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How BREEAM USA produces comprehensive benchmarking in record time
Benchmarking existing buildings can be complex, especially in today’s marketplace with more and more options becoming available. It is hard ...
Why choose BREEAM USA over other rating standards?
Within America and up until the last few years - there have been few options for Class B and C buildings ...
Clean Air Day and the environment
Today we celebrate Clean Air Day! A whole day dedicated to raising awareness about the harmful impacts of air pollution, ...
BRE & BREEAM is more than green buildings; we’re changing the impact of the built environment
When BRE rolled out BREEAM In-Use in America, it was to fill the gap of the 5.6 million existing buildings ...
Why achieving BREEAM USA certification is a worthy goal
The BREEAM standard for green building certification is still relatively new to America and naturally there have been a lot ...
SIMA & BREEAM ES present SIMAlab
At the Madrid Real Estate Exhibition, BREEAM ES and SIMA presented for the first time a reproduction of a sustainable ...
Schmidt Hammer Lassen design zero-carbon headquarters
Top Architect firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen releases details and images of its competition-winning design, which prioritises sustainability and resillience for ...
The sustainable value of BREEAM in USA
When BREEAM was first created in 1990 it was developed as a way to build sustainable new construction. It worked ...
BRE & BREEAM response to the National Planning Policy Framework consultation
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the government’s policy for local planning practitioners and stakeholders. This includes the ...
BREEAM – Why whole building life cycle assesssment (LCA)?
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to total up the environmental impact of a product’s supply chain. Providing sufficient data ...
Join BREEAM at the Sustainable Estates Forum
The Sustainable Estates Forum (21st-22nd June, Heythrop Park Resort, Oxfordshire) is a cross-sector event designed specifically to meet the needs ...
The science behind BREEAM USA
Though BREEAM may be new to you, it has been around longer than any other green building standard in the ...
BREEAM UK New Construction 2018 and BRE Sustainable Products
BREEAM launched its latest technical standard: BREEAM UK New Construction (NC) 2018 on the 7th of March 2018. Following a ...
BREEAM UK New Construction 2018 continues to drive energy performance improvements
Significant changes have been made to the way in which energy performance is assessed under the BREEAM UK New Construction ...
BREEAM IN-USE: New improved functionality
BRE Global initially consulted the market to understand which functionality could add most value to the BREEAM In-Use online platform ...
Devising & delivering social sustainability & community resilience at neighbourhood level
GREENBUILD EUROPE – Berlin – 18th April 2018 It is a sunny day in Berlin, and the Green Build Europe ...
A breakthrough in sharing best practice with the new BREEAM WIKI
We are now in a world where we see an increasing number of open source solutions, where skilled professionals give ...
Fantastic news…!! Record amount of registrations for BREEAM SE
Registrations for the environmental certification scheme BREEAM Sweden (SE) are exceeding all expectations. During 2017, Sweden Green Building Council received ...
Industry collaboration drives BREEAM UK consultation
BREEAM UK New Construction 2018 has gone live following BREEAM’s most comprehensive industry consultation to date. To read the full ...
New BREEAM benchmark closes the gap between design intent and actual performance
Technical partner at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor discusses significant changes within the newly released Technical Standard NC 2018 with specific focus ...
Experts discuss their thoughts regarding launch of new Technical Standard NC 2018
Gary Clark - Head of Sustainability for Wilkinson Eyre; and Tunde Agoro - Associate for Hoare Lea provide insight and ...
Austin-Smith:Lord named BREEAM/Ecobuild Champions 2018!
Austin-Smith:Lord are delighted to have been awarded the 2018 BREEAM Award in the BREEAM/Ecobuild Champions Award (Architects) category. This is a ...
HAUT wins international BREEAM award 2018
The wooden residential building HAUT in Amsterdam has won the prestigious International BREEAM Award 2018 during the BREEAM EcoBuild awards ceremony. Read the full ...
IES TaP now supports BREEAM NC 2018
IES are pleased to announce that IES TaP, their award winning online BREEAM project management system now supports BREEAM UK NC ...
BRE and IWBI issue new guidance on joint certification of BREEAM & WELL
BRE and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) have released a new, improved briefing paper that outlines how projects may ...
The Guardian’s – Oliver Wainwrights views on London’s new US Embassy & design/construction to BREEAM
Interesting thoughts from Oliver Wainwright on the new US Embassy at Nine Elms, London. To read the full article, visit ...
How BREEAM is tackling the ‘performance gap’
Sustainability expert, James Willcox, looks at how BREEAM is tackling the issue of the ‘performance gap' and what the new ...
Greengage Environmental review launch of draft NC 2018 Manual
Greengage Environmental have taken up the opportunity to review the draft BREEAM 2018 New Construction manual in advance of the ...
How BREEAM helps to reduce CO2 emissions in USA & internationally
In recent days, big-name CEOs of large corporations have come out to support global efforts in reducing carbon - despite ...
Why the research behind BREEAM USA works
BREEAM, the original green building rating system, was created by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in 1990. First established in ...
Zaha Hadid Architects achieves ‘Very Good’ for re-designed fire station in Antwerp
Check out the redesigned fire station that now houses the Port of Antwerp's some 500 staff. Combining sustainability with eye-catching ...
