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<\/p>\nBREEAM is the world’s foremost environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings, with 250,000 buildings with certified BREEAM assessment ratings and over a million registered for assessment since it was first launched in 1990.<\/p>\n
BREEAM sets the standard for best practice in sustainable building design, construction and operation\u00a0and has become one of the most comprehensive and widely recognised measures of a building’s environmental performance. It encourages designers, clients and others to think about low carbon and low impact design, minimising the energy demands created by a building before considering energy efficiency and low carbon technologies.<\/p>\n
A BREEAM assessment uses recognised measures of performance, which are set against established benchmarks, to evaluate a building\u2019s specification, design, construction and use. The measures used represent a broad range of categories and criteria from energy to ecology.<\/p>\n
A\u00a0certificated BREEAM assessment is delivered by a licensed organisation, using assessors trained under a UKAS accredited competent person scheme, at various stages in a buildings life cycle.<\/p>\n
BREEAM addresses wide-ranging environmental and sustainability issues and enables developers,\u00a0designers and building managers\u00a0to\u00a0demonstrate the environmental credentials of their buildings to clients, planners and other initial parties.<\/p>\n
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Who uses BREAAM?<\/strong><\/p>\n In total BREEAM has now certified in excess of 40 million m2<\/sup> of floor area. The actual figures for floor area is likely to be well in excess of this 40 million, as in the early days of BREEAM there was no mandatory requirement to report on floor area.<\/p>\n REEAM can be used to assess any type of building anywhere in the world. Standard schemes have been developed for many building types.<\/p>\n BREEAM is used in many countries around the world. In several countries (e.g. UK, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Norway, Sweden) National Scheme Operators operate country specific versions of BREEAM. Where there is no National Scheme Operator BREEAM International New Construction is used for new developments. The BREEAM International Europe template is used in Europe, since 2008.<\/p>\n It is recommended that a BREEAM Assessor is appointed at the early design stages (Design Brief or equivalent) for BREEAM building level assessments and at the earliest possible opportunity in the masterplanning process for BREEAM Communities assessments. BREEAM Assessors training courses are currently open to all.<\/p>\n BREEAM case studies:<\/strong><\/p>\n Trinity Park III, Poland<\/strong><\/p>\n About The Building: Ghelamco is a leading developer of office buildings in Poland, Belgium, Russia and Ukraine.Trinity Park III was not originally designed with BREEAM in mind. Ghelamco decided by the end of 2009 to register 7 office buildings with BREEAM: 5 in Warsaw, 1 in Katowice, 1 in Wroclaw.\u00a0This was done based on a belief that\u00a0more and more end investors as well as tenants are requiring certificated office buildings.<\/p>\n Key Facts:<\/p>\n The building sits on a location with great\u00a0 transport links , including\u00a0frequent buses and trams. Energy and water use are metered throughout the building and controlled by a BMS. All building users have a view out from the working space. Trinity Park III has been constructed on previously developed land. The building scored particularly well in the Health and Wellbeing section (84.62%) and also in the Land Use and Ecology section (70%). Transport also scored well (55.56%).<\/p>\n Weald Wing, HMP Maidstone, UK<\/strong><\/p>\n HMP Maidstone is based in the centre of the town Maidstone and has been present on this site since 1810.\u00a0 It was designed by architect Daniel Asher Alexander. The Weald Wing is a four-storey Victorian structure with seven listed features and houses occupants at the category C listed prison.<\/p>\n Key facts:<\/p>\n A building energy management system helps to control and monitor all of the buildings energy and water consumption, giving the occupants real time data of the consumption of gas, water and electricity. Energy efficient light fittings and electric lighting controls to compensate light output according to daylight provision. Due to the Prisons central location, staff and visitors are encouraged to travel to the prison using the nearby bus and rail links, helping to reduce transport related CO2<\/sub> emissions. Between 65-75% of construction waste was recycled during the works, including inert material, concrete, wood, metal and plastics. Use of low Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) paints and varnishes.<\/p>\n BREAMM is a prominent Founding Member of the UK Green Building Council.<\/p>\n You can search for BREEAM certified buildings on GreenBookLive. Go to www.greenbooklive.com\/breeambuildings<\/a><\/p>\n Source: http:\/\/www.breeam.org\/about.jsp?id=66<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BREEAM is the world’s foremost environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings, with 250,000 buildings with certified BREEAM assessment ratings and over a million registered for assessment since it was first launched in 1990. BREEAM sets the standard for … Continue reading \n
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