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4. Step-by-Step Guide of Green Procurement - 4.1 Step 1 – Identify Your Need
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Key Topic Question to help drafting Green Master Plan
Education Needs • How can the educational needs and aspirations of
participating school be best fulfilled?
• What educational experience can the proposed green
features or green operational practices provide for
students?
• How to engage with the school community throughout
the project, and use the construction phase as a learning
experience for students?
Involvement • Who are the key participants? (Students and teachers only?
Or can parents also be involved?)
• What needs to be agreed between the participants before
the project moves forward?
• What ideas and decisions are needed to be communicated,
to whom and how?
Technical Issues • Who needs to work on the project? (School property
manager, architect, engineer, contractor, etc.)
• What other matters affecting the design might need to be
resolved before adoption? (e.g. replacement of roof’s water
proofing layer before installation of green roof)
• Is approval required from Authority?
• Do control measures need to be implemented during
construction to minimise disturbance to school’s operations?
Funding for the
Project
• What green features are required for funding?
• Who is responsible and whom to contact?
• What funding scheme will be applied?
• Is a professional or contractor’s help required?
• How much time is required for the application?
• Compare costs of different options.
• Cost analysis before funding application.
• Some green improvement measures can be carried out
without incurring costs (such as, turning off lights when not
in use, setting higher set temperature for air conditioning
unit, etc.)
Timeline • How much time is allowed to complete the project?
• How many stages are there during implementation? (For
example, stage 1 – consultation with school community,
stage 2 – pilot implementation, stage 3 – review pilot, etc.)
Design Integration • Has a holistic approach and integration between different
green features been studied? Combining several features
into one integrated solution may be cost-effective and
efficient.
• For example, placing outdoor sport facilities on green roof
can avoid traffic emissions and at the same time free the
ground floor for further landscaping.
Lifecycle
Assessment
• What is the life span of school?
• What is the lifecycle cost?