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Research in Sustainable Built
Environment
Bradford Centre for Sustainable
Environments, University of Bradford
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Sustainability Assessment of NB European
(EN) Standards
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Sustainability and Affordability of Houses
BREEAM
GREEN
STAR
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LEED
SBA
HK-BEAM
Sustainability
assessment
frameworks and
‘Tools’ reviewed
HQE
•
SPeAR
SUSAIP
SWARD
CASBEE
Sustainability of Noise Barriers (NB)
Conclusion
None of these frameworks
are appropriate for the
sustainability assessment
of NBs.
A new framework based on
22 sustainability primary
and 126 secondary criteria
has been developed for
NBs.
CEEQUAL
Figure 1 Sustainability assessment frameworks/tools reviewed to identify potential relevant criteria and indicators for NBs projects
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5 May, 2016
Presentation Day, School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Informatics
European Standardisation and the Construction Product Regulation (CPR)
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The Construction Industry faces new challenges regarding product qualification and testing against legislation and
standards. The new Construction Product Regulation (305/2011/EU -CPR) that has become mandatory on 1st July
2013 is promoting a new approach in products qualification based on the declaration of performance against seven
essential requirements.
Sustainability has been specifically addressed with the new 7th basic requirement.
From 1 July 2013, under the CPR, it will become mandatory for manufacturers to draw up a Declaration of Performance
(DoP) and apply CE marking to any of their construction products which are covered by a harmonised European
standard (hEN) or conforms to a European Technical Assessment (ETA) which has been issued for it, when such a
product is placed on the market.
CEN/TC 226 (Road Equipment) decided to include Sustainability in its Working Plan and Liaise with CEN/TC 350,
(Sustainability of construction works), to advise how sustainability aspects can be included in road circulation products
standardisations, hence the development of an EN standard for Sustainability assessment for NB.
Table1 New requirements of the Construction Product Regulation (CPR) 305/2011/EU
Sustainability and Affordability in Bradford’s Incommunities social housing
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The UK government regulates the social housing – 1/5 of homes
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Housing Associations (HAs) provide homes and most of them have strong and explicit social intentions
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Customers: vulnerable, high unemployment rate, and social exclusion.
21.300
rented
1000
leasehold
71% of
social
housing in
BMDC
• The dilema: how to produce
sustainable social homes while
providing rented homes at
affordable prices?
• Develop comprehensive decision
support tools and techniques for
sustainable, affordable social
housing.