Ska Ratings Interior Fitout Refit Environmental Assessment Method (Tools)

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Important information regarding SKA Rating

RICS is transferring ownership of SKA Rating, the environmental assessment methodology and benchmarking tool, to SKA Rating Ltd, a not-for-profit company run by SKA Rating technical committee members.

This transfer will allow the tool to grow under the guidance of its creators.

As a result of the transfer, with effect from 23.10.2023, the personal information which RICS held in conjunction with SKA Rating will be transferred to SKA Rating Ltd. Further details of how SKA Rating Ltd will hold, use and store that information can be found in SKA Rating Ltd’s privacy notice.

RICS will initially retain data related to the tool in compliance with our legal obligations, but it will be deleted as soon as these obligations expire.

A phased transition of ownership will be complete by February 2024.

There will be no change to your use of the online tool during this period. RICS remains committed to improving sustainability and will continue to collaborate with SKA Rating Ltd.

RICS members, meanwhile, also have access to other resources developed by RICS which specifically align with our strategic sustainability aims.

For more information visit www.skarating.org

Contact support@skarating.org / 0300 30 20 752.

Ska Ratings

Office Retail and Higher Education Fit-outs and refits sustainability rating system
(No longer RICS) and their development partners, who include a number of leading architects consultants, contractors active in the sector.
Technical Committee joined by BrianSpecMan in 2014 until 2020.
With the recession currently favouring refurbishment rather than new build accommodation, the new assessment system offers a means of demonstrating that existing stock too can be delivered to a highest of environmental standards.
99 good practice measures (many more now with the HE development) ranging from energy and CO2 emissions to waste, water and ‘wellbeing’.
Scoring system:
- gold, silver or bronze rating.
(No longer The RICS) is hosting the formal assessment route, which will require companies to obtain a quality-assured certificate from a certified assessor,
training courses for would-be assessors.
all information freely available rating method, criteria and best practice guidance
online assessment tool
do-it-yourself fit-out assessments
do-it-yourself ratings for fit-out clients.
developed to suit the whole spectrum of owners and occupiers, including the smallest business
When the fit-out market is taken as a whole, this commercial sub-sector actually accounts for around 10% of total construction spend in the UK, according to the RICS.
Formally launched 2009, the rating system has been attracting attention on the sustainable construction front and has already managed to pick up several industry awards.

NGS Observations in 2009

This seems to take no account of OGC, GPP or Defra ambitions.
NGS was invited to critique Ska at the time
There are plenty of opportunities for its development
NGS BrianSpecMan was on the steering group and helped develop the Higher Education version