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A sustainable UCL means a campus which: •Support current business needs whilst allowing flexibility for future use with minimum intervention•Minimise negative environmental impact and maximise positive impact•Seek to minimise lifecycle costs in expenditure and carbon through efficient operation and intelligent design•Are places where people want to, and are able to, work, interact and learn•Are capable of adapting to future environmental and social impacts

Whilst•Representing UCL to its wider community

Our vision

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What is Ska?

“SKA rating helps landlords and tenants assess fit-out projects against a set of sustainability good practice criteria. It is estimated that 11% of UK construction spending is on fit-outs and that buildings may have 30-40 fit-outs during their lifecycle”

RICS

At UCL, we found that a lot of the projects we had were fit out

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Bridging the gap

• Ska is one of the tools used

• Tool should be appropriate to size of the project

• ‘Mini Ska’ takes the core elements of Ska for smaller projects which are not suited to a full assessment

• ‘Mini Ska Labs’ uses the same approach for S labs recommendations

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Ska session No of hours ParticipantsInitial scoping meeting 12 (6 x 2) Full design team + Ska Assessor

(QS, Mech, Elec, Architect, PM)Interim review 6 (6 x 1) Full design team + SA (Sustainability

Advisor)Pre-tender review 9 (6 x 1.5) Full design team + SASourcing of Ska compliant materials (approx.)

20 Architect, M&E & Environment team

Handover scoping 7.5 (5 x 1.5) PM, SA & build teamPre-tender review 6 (4 x 1.5) SA, M&E & ArchitectDesk top audit design 6 SASupplier management for Ska compliant materials (approx.)

10 Contractor

Desk top audit handover 6 SAOn-site audit/interim review 4 (2 x 2) SA & contractor

Total hours 86.5 hours

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Bridging the gap

• At the moment, lab fit outs use both• 2 assessments risks

items being lost• 2 processes to follow• Needs to be an

internal assessor OR 2 assessors

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• High efficiency lighting• Absence detection for lighting including

daylight saving and inter action with HVAC systems

• Low energy phase change HVAC systems• Heat recovery on Air Handling Plant• Low velocity fume cupboards• Efficient HVAC systems• Improvements to building fabric

including secondary glazing and wall insulation

The above measures have been calculated

to save approximately 20% of the floors energy use and CO2 emissions.

The CO2 emissions reduce from 77052 Kg

CO2 per annum to 61965Kg CO2.

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• Lab refurbishment often involves non-lab spaces such as WCs

• Don’t apply the criteria to the lab area if there is a safety or business reason not to• e.g. if blackout conditions are

required for an experiment, don’t stick to the blinds VLT

• Materials sourcing may be difficult but it does not mean that we shouldn’t try

• Accept that you may not get to Ska Gold

• Ensure that the principles incorporated in the design are communicated to the users