Welcome to the SKArating for Offices Environmental assessment scheme.

The scheme was updated September 2025 and is the result of extensive research and engagement with numerous stakeholders. It represents a collective effort and understanding of good environmental practice in the current offices interior fit-out industry.

There are introductory briefing sessions on the scheme and details can be found below. During these briefings you will hear about the drivers behind the update, the thinking around the new criteria, and selections available to teams.

SCHEME OVERVIEW

The Offices Environmental 2.0 scheme has been streamlined; it now focuses on only environmental impacts of interior projects, and is a total of 83 measures across 9 impact categories. There has been a systematic effort to work earlier and later into project timelines to enable opportunities as early as possible and drive performance into occupancy in a more effective way.

  • The main objectives for this scheme have been to:

  • Align projects with Net Zero and harmonise efforts and limits with the UK Net Zero Building Standard.

  • Drive towards 100% Circularity and systemic change to enable the industry to better adopt relevant practices and systems.

  • Aligning all practices with current good practice levels and be a channel of sustainable knowledge to the front line of project design and delivery.

  • Removed the Wellbeing category in preparation for the development of the new Social & Wellbeing for Offices assessment scheme. Development commencing Q1 2027.

THE OFFICES ENVIRONMENTAL 2.0 GOOD PRACTICE MEASURES

For the full detail of the scheme criteria, scoping and assessment evidence required, download the full Good Practice Measures of this scheme at the button below.

Good Practice Measures (GPMs)

BRIEFING SESSIONS ON OFFICES ENVIRONMENTAL 2.0

As part of the SKArating for Offices scheme update and it's public consultation, we hosted a series of events to explore the proposed changes in more detail. There will be further events to disseminate and broadcast the new scheme and we recommend registering to our newsletter or social channels to hear about them and have a chance to register and attend.

TRY THE SCHEME ON THE ONLINE TOOL

Follow the link below to the online tool; on this you can quickly register an account and then create a new project using the Offices Environmental scheme! Registering and using the scheme on projects and completing them, is free and open to everyone.

SKArating Online Tool

ARTICLES

Here you can find a series of blog posts focusing on the Impact Categories and the proposed updates that are happening within Good Practice Measures (GPMs) in each category.

SKArating Offices scheme update – Energy: What’s Changing and Why It Matters

 SKArating Offices scheme update - Transforming Materials in SKArating: What's Changing and Why it Matters


SKArating ROADMAP TO 2030

The SKArating Board has published a Scheme Development and Updates Roadmap to 2030 to support industry and market alignment, and to inform strategic decision-making across stakeholders. The Roadmap sets out our ambition to deliver more frequent scheme updates that help drive the market, respond to the pace of industry change, and reflect growing client demand for performance.

Read about the SKArating Roadmap to 2030

CONTACT

If you have any questions or require further clarification, please contact us at [email protected]