This category encourages sustainable land use, habitat protection and creation, and improvement of long term biodiversity for the building's site and surrounding land. Issues in this section relate to the reuse of brownfield sites or those of low ecological value, mitigation and enhancement of ecology and long term biodiversity management.
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Issue |
Credits |
Credit summary |
|---|---|---|
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3 |
To encourage the use of previously occupied or contaminated land and avoid land which has not been previously disturbed. |
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LE 02 Ecological value of site and protection of ecological features |
2 |
To encourage development on land that already has limited value to wildlife and to protect existing ecological features from substantial damage during site preparation and completion of construction works. |
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N/A |
- |
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3 |
To encourage actions taken to enhance the ecological value of the site as a result of development. |
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2 |
To minimise the long term impact of the development on the site and the surrounding area's biodiversity. |
LE 02 Ecological value of site and protection of ecological features
BREEAM International New Construction 2016
Reference: SD233 – Issue: 2.0
Date: 03/07/2017
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