Pol02 - Chemical storage – Above Green

(2 credits)

Aim

To reduce the impact of a chemical leak or spill by containing the substance and minimising impact on other areas of the building.

Question

Are all hazardous chemicals stored in areas with adequate containment to deal with ≥110% of the chemicals stored?

Credits	Answer	Select a single answer
0	A	Question not answered
0	B	No
2	C	Yes

Assessment criteria

Criterion

Assessment criteria

Applicable answer

Filtering

Where there are no hazardous chemicals stored in the asset, this issue can be filtered out of the assessment.

All

Containment for spillage can be in the form of one mitigation measure or a combination of several. Mitigation measures include, (but are not limited to):

Double skin tanks
Drip trays
Non-permeable membranes in the room where tanks are located
Bunding

Evidence

Criteria	Evidence requirements
-	The evidence below is not exhaustive, please also refer to the ‘BREEAM evidential requirements’ section in the scope of the Guidance for appropriate evidence types which can be used to demonstrate compliance.
2	Photographic evidence of chemical storage.
2	Confirmation that facilities are appropriate to the area they serve

Definitions

Hazardous chemicals:

Chemicals with properties that make them dangerous or capable of having a harmful effect on human health or the environment. An example of a list of materials/waste that is defined by law as being hazardous can be found in the Hazardous Waste List (HWL) of the European Waste Catalogue (EWC).