March 17, 2008—BRE Global and the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) have announced that they will work together to further develop and promote BREEAM, taking the tool to the next level in a rapidly moving market. BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is reportedly the world’s most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings.
BRE Global and UK-GBC will work together to:
- accelerate and broaden the take up of BREEAM tools throughout the industry;
- make BREEAM tools increasingly more challenging as fast as the market will bear;
- capture and benchmark best practice and disseminate that learning;
- facilitate benchmarking of leading measurement systems internationally, working proactively with other Green Building Councils and the World Green Building Council; and
- facilitate mutual recognition by leading measurement systems, cross-licensing, and collaborative development of new tools and techniques for enhancing the sustainability of the built environment
Over 100,000 buildings are currently BREEAM-certified, and over half a million are registered. According to BRE Global, BREEAM sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and has become the de facto measure used to describe a building’s environmental performance. Credits are given in eight categories according to performance, and an overall score is awarded.
