FM02: Choosing the right environmental assessment:BREEAM vs. LEED

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BREEAM and LEED are the two most widely recognised environmental assessment methodologies used in the construction industry today.   Whilst the thrust of the two are similar - i.e. conserving energy and reducing carbon emissions, generally it is not straightforward to compare the two. What might be applicable in one assessment method might not be relevant in another.

How can a project team determine under which methodology their project can achieve the best rating? This conference aims to give you the necessary background and help you make an informed decision about your project.

Why attend?

Hear from top consultancies working with the key schemes,

Hear from those involved with projects in the Middle East and Australia

Gain information on the Sustainable Buildings Alliance

Understand the views of a property investor

Who should attend?

Anyone working in environmental assessment, designers, contractors, project managers, property owners and developers, procurement managers and those working on projects overseas.

Conference Programme

09.30 - 10.00  Registration and coffee

Conference chairman: Chris Twinn, Director, Ove Arup and Partners

10.00 - 10.30 Environmental assessment - why bother?

• The key schemes
• Legislative drivers
• Business opportunities
• The benefits of a good rating

Chris Twinn, Director, Ove Arup and Partners

10.30 - 11.00 Sustainable Buildings Alliance & a common carbon metric

• What is the alliance and why is it needed?
• How is it going to help?
• Does this signal the move to more integrate schemes?

Alfonso Ponce-Alvarez, Directorate/ Marketing and international affairs department, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment

11.00 - 11.30 Coffee

11.30 - 12.00 Working with BREEAM in Europe

• What value does a good BREEAM rating add to your building once complete?
• How much work is it to achieve a good BREEAM rating?
• Applying BREEAM outside the UK

Ivan Rodriguez, Technical Director, URS Corp

12.00 - 12.30 Working with LEED

• How is LEED relevant to carbon saving?
• What extra cost does LEED assessment add to your project?
• What value does a good LEED rating add to your building once complete?
• How much work is it to achieve a good LEED rating?
• Applying LEED outside the US
• Choosing software

Esfandiar Burman, Senior Energy Consultant, ARCADIS

12.30 - 13.20 Lunch

13.20 - 13.50 Using these schemes in the Middle East

• Do the same rules apply?

Sean Lockie, Director, Sustainability, Faithful+Gould

13.50 - 14.20 Greenstar & Nabers

• How the Australians carry out environmental assessment
• Overview and comparison with LEED / BREEAM
• What is innovative about Greenstar?

Steven Brindle, Waterman Energy & Environment Design

14.20 - 14.40  Coffee

14.40 - 15.10 Integration of LEED in to simulation software - case study from IES

• Meeting the software requirements for LEED modeling
• Making complex LEED tasks accessible through software development
• Meeting the requirement for complex HVAC functionality
• Providing prototype information
• Providing a framework to help guide novice users
• Reportage

Vincent Murray, Project Manager - Special Projects, IES

15.10 - 15.40 With all the information to hand how do you decide what scheme is best for your building?

• what are we trying to achieve?
• what are the variety of objectives we could aim at?
• How do BREEAM & LEED fit in with other target benchmarks?

Angus McIntosh, Head of Research, Kings Sturge

15.40 Discussion & close

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