Today we held an interesting webinar entitled "BREEAM Communities - Beyond Sustainable Buildings" which, was presented by Ed Cotter, Manager - BREEAM Communities, Building Research Establishment (BRE).

Many thanks to those of you who were able to attend the webinar. For those of you who couldn't get your questions answered, please feel free to ask them here.

Ed has kindly agreed to personally respond to any questions and comments posted in this forum.

For those who couldn't make it or want to hear it again, you can access the(author's company)network.com/working-groups/smarter-cities/resources/webinar/" target="_blank"> (author's company)network.com/working-groups/smarter-cities/resources/webinar/" target="_blank">recording here and (author's company)network.com/working-groups/smarter-cities/resources/articles/2772/" target="_blank">presentation here. 

Stated below are the questions we were not able to discuss during the webinar. Please feel free to respond with your comments.

Questions not covered during the webinar -

1. konkana khaund - how do you acknowledge/credit  the role of smart technologies, intelligent building systems (with IT-aided active intelligence) in according a building as sustainable. Also please comment on how you credit commissioning, and retro commissioning in the follow-through process you described?
2. Tamsin McCabe - What are the potential for allowable solutions i.e. particularly for improving energy efficiency of existing stock?
3. Matt Sands - Is there a minimum project size for BREEAM Communities?