1. BREEAM HIGHER EDUCATION AND LABORATORIES Peter James Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement (HEEPI) www.heepi.org.uk

2. BREEAM CHANGES BREEAM 2008 general changes - Credit updating, e.g. Energy & EPCs - Revised weightings - Minimum requirements - Innovation and exemplary credits - Post Construction Review BREEAM HE campus changes BREEAM HE lab related changes

3. NEW/MODIFIED CREDITS HEALTH17 - Use of BS CEN 14175 on fume cupboard safety - Explicit H&S sign off MANAGEMENT1 – Commissioning MANAGEMENT4 – Building User Guide + 2cnd credit for Laboratory User MANAGEMENT – Early stage design process

4. Choice from a ‘menu’ - up to 5 for larger labs, 3 for medium Based on expert consultation process Fume cupboard credits (1.5) - First credit mandatory for labs with fume cupboards 10 additional half credits LAB ENERGY CREDITS

5. General laboratory supply air AHUs with heating and cooling - 1.5 General laboratory extract systems - 1.2 Laboratory local extract (ducted) – 1.0 Containment area (no HEPA) - 1.5 Containment area (HEPA) – 2.5 Fume cupboard extract – 1.5 FAN POWER (Watts/Litre/Second )

6. BREEAM HIGHER EDUCATION SHARING EXPERIENCE -User group -User evaluation EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION -Post occupancy evaluation -BREEAM in Use BUILDING CAPACITY -HE specific training -Sector assessors -Referral service? DRIVING IMPROVEMENT -Innovation credits -Benchmarking -Linking with DECS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

7. Grouping/isolation of high filtration/ventilation activities Low pressure drop design - optimised duct runs; use of 3D modelling Specification and achievement of best practice fan power VENTILATION CREDITS

8. Heat recovery - e.g. exhaust air (where no risk of cross- contamination) Cooling recovery Grouping of cooling loads Specification of free cooling coils HEAT AND COOLING CREDITS

9. Design integration - a documented process of dialogue and challenge between key suppliers (especially architects and engineers) and users to achieve right sizing; eliminate unecessary contingencies etc. Load responsiveness - modularity; variable speed drives and pumps etc. SYSTEM INTEGRATION CREDITS

10. Credit 1 – Exhaust volume air flow of below 0.16m 3 /second Credit 2 – Below 0.12m 3 /s Achieved – GSK; Newcastle Comparison – Traditional CAV 0.25m 3 /s Comparison – Cambridge 0.175m 3 /s Prerequisite – HEALTH17 (BS 14175) + design team assurance on safety FUME CUPBOARD CREDITS

11. Defining laboratories Avoiding perverse incentives - fume cupboards and air change rates Precise credit definitions - design integration - laboratory user guide - low pressure drop design KEY QUESTIONS