BRE Scotland Annual Conference 2006

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BRE Scotland Annual Conference 2006 Building A
Better World
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The 'S' Plan Diet Your Recipe For Healthier,
Longer Living Buildings Developments
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James Fisher Jon dEste-Hoare BRE Environment
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Move Over Gordon Ramsey!

• Today we will be discussing
• The S Word!

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Its Time To Play Family Fortunes!
We need your help to make a list (but you will be
rewarded!)
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healthy diet
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The Dangers of Excess

• Experts Warn of Obesity Pandemic
• 5 September , 2006
• People all over the world are getting fat to the
  point that it is jeopardizing their health, a
  group of international experts has warned.
• Convening the International Congress on Obesity,
  Professor Paul Zimmet, an Australian diabetes
  researcher, called obesity "an international
  scourge.
• "It's as big a threat as global warming and bird
  flu," Zimmet told the gathering of 2,500 obesity
  experts and health officials.

• Skinny Models Ban
• 20 September 2006
• THE Clothes Show stepped into the campaign
  against stick-thin models yesterday when it
  pledged not to use girls who are too skinny.
• Boss Gavin Brown said "Girls do not need to be a
  size 00 to make it as a model or look good. To
  prove this, none of the gorgeous models in our
  December show will be size 00."
• Five models were banned from Madrid's Pasarela
  Cibeles fashion show yesterday because their
  image was "sickness not health".
• Others refused to be weighed and were fired.

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• Fat pets warned over lifestyles
• The unhealthy lifestyle of many Britons is
  rubbing off on their pets, with an increasing
  number suffering from heart disease and diabetes,
  a study suggests.
• London's pets were found to have the fourth
  highest rates for diabetes and heart disease,
  which the PDSA said could be attributed to busy
  lifestyles, the dangers of intense traffic and a
  lack of green spaces.
• "We often treat pets as a member of the family,
  and as a result, it's inevitable our diet and
  exercise choices will have an impact on their
  health and well-being too," the PDSA said.
• Offering advice for breaking out of bad habits,
  it suggested "With summer on the way, what
  better time to start walking together?"
• Both diabetes and heart disease are linked to
  poor diet and lack of exercise.

• Can Exercise Can Be Hazardous to Your Health?
• A healthy amount of exercise can improve both
  your outlook on life and your health, but when
  exercise consumes your life, your mind and body
  pay the price.
• The effects of compulsive exercise may include
• ?Stress fractures and overuse injuries
• ? Damaged bones
• ? Fatigue/exhaustion
• ? Depression
• ? Obsessive thoughts in which self-worth is
  measured only in terms of performance and
  appearance
• ? Withdrawing from society, relationships, and
  career
• ? If an exercise addict also uses steroid
  drugs, effects may include blurred vision,
• hallucinations, rages and tantrums, depression,
  acne, increased blood pressure, joint pain, and
  loss of sex drive.

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finances
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• 495,000 run up debt of over 20,000
• NEARLY half a million Britons have unsecured
  debts of more than 20,000, it was revealed
  today.
• The alarming research showed that 495,614 people
  have run up big debts on a combination of credit
  cards, personal loans, overdrafts and borrowing
  from family or friends.
• Of this number, nearly 120,000 owe more than
  20,000 on credit cards, and 29,828 have
  overdrafts in excess of 20,000.
• Nearly 150,000 have personal loans of more than
  20,000, and more than 60,000 owe 20,000 or more
  to family or friends. The study, which does not
  include home loans, was carried out by debt
  experts One Advice.
• It showed nearly one in six people worry about
  their ability to manage debt. More than 4.2m
  people - 17 of adults with any outstanding debts
  - said they were concerned or very concerned
  about their borrowing.

• Retailers call for rate cut after bloody week on
  High Street
• A leading retail lobby group has called on the
  Bank of England to reduce the cost of borrowing
  after a week that has seen two high profile
  casualties of the downturn in consumer spending.
  
• The British retail consortium (BRC) said a cut in
  interest rates was needed to bring relief to
  retailers after its monthly shop price index
  showed non-food prices were down on a year ago.
• "Retailers are keeping prices down and doing what
  they can to stimulate consumer spending by
  improving the value they offer their customers,"
  he said.

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UK Personal Borrowing

• 1,000,000,000,000
• (2004)
• 30bn in circulation (2002)

1,000,000,000,000
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being valued
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sense of place
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community
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relationships
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• Marriage makes both sexes happy
• Both men and women are happier if they are
  married, a study suggests.
• Researchers in Australia have found that contrary
  to popular belief both sexes benefit from
  marriage.
• It has long been believed that men benefit more
  from tying the knot than women.
• Studies carried out in the 1970s, which are still
  widely supported now, suggested that marriage
  increased stress levels among women and
  effectively "drove them crazy".
• But psychologist Dr David de Vaus from La Trobe
  University in Melbourne says his study debunks
  that theory. He looked at data from 10,641 adults
  taken from the 1996 national survey of mental
  health in Australia.
• He found that married men and women suffered the
  same levels of stress, with one in eight
  reporting symptoms.

• Being single has its advantages.
• For the male it is the freedom to watch Match of
  The Day with a nuclear strength curry on your lap
  and a can of premium lager in easy reach. For the
  female it is the opportunity to buy 10 pairs of
  shoes on a shopping bender, without a constant
  dissenting voice at the shoulder.
• Vicky Stewart is happily single at the age of
  34."The disadvantage is that there is no-one to
  share the cost of the mortgage and the bills, but
  it is not lonely because I live in an area where
  I have a lot of friends and the local bar is
  where I used to work, so there is a sense of
  community."
• She typifies a social trend, with the proportion
  of households consisting of a single person below
  retirement age trebling since the 1970s.
• Overall, single-person households are now 29 of
  the total, and that is predicted to increase with
  the number of one-person households exceeding
  those with two or more adults during 2016.

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security
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work
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nature
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drink
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social life
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sex
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sleep
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Healthy diet Finances Being valued Sense of
place Community Relationships Security Work Nature
Drink Social life Sex Sleep
But these are important in our developments too
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climate change energy
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Global Warning

• 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide are emitted per
  person in the UK each year
• 20 tonnes of carbon dioxide are emitted per
  person in the US each year
• 3 tonnes the target for maximum annual
  carbon-dioxide emissions for each person by 2020
• 2.4 tonnes annual cost in carbon dioxide of
  powering the average British home
• 5.5 tonnes carbon-dioxide cost of a return flight
  from London to Sydney
• 25 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide are emitted
  globally each year

New Statesman
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Energy saving week
BBC EnergyWatch
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Flooding Heat island Water efficiency Sustainable
energy Site infrastructure
climate change energy
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transport
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General policy Public transport Parking Pedestrian
s cyclists Proximity of local amenities Traffic
management Community car club
transport
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resources
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Appropriate use of land resources Environmental
impact Locally reclaimed materials Water resource
planning Refuse composting Noise
pollution Construction waste
resources
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community
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Promoting community networks and
interaction Involvement in decision
making Supporting public services, social economy
community structure Community management of the
development
community
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placemaking
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Efficient use of land Design process Form of
development Open space Adaptability Inclusive
communities Crime Street lighting light
pollution Security lighting
placemaking
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As you get older your body has different needs

• Lifetime Homes Flexibility Adaptability
• The Lifetime Homes concept is the incorporation
  of 16 design features that together create a
  flexible blueprint for accessible and adaptable
  housing in any setting
• Goes way beyond current Part M regulations for
  access and useability

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Clogging of the arteries

• If you get it wrong it could be very costly
• The Holmewood Estate was built in the 1950s on
  land about 150m above sea level on the south-east
  edge of Bradford. The estate was planned without
  individual gardens, and with little regard to
  shelter or aspect, and after 40 years remained as
  housing in a largely useless landscape of
  windswept grass, with no motivation for residents
  to become interested in caring for it.
• A five year project cost nearly 40M to put this
  right!

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ecology
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Conservation Enhancement of ecology Planting
ecology
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business
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Competitive business Business opportunities Employ
ment Business types
business
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buildings
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A minute on the lips, a lifetime on the hips!

• Consider running
• maintenance costs at the
• design stage
• Passive heating
• Solar gain control
• Daylighting

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Specified BREEAM
buildings
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The 'S' Plan links a balanced diet with an
integrated team, tasty affordable recipes with
successfully integrating cross cutting issues,
longer life with good design standing the test of
time and good eating habits with good energy use
habits. BREs Sustainability Checklist IS the
diet sheet for developments
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Coming to a city near you soon?
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What is the Checklist?

• A tool to assist in decision making Officers
  and Members
• Simple way to help deliver sustainable
  development policy through the planning system
• Regionally specific
• Consistent with regional policy ( national
  covered later)
• Owned by the region free at the point of access
• Weighted to meet regional policy priorities
• Helps developers too.

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Topics covered Climate change
energy Community Placemaking Transport Ecology Res
ources Business Buildings
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Integrated into the building lifecycle
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How does it work?

• 8 sections, each underpinned by a series of
  questions
• Each question has a minimum standard, as well as
  good and best practice answers
• Score highest marks for best, no marks for a
  plain pass
• Each question is weighted clear indication as
  to major issues
• Reports are generated when the checklist is
  completed

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Existing policy guidance
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Sample question
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Visual output
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Seen as a good thing!
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West Midlands Regional Checklist

• Regional Assembly sees benefit of Checklist for
  W. Mids
• Advantage West Midlands are Chairing
• Project nearly completed
• Soon to be refined further for Wolverhampton C.C.
• Consultation is a major part of the process
• Which regional issues are important?

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Bespoke Checklist Scottish Natural Heritage

• Relocation from Edinburgh to Inverness
• BRE appointed to work with Turner Townsend to
  give specialist sustainability advice
• Output specification, Checklist, KPIs, bid
  evaluation, on-going monitoring
• Achieved highest BREEAM score ever!

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The 'S' Plan links a balanced diet with an
integrated team, tasty affordable recipes with
successfully integrating cross cutting issues,
longer life with good design standing the test of
time and good eating habits with good energy use
habits. BREs Sustainability Checklist IS the
diet sheet for developments A balance of the
right ingredients will give you a perfectly risen
sustainable development cake!
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Contact

• James Fisher
• t 01923 664722
• e fisherj_at_bre.co.uk
• Jon dEste-Hoare
• t 01923 664378
• e destehoarej_at_bre.co.uk

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Thank you for your attention
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