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Accountability and substantiation of building
4. design team and this covers the minimum consultation content in criteria 3.
5. 5. The project must demonstrate how the stakeholder contributions and outcomes of the consultation exercise have
influenced or changed the initial project brief and concept design.
6. 6. Prior to completion of the detailed design, consultation feedback has been given to, and received by, all relevant parties.

M1.1.3 - One credit - Reduction of material use within minimum

required m2 GFA

7. 7. The required amount of material per square meter of gross floor area to be realised is minimised. The quantity is
expressed in m3 of solid material belonging to all main components as stated in table 25 (current BRL 2014v.2.0, page
226/227). This should correspond to the entry in the MAT 5 calculator (if applicable), the input of the MPG calculation (MAT
1, if applicable) and the Materials Passport (see below). A volume calculation is made in which these quantities of solid
material per element, per main component and as a total are included.
8. 8. For at least 3 building elements, alternatives have been sought for a construction that is as slim / thin / light as possible
to reduce the amount of material to be used. This research must be recorded in a memorandum, which shows which
elements this concerns, how much volume it involves per element type, which optimisations were possible, which
choices were made and why.

Methodology

M.1.1.1: no specific methodology. Often these considerations are (also) made from a financial perspective. If renovation costs
>70% of new construction costs, then new construction is the preferred option (for example in Education, Healthcare).
The funding models in those sectors address this.
M.1.1.2. Stakeholder consultation on Spatial Programme and Sketch Design. Ladder of participation - clarifying roles, tasks,
powers, responsibilities of stakeholders - can be used to select and involve stakeholders.
M.1.1.2. Stakeholder consultation on Spatial Programme and Sketch Design. Ladder of participation - clarifying roles, tasks,
powers, responsibilities of stakeholders - can be used to select and involve stakeholders.

References to other methods

- Regarding M.1.2 .: GPR building 4.3: criterion 4.2.3. (net gross floor area ratio)
- Regarding M.1.2 .: Consultation stakeholders: see BREEAM international MAN 01 Project Brief and Design.
- Regarding M.1.3 .: GPR building 4.3: criterion 2.2.5. (construction method, aimed at efficient use of materials) and criterion
2.2.6. (construction method, focused on multiple cycles)
- Regarding M.1.3 .: Reference to the Materials Passport, to MAT 5, to MAT 1 and to NL-sfb-element coding.

Dutch Green Building Council BREEAM-NL Concept Credit proposal