Health and Wellbeing

Fully fitted 15%

Shell only 10%

Shell and core 10.5%

None

Hea 01

Visual comfort

Up to 6

• Potential for disabling glare has been designed out of all relevant building areas.
• Good practice daylighting levels have been met.
• Floor space in relevant building areas has an adequate view out to reduce eye-strain and provide a link to the outside.
• Internal and external lighting systems are designed to avoid flicker and provide appropriate illuminance (lux) levels.
• Internal lighting is zoned to allow for occupant control.

Hea 02

Indoor air quality

5

• Minimising sources of air pollution through careful design specification and planning.
• Building ventilation strategy is designed to be flexible and adaptable to potential future building occupant needs and climatic scenarios.

Hea 03

Safe containment in laboratories

2

• Production of an objective risk assessment of the proposed laboratory facilities.
• Containment devices such as fume cupboards meet best practice safety and performance requirements and objectives.
• Containment level 2 and 3 laboratory facilities to meet best practice safety and performance criteria where specified.

Hea 04

Thermal comfort

3

• Thermal modelling carried out to appropriate standards.
• Projected climate change scenario(s) considered as part of the thermal model.
• The thermal modelling analysis has informed the temperature control strategy for the building and its users.

Hea 05

Acoustic performance

up to 4 credits

• The building meets appropriate acoustic performance standards and testing requirements in terms of:
  • Sound insulation
  • Indoor ambient noise level
  • Reverberation times.

• Provision of effective measures which support safe access to and from the building.
• Security needs are understood and taken into account in the design and specification.