BREEAM is the world’s leading sustainability assessment method for master planning projects, infrastructure and buildings. It recognises and reflects the value in higher performing assets across the built environment lifecycle, from new construction to in-use and refurbishment.

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Martin Townsend
Director of Sustainability

2. The science behind BREEAM

3. Globally recognised measure of
a building’s sustainability helps
drive sustainable performance
and value. Over 2 million built
assets have been registered
around the world.
www.breeam.com

4. Communities, portfolios & individual assets
Communities
MASTER PLANNING
Infrastructure
New
Construction
In-Use Refurb &
Fit-out

5. Holistic assessment

6. Headline Capital Cost Findings
– Achieving lower BREEAM ratings incurs little or no
additional cost
– Targeting higher BREEAM ratings incurs some
additional cost but this is typical less than 2 %
– Reduced operational costs means this can be paid
back within 2-5 years through utility cost savings
Other £ drivers
– Health, Wellbeing & Productivity
– Green Bonds, Investment & Divestment
– Better lifecycle value
Changing Economics of Sustainability

7. The advantages of codes and standards
• Unlocks and enables innovation in the private sector, and as a result provides a
strong platform for export and inward investment by demonstrating the market
capacity in reducing the environmental impacts of buildings during build and in
operation;
• Provides a mechanism for by which the government can demonstrate real
environmental achievement and around the world;
• Acts as a road map supporting government targets and legislation a factor that will
be key to helping to achieve the Government’s carbon targets under the Paris
agreement
• The UK, want to support a route a two way knowledge transfer to be seen to
leading by example between two great countries;
• Helps prepare the market for higher standards
• By promoting sustainable construction it provides a boost to the industry both at
home and in important and fast-growing export markets.
Our experience as applied
In the UK, the value of BREEAM-assessed projects runs into many tens of £ billions and the
value to the UK economy through international services and products procured we estimate
to be significantly more than a £billion per annum.

8. Value - Perceptions
Reputation
+18%
Value
+38%
Improved
comfort
+5%
Source: Industry survey, ‘Towards a greener future’, DLA Piper report, 2014,
Operating
costs
- 11%
Emission
reduction
-13%
Energy
costs
-15%

9. BREEAM’s Positive Impact
Reduction in Trade Gap
– The UK Low Carbon Environmental Goods
and Services market now worth £112
billion, employing over 900,000 people
(Source UKTI).
– The value of BREEAM-assessed projects
is tens of £ billions, and their value to the
UK economy through the international
procurement has been calculated to be
more than a £billion a year.
Lower Emissions & Running Costs
– A wide range of buildings with BREEAM
ratings have been shown to have
significantly reduced CO2 emissions when
compared to the Building Regulations
minimum requirements

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