BS EN 15643-1:2010 Sustainability of construction works. Sustainability assessment of buildings. General framework
BS EN 15643-1 provides the general principles and requirements, expressed through a series of standards, for the assessment of buildings in terms of environmental, social and economic performance taking into account technical characteristics and functionality of a building. The assessment will quantify the contribution of the assessed construction works to sustainable construction and sustainable development.
The framework applies to all types of buildings and it is relevant for the assessment of the environmental, social and economic performance of new buildings over their entire life cycle, and of existing buildings over their remaining service life and end of life stage.
The standards developed under this framework do not set the rules for how the different building assessment schemes may provide valuation methods. Nor do they prescribe levels, classes or benchmarks for measuring performance.
Contents for BS EN 15643-1 includes:
- Scope
- Normative references
- Terms and definitions
- Principles
- Objectives of assessment of the building
- Approach to assessment of environmental, social and economic performance
- Relevance of technical and functional requirements
- Consideration of the building life cycle
- Requirements for assessment methods
- Object of assessment and the system boundary
- Functional equivalent
- Scenarios
- Transparency
- Reporting and communication
- Results of the assessment
- Functional equivalent
- Environmental, social and economic requirements from client’s brief and/or regulations
- Technical and functional performance