Green Star FAQs
Is an External Peer Review for LCA required for a Design Review?
No. For a Design Review submission, an external peer review is optional for the LCA conducted, noting that the LCA must be externally peer reviewed at the As Built stage.
Any changes/mistakes that are corrected at the As Built stage must be highlighted by the peer reviewer, to give the Certified Assessor greater understanding of the differences between the LCA submission for the Design Review and As Built stages.
It is to be noted that outcome of the Design Review stages will not necessarily reflect the outcome at As Built for the LCA credit. Deferring the Peer Review to the As Built stage is acknowledged to be of greater risk to the project's final results.
The submission is to include any relevant extracts from the specification that demonstrate that an External Peer Review is to be completed at As Built.
This FAQ is related to the following Rating Tools, Categories or Credits:
- Green Star - Design & As Built v1 / Materials / 19 Life Cycle Assessment: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment
- Green Star - Design & As Built v1.1 / Materials / 19 Life Cycle Assessment: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment
- Green Star - Design & As Built v1.2 / Materials / 19 Life Cycle Assessment: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment
- Green Star - Design & As Built v1.3 / Materials / 19.A.1 Comparative Life Cycle Assessment
- Green Star - Interiors v1 / Materials / 1921 Life Cycle Assessment
- Green Star - Interiors v1.1 / Materials / 1921 Life Cycle Assessment
- Green Star - Interiors v1.2 / Materials / 19 Life Cycle Assessment: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment
- Green Star - Interiors v1.3 / Materials / 19.1 Comparative Life Cycle Assessment
- Green Star - Railway Stations v1 / Materials / 19 Life Cycle Assessment: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment
- Green Star Buildings v1 / Positive / 26 Life Cycle Impacts
- Green Star Buildings v1.0 / Positive / 26 Life Cycle Impacts
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