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BEAM P

LUS FOR

E

XISTING

B

UILDINGS

F

RAMEWORK

V

ERSION

1.2

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because performance criteria have not been established. They may be

included in future updates, when information becomes available to permit

reasonably objective assessment.

S

OCIAL AND

E

CONOMIC

A

SPECTS

BEAM recognises the need to include social and economic dimensions

when assessing building performance. Where there is consensus

amongst stakeholders that an issue is important, and where a

reasonably objective assessment can be made, the issue is included.

R

AISING

S

TANDARDS

'Green

Building'

Target

'Sustainable

Building'

Target

Timeframe >

Baseline/Benchmark

Incremental steps -

difficulty, cost, etc

Responding to environmental priorities and to social and economic

issues, BEAM strives to improve the overall performance of buildings.

BEAM encourages progressively higher standards of performance and

innovations that contribute to such performance. For a voluntary scheme,

the extent to which performance can be enhanced is determined by

market acceptance of the assessment criteria, the cost of undertaking

assessments, the relative weighting of the credits counting towards the

overall grade awarded, and the perceived benefits to the Client. The

criteria included in BEAM are considered to be realistic and attainable in

practice.