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BEAM PLUS Consultant
John Herbert
Director
We help businesses achieve BEAM certification using BEAM and BEAMPLUS
rating tools.
Kelcroft provides expert advisory services for building owners,
developers, and building operators seeking Hong Kong BEAM and
BEAM PLUS certification.
Kelcroft's director John A.
Herbert has been involved with the development of BEAM for more than a decade,
and was one of the first BEAM Professionals in Hong Kong.
- BEAM Pro NB (new building)
- BEAM Pro EB V1.2 (existing building)
- BEAM Pro EB V2.0 (existing building)
- BEAM Pro BI (interiors)
- BEAM Pro ND (neighbourhood)
Herbert said "The role of the BEAM Professional will be to drive green
building, creating innovative and energy wise built environment solutions
that lower the environmental impact of our building stock in Hong Kong and the
region."
Having a BEAM Professional on your team is not compulsory for NB and EB projects,
but it helps BEAM green building certification because projects can earn one
credit under the Hong Kong BEAM Plus green building rating tool.
Our director, Mr John Herbert provides expert consultancy and advisory
services for sustainable green building, and project targeting
certification under BEAMPLUS, his credentials include:
- Director, BEAM Society Limited
- Chairman, BEAM Technical Review Panel
- BEAM Standards Committee member
- HKGBC Faculty Member
- BSL Member
- BEAM Professional NB, EB BI and ND
- Instructor for BEAM Professional training
- Instructor for BEAM Affilates training
- Instructor for BEAM Interiors training
- Instructor for BEAM Assessor training
- Past chairman, BEAM Innovation Panel
- Green Globes Professional
- BEAM Water Aspect Panel, past Chair
- BEAM Technical Committee past Member
Sustainability
Sustainability is the only solution for the future of brands Herbert said,
businesses will need to embrace the future maze of green labels. The public
are swapped with "green" claims almost daily, and only independent labels
offer some hope.
Green Building Planning
Whether you require BEAM certification or simply want to build an environmentally friendly
building, the most important step, and mistakes, are made at the initial planning stage.
Too often the necessary expertise, including engineers are engaged too late in the process
after plans are drawn, and approvals obtained.
Looking forward, the entire construction industry needs to change the way firms
are engaged and compensated. If architects are compensated based solely on the drawings
produced, of course, the rest of the design team will be left behind. Once the drawings
are signed off, and key decisions made that is NOT the right time to involve the
E&M engineers, its already too late Herbert said.
"....the entire design team, contractors, and specialists needs to be engaged and involved in the development process from day one."
The entire design team, contractors, and specialists need to be engaged and involved
in the project development process from day one because it's more cost effective.
The impact of design rework increases as the process rubbles on. Modifications that
could yield positive environmental impacts are too often ignored because the building plans
are already approved, and the costs, and effort to go back and change approved plans
could be considerable.
More Design Not Less
Hong Kong BEAM and rating tools in general, values our finite material resources
encouraging more design with less material. In turn that means compensating the
design team, contractors and specialists in new and different ways.
BEAMPLUS Certification
A BEAMPLUS consultant should help, and advise the design team,
and client side, regarding BEAMPLUS certification and the process.
BEAM certification process for New Buildings (NB) is conducted into two
stages, called the Provisional Assessment (PA) and then the Final
Assessment (FA).
A Provisional Assessment (PA) submission is the first round, it is primarily
the commitments made during design stage for the future performance of the
building systems, some credits require simulation to justify the intended
building performance.
At Final Assessment (FA) stage is time when the performance data must be
submitted to demonstrate the performance of the building. For example,
IAQ measurements, etc.
BEAMPlus Interiors (BI)
BI is the green rating tool for offices, it is slightly different,
after the project is 100% complete there is only one final assessment (FA).
Can BEAMPlus Interiors (BI) be used for residential?
Yes, but the Interiors framework is unlike BEAMPLUS NB because it does not
have exclusions, that means all credits must be attempted, no NA, and since the tool
is crafted towards shops and offices, obtaining a high score for residential
properies is very difficult.
For BEAMPLUS consultant call our John A. Herbert in our Hong
Kong office today!
