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ECOGNITION
BEAM:
sets targets and standards which are independently assessed and
so help to minimise false claims or distortions;
provides recognition for buildings where the quality has been
enhanced and environmental impacts have been reduced;
enables developers and building operators to respond to user
demands for better quality buildings that have less impact on the
environment; and
helps stimulate the market for more sustainable buildings.
Whilst BEAM endeavours to provide for a comprehensive and fair
assessment, it recognises that truly scientific assessment criteria and
methods covering the sustainable building practices which form the
substance of the BEAM assessment remain under development
(continue to evolve) at the time of going to print.
D
YNAMIC
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YSTEM
Since the collective knowledge of what constitutes a sustainable building
will continue to develop, BEAM will need to respond, requiring a dynamic
system able to incorporate periodic changes and updates. With wider
implementation it is also expected that the scheme will be subject to
further scrutiny by, and feedback from, an increasing number of
stakeholders.
The BEAM documentation is reviewed on an annual basis and revised
when necessary. Where changes in regulations necessitate changes to
the assessment criteria these will be issued to all parties involved in an
assessment and will be announced on the BEAM Society Limited’s
website. An appropriate transitional period is allowed for buildings
already under assessment.
The BEAM Society Limited’s website [1]provides further advice to users
in the form of guidance notes and assessment tools.
1 BEAM Society Limited.
http://www.beamsociety.org.hk/