The tool aims at driving continuous improvement in small built environment projects and at supporting their alignment with the NEB objectives. The checklist is suitable for completion by someone with a good knowledge of the project, although in some cases, e.g., for more complex projects, the support of the architect or project engineer would be helpful.
Assessment mechanism
The Checklist consists of multiple-choice questions. The questions are organised in four sections corresponding to three NEB core values (Beautiful, Sustainable, Together) and the NEB working principles. Each section addressing the core values is further subdivided in three subsections.
Due to the wide range of possible small NEB projects (in terms of type, characteristics, aim, sector, etc.), users are given the possibility to skip questions, however, they should only be skipped when they cannot objectively be answered for the project being assessed, e.g., because of intrinsic project characteristics (e.g., type of project) or external conditions (e.g., location).
For “Micro projects” with total investment costs below EUR 20,000, the user can decide that the project has a focus on one single Core Value, as the project may be too small to sensibly address all Core Values with the same intensity. In the scoring of the Checklist, the weight of the focused Core Value is increased and the project is declared NEB-aligned even if the score of either of the two not focused Core Values is below threshold.
It is recommended to run the assessment on distinct single projects on or composite projects consisting of linked and interrelated components. In case of packages bundling together independent projects, it is recommended to run the assessment independently for each of the project components.