October 25, 2004—BRE has added BREEAM Schools to its portfolio of environmental assessments. BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is the world’s most widely used means of reviewing and improving the environmental performance of buildings. The new scheme will help schools and LEAs to set environmental targets for new and refurbished buildings, and will help designers to improve the environmental performance of school buildings.
‘The Government is linking the largest schools capital investment program since the Victorian era with education reform, to provide flexible, inclusive, attractive learning environments that teachers want to teach in and pupils want to learn in,” says School Standards Minister David Miliband.
‘It is important that such investment also provides a key opportunity for reform and innovation in school design, improving the environmental performance of our schools and realizing the many benefits of more sustainable buildings. We are therefore delighted that the new BREEAM scheme is ready to run.’
The development of BREEAM Schools was funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). The new scheme replaces the Schools Environmental Assessment Method which was published in 1995, and will be launched at the upcoming Environment Agency, Environment Day Conference, in Birmingham on 26th October.
For more information, contact BREEAM.
