DRE3: Site Design and Construction Requirements
Maximum Score
2 points
Input Method
Assessment Portal
Prefill
Eligible
Scoring method
Static
Automatic Validation
Other answer is manually validated
2026 Updates
Does the entity have sustainable site design/construction requirements for development projects?
Assessment Instructions
Intent: What is the purpose of this indicator?
This indicator evaluates whether the entity applies sustainable site development requirements to help minimize the direct and indirect environmental impacts of construction sites.
Input: How do I complete this indicator?
Select yes or no. If yes, select all applicable sub-options.
Other: State the sustainable site design/construction criteria. It is possible to add multiple other answers. If multiple other answers are acceptable, only one will be counted towards scoring.
Terminology
Environmental Assessment
An assessment during the due diligence process that ensures the environmental implications of the site are taken into account. This can include contamination from historical and/or current use, to any potential environmental or human health hazard arising from the site.
Manage waste by diverting construction and demolition materials from disposal
Support a low waste construction site and minimize down-cycling of materials with actions such as diverting, reusing or recycling construction and demolition materials.
Manage waste by diverting reusable vegetation, rocks, and soil from disposal
Minimize the disposal of reusable vegetation, minerals, rocks and soil with actions such as using these materials as resources in site design or to produce compost.
Minimize light pollution to the surrounding community
Minimize the effects of light pollution caused by construction lighting and other human-made sources to the surrounding areas of the development sites.
Minimize noise pollution to the surrounding community
Minimize the effects of noise pollution caused by construction activities to the surrounding areas of the development sites.
Protect air quality during construction
Protect air quality and reduce pollution by using construction equipment that reduces emissions of localized air pollutants and greenhouse gasses.
Protect and restore habitat and soils disturbed during construction and/or during previous development
Support healthy plants, biological communities, water storage, and infiltration with actions such as the protection of on-site habitat, restoring disturbed soils, and supporting off-site land conservation.
Protect surface water and aquatic ecosystems by controlling and retaining construction pollutants
Protect receiving waters (including surface water, groundwater, and combined sewers or stormwater systems) with measures such as the creation and implementation of a stormwater pollution prevention plan or erosion and sedimentation control plan.
Validation: What evidence is required?
No evidence required. Only the 'Other' answer is manually validated.
Scoring
Scoring: How does GRESB score this indicator?
The scoring of this indicator is equal to the fraction assigned to the selected option, multiplied by the total score of the indicator.
Other: The 'Other' answer is manually validated and assigned a score which is used as a multiplying factor, as per the table below:
Accepted
1/1
Not Accepted
0
Duplicate
0
References
SITES v2 Rating System for Sustainable Land Design and Development
LEED BD+C: New Construction, v4, Sustainable Sites; and Materials & Resources
BREEAM International New Construction, 2016, 05 Management; and 12 Land Use and Ecology; and BREEAM Communities Manual, 2012
Get Support: Solution Providers
GRESB Solution Providers are independent, third-party organizations within the GRESB Partner network that offer specialized products, tools, and services to support sustainability performance outside the GRESB Assessment process.
The organizations below deliver commercially available solutions designed to help drive improvement for this indicator. Engagement is managed directly between the reporting entity and the Solution Provider.
GRESB will continue to update this section as the GRESB Solution Provider network grows. Please check back regularly to find GRESB Solution Providers who can support your sustainability performance.
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