Guiding international standards and international sustainability certification schemes

• We initiated and chaired the development of the new multi-part British Standard: BS 8895 (Designing for Material Efficiency in Building Projects).
• BS 8895 is now the principal resource supporting the optimisation of material efficiency and designing out waste in two international sustainability certification schemes (BREEAM and New Zealand Homestar) as well as a UK quality and sustainability assessment scheme (Home Quality Mark).
• It has ensured the wider industry adoption of material resource efficiency in building projects.