that safety isnt compromised
• Defining laboratories
• Avoiding perverse incentives- fume cupboards and
  air change rates
• Precise credit definitions- design integration-
  laboratory user guide- low pressure drop design
  

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CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
SHARING EXPERIENCE -User group -User evaluation
BUILDING CAPACITY -HE specific training -Sector
assessors -Referral service?
DRIVING IMPROVEMENT -Innovation
credits -Benchmarking-Linking with DECS
BREEAM HIGHER EDUCATION
EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION -Post occupancy
evaluation -BREEAM in Use