{"id":19897,"date":"2018-08-18T17:26:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T16:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=19897"},"modified":"2018-08-18T17:26:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T16:26:23","slug":"ihbcs-cpd-boost-and-better-on-emps-for-building-design-and-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=19897","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s CPD \u2018Boost AND Better\u2019: On EMPs for building design and construction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"devices\"<\/a>Environmental plans – or environmental management plans (EMP) \u2013 are an essential tool for setting and managing environmental objectives for a project, and Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) \u2013 host of the IHBC\u2019s Conservation Wiki<\/a> platform – offers a new briefing that IHBC members can both review as a \u2018CPD boost\u2019 and, where registered on DBW<\/a>, improve, using personal skills, knowledge and experience to enhance the content and create a better article.<\/h3>\n

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Designing Buildings Wiki writes:<\/p>\n

\u2026 Generally an environmental plan will be part of an environmental management system (EMS) and will sit within a hierarchical suite of documents.<\/p>\n

The over-arching environmental policy is a high-level statement of mission and principles in relation to environmental performance. It creates the framework for setting environmental objectives and targets and is often a public document. A project might simply adopt a client\u2019s corporate environmental policy, or a project-specific policy might be prepared.<\/p>\n

The environmental plan is the key document in the environmental management system and sets out the detailed, targets, objectives and procedures that will be adopted in order to achieve the goals set out in the environmental policy. On small projects it may form part of the brief, but on larger projects is likely to be a stand-alone document.<\/p>\n

The environmental plan should:<\/p>\n