LOW ENERGY BUILDING RUSSIA
The Fisht Olympic Stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies and, in 2018, will be a World Cup venue
and EMS under ISO 14001 standard. The Green Standard brings together many
aspects of Russian environmental and energy legislation, including energy audits. Eames said many developers eyed the
certifi cation suspiciously, regarding it as an unnecessary burden. ‘Some of them even asked me whether it was a way of shaking them down to make money out of them. It’s a common problem they face every day – people coming to them with extra requirements.’ Eames says the more progressive developers
are changing their attitudes, and now see it as an opportunity rather than a burden. A good example, says Eames, is Russian
Railways, which is considering BREEAM certifi cation for many of its buildings. ‘Adler Station is an impressive example of a modern integrated transport hub – smoothly connecting long-distance and local trains, buses, ferry passengers, bicycles, pedestrians and vehicle traffi c,’ says Eames. Looking at projects holistically was one
process – such as the management of the building, the materials, energy, and transport,’ says Eames. ‘It’s a way of incorporating best practice to create a better-quality building.’ A certifi cation scheme more widely applied
than BREEAM is the Corporate Green Standard, which covers the 200 investment projects delivered for the Games. This scheme – launched by SC Olympstroy and the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources in May 2010 – marked the fi rst attempt to introduce detailed environmental guidance for the construction industry. Although voluntary, the standards have the potential to become legislation. To support this, Olympstroy, with the help
of RuGBC experts, introduced an integrated system of sustainable design based on 3D GIS
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lesson the Russians had to learn. Instead of specialists working independently, integrated design was introduced into the process with end users, facility managers, and energy experts working together at the design stage. Eames says the Russian government is
starting to see the economic benefi ts of energy effi ciency, as it can make much more money exporting energy than it can by supplying it to heavily subsidised domestic markets. Energy effi ciency means more export revenue. The Russian construction industry is
now looking at lifecycle cost analysis. ‘At the moment, the criteria for a lot of state tenders – to create the cheapest possible buildings – don’t necessarily take into consideration all of the sustainable aspects,’ says Eames. The widespread certifi cation of Olympic venues to international standards has
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stimulated an innovative construction industry in Russia – and beyond. ‘The fi nal buildings in Sochi may not be as green as the London venues, but the UK is one of the world’s leading green building countries,’ says Eames. ‘In Sochi, they went from a zero base,
with no history of green buildings, to a stage where they’ve incorporated a lot of renewable technologies, and started certifying buildings. So, in some ways, they’ve done more.’ Eames will be commuting from Stamford
for a while longer – he was re-elected as the RuGBC head in November for a further two years, and is keen to build on the Sochi legacy. Sustainable projects are already under
way in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don, Tomsk, Ekaterinburg and Tatarstan. In St Petersburg, Russian developer Mirland is also preparing to undertake a 1m m2
BREEAM residential
development. And Eames is gaining more stamps on his passport as the green frontier moves east, with projects now taking shape in Kazakhstan, where he has just helped establish the Kazakh Green Building Council. CJ
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