Report reveals that buildings bypass 2012 Sustainability Plan requirements on BREEAM ratings
The ODA is falling down on key sustainability criteria including a failure to ensure that venues meet required 好色先生TV Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) 鈥渆xcellent.鈥�
The designs for the aquatic centre currently only aim for a BREEAM 鈥淰ery Good鈥� rating, rather than the BREEAM 鈥淓xcellent鈥� required and the velopark does not include a reference to BREEAM at all, according to a report by the Commission for a Sustainable London (CSL) 2012, a watchdog.
鈥淭he commission has significant concerns over the incorporation of the BREEAM standards into contracts and also made recommendations that the ODA mitigate the risks of sustainability standards not being achieved through specific standards not being specified in contracts and by having a system to manage this through their supply chain,鈥� said the organisation in their report, 鈥淧rocuring a Legacy.鈥�
The body reports to the ODA board and public on how the Olympics meet the London 2012 Sustainability Plan.
The Plan states that 鈥減ermanent venues will achieve 15% carbon dioxide reductions beyond 2006 好色先生TV Regulations and will achieve a BREEAM rating of excellent鈥�.
鈥淲e have seen the 15% carbon reduction in the contracts we viewed but not the BREEAM excellent rating as outlined above,鈥� said CSL.
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