Ska Rating – The environmental assessment tool for sustainable fit-outs
Jan 19, 2011 |NBS
The new tool is designed to help organizations achieve more sustainable fit-outs. Anybody interested in fitting out an office building in a more environmentally sustainable way can use the method to carry out an informal self-assessment of the environmental performance of their fit-out; commission a quality assured assessment and certificate from an RICS accredited Ska assessor; obtain clear guidance on good practice in fit-out and how to implement it, and benchmark the performance of fit-outs against each other and the rest of the industry.
This programme discusses the details of the scheme and considers how it works in practice.
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