WST 05 - Adaptation to Climate Change

Adaptation to climate change strategy study – timing - KBCN0533

Late consideration of the climate change adaptation strategy study, might reduce the study to a ‘paper exercise’, with minimal value to the project. However, if the assessor is satisfied that there is clear justification for the strategy being developed at a slightly later stage (i.e. early RIBA stage 3) AND there is clear evidence that the strategy has achieved the intended outcomes (i.e. the later consideration has been in no way detrimental to the outcomes of the strategy study/appraisal and the benefits can still be realised on the project), then this will be sufficient for compliance. In any case, all other requirements of the issue must be met for the credits to be awarded. The requirements for the timing of the climate change adaptation strategy are intended to ensure that the benefits of these strategies are realised through early consideration.

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Responding to climate change – less than 12 credits available in Ene 01 - KBCN1829

The exemplary credit requirements for this issue require 8 credits to be achieved in Ene 01. However, when using Ene 01 Option 2 to assess energy performance, the available credits could be less than 12, depending on the Parts assessed. In these cases, the requirement is to achieve two thirds or more of available credits in Ene 01. Adjusted requirements using Ene 01 Option 2

	Part 1 only	Part 2 only	Part 3 only	Parts 1+2	Parts 1+3	Parts 2+3
Available credits in Ene 01 Option 2	3	8	1	11	4	9
Requirement for Wst 05	2.00	5.33	0.67	7.33	2.67	6.00

No credits are available in Ene 01 for a Part 4 only assessment. Requirements unchanged for Ene 01 Option 1 This two thirds requirement does not scale up for Option 1, where 15 credits are available. Where using this option, the requirement for Wst 05 remains at 8 credits.

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