A sustainable UCL means a campus which:

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Our vision

• A sustainable UCL means a campus which
• Support current business needs whilst allowing
  flexibility for future use with minimum
  intervention
• Minimise negative environmental impact and
  maximise positive impact
• Seek to minimise lifecycle costs in expenditure
  and carbon through efficient operation and
  intelligent design
• Are places where people want to, and are able to,
  work, interact and learn
• Are capable of adapting to future environmental
  and social impacts
• Whilst
• Representing UCL to its wider community

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What is Ska?
SKA rating helps landlords and tenants assess
fit-out projects against a set of sustainability
good practice criteria. It is estimated that 11
of UK construction spending is on fit-outs and
that buildings may have 30-40 fit-outs during
their lifecycle RICS
At UCL, we found that a lot of the projects we
had were fit out
82 Capital Projects
41 Small/Medium Capital Projects where Ska would
be appropriate
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Bridging the gap

• Ska is one of the tools used
• Tool should be appropriate to size of the project
• Mini Ska takes the core elements of Ska for
  smaller projects which are not suited to a full
  assessment
• Mini Ska Labs uses the same approach for S labs
  recommendations

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Ska session No of hours Participants
Initial scoping meeting 12 (6 x 2) Full design team Ska Assessor (QS, Mech, Elec, Architect, PM)
Interim review 6 (6 x 1) Full design team SA (Sustainability Advisor)
Pre-tender review 9 (6 x 1.5) Full design team SA
Sourcing of Ska compliant materials (approx.) 20 Architect, ME Environment team
Handover scoping 7.5 (5 x 1.5) PM, SA build team
Pre-tender review 6 (4 x 1.5) SA, ME Architect
Desk top audit design 6 SA
Supplier management for Ska compliant materials (approx.) 10 Contractor
Desk top audit handover 6 SA
On-site audit/interim review 4 (2 x 2) SA contractor
Total hours 86.5 hours  
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Bridging the gap

• At the moment, lab fit outs use both
• 2 assessments risks items being lost
• 2 processes to follow
• Needs to be an internal assessor OR 2 assessors

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• High efficiency lighting
• Absence detection for lighting including daylight
  saving and inter action with HVAC systems
• Low energy phase change HVAC systems
• Heat recovery on Air Handling Plant
• Low velocity fume cupboards
• Efficient HVAC systems
• Improvements to building fabric including
  secondary glazing and wall insulation
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• The above measures have been calculated to save
  approximately 20 of the floors energy use and
  CO2 emissions.
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• The CO2 emissions reduce from 77052 Kg CO2 per
  annum to 61965Kg CO2.

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• Lab refurbishment often involves non-lab spaces
  such as WCs
• Dont apply the criteria to the lab area if there
  is a safety or business reason not to
• e.g. if blackout conditions are required for an
  experiment, dont stick to the blinds VLT
• Materials sourcing may be difficult but it does
  not mean that we shouldnt try
• Accept that you may not get to Ska Gold
• Ensure that the principles incorporated in the
  design are communicated to the users