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BREEAM

2. WHAT IS BREEAM?
• Building research establishment environmental assessment method.
• It is first published by building research establishment (BRE) in
1990, is the world's longest established method of assessing, rating, and
certifying the sustainability of buildings.
• BREEAM is an international scheme that provides independent third
party certification of the assessment of the sustainability
performance of individual buildings, communities and
infrastructure projects.
• More than 250,000 buildings have been BREEAM - certified and over a
million are registered for certification – in more than 50 countries
worldwide.
• BREEAM also has a tool which focuses on neighbourhood development.

3. BREEAM'S PERFORMANCE RATING AND STARS:
• The main output from a certified BREEAM
assessment is the rating.
• A certified rating reflects the performance achieved
by a project and its stakeholders, as measured
against the standard and its benchmarks.
• The rating enables comparability between projects
and provides reassurance to customers and users,
in turn underpinning the quality and value of the
asset.
• The BREEAM ratings range from Acceptable (In-Use
scheme only) to Pass, Good, Very Good, Excellent
to Outstanding and it is reflected in a series of stars
on the BREEAM certificate.

4. BREEAM CATEGORY ISSUES AND AIM:
• BREEAM measures sustainable value in a series of categories, ranging from energy to ecology.
• Each of these categories addresses the most influential factors, including
1. Low impact design and carbon emissions reduction.
2. Design durability and resilience; adaption to climate change.
3. Ecological value and biodiversity protection.
energy Health and
well being
innovation Land use materials management
pollution transport waste water

5. SCOPE:
• Describe some of the native animals and plants that can be seen in your country.
• BREEAM has expanded from its original focus on individual new buildings at the construction stage to encompass the
whole life cycle of buildings from planning to in-use and refurbishment.
• Its regular revisions and updates are driven by the ongoing need to improve sustainability, respond to feedback from
industry and support the UK's sustainability strategies and commitments.
• Highly flexible, the BREEAM standard can be applied to virtually any building and location, with versions for new buildings,
existing buildings, refurbishment projects and large developments:
• BREEAM New Construction
• BREEAM International New Construction
• BREEAM In-Use
• BREEAM Refurbishment
• BREEAM Communities

6. NATIONAL OPERATORS:
• BREEAM is used in more than 70 countries, with several in Europe having gone a stage further to develop country-specific
BREEAM schemes operated by National Scheme Operators (NSOs).
• There are currently NSOs affiliated to BREEAM in:
• Netherlands
• Spain
• Norway
• Sweden
• Germany
• Schemes developed by NSOs can take any format as long as they comply with a set of overarching requirements laid down
in the Code for a Sustainable Built Environment.
• They can be produced from scratch by adapting current BREEAM schemes to the local context, or by developing existing
local schemes.