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intro A Certificated BREEAM assessment is delivered by a licensed organization, using

BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is the leading and most widely used
environmental assessment method for buildings. It sets the standard for best practice in
sustainable design and has become the factor measure used to describe a building's
environmental performance.
BREEAM stands for the Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment
Method.
As the UK building industry moves towards a zero carbon future, tighter and tighter
standards are needed to ensure new buildings are meeting a higher caliber of
construction to minimize environmental impact.
BREEAM is the world's foremost environmental assessment method and rating system
for buildings, with 200,000 buildings with certified BREEAM assessment ratings and over
a million registered for assessment since it was first launched in 1990.
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) sets the assessment methods and quality
standards by which buildings are tested. Although there are subtle differences between
the two, these broadly break down to the Code For Sustainable Homes (CFSH) for
residential buildings and BREEAM for commercial properties.
A BREEAM assessment uses recognized measures of performance, which are set
against established benchmarks, to evaluate a specification, design,
construction and use. The measures used represent a broad range of categories and
criteria from energy to ecology. They include aspects related to energy and water use,
the internal environment (health and well-being), pollution, transport, materials, waste,
ecology and management processes.
assessors trained under a UKAS accredited competent person scheme, at various
stages in a buildings life cycle. This provides clients, developers, designers and others
with:
market recognition for low environmental impact buildings,
confidence that tried and tested environmental practice is incorporated in the building,
inspiration to find innovative solutions that minimize the environmental impact,
a benchmark that is higher than regulation,
a system to help reduce running costs,
improve working and living environments,
a standard that demonstrates progress towards corporate and organizational
environmental objectives.
What does BREEAM do?
BREEAM addresses wide-ranging environmental and sustainability issues and enables
developers, designers and building managers to demonstrate the environmental
credentials of their buildings to clients, planners and other initial parties, BREEAM:
uses a straightforward scoring system that is transparent, flexible, easy to understand
and supported by evidence-based science and research,
has a positive influence on the design, construction and management of buildings,
defines and maintains a robust technical standard with rigorous quality assurance and
certification.
Code for a Sustainable Built Environment
For more than twenty years BRE Global has operated and maintained BREEAM as a
tool for evaluating, measuring and sharing knowledge on the built environment. In this
time BREEAM has evolved and adapted, not only to changes in our knowledge of
planning, construction and operation of buildings, but also to changing environmental,
economic and social needs.

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intro Statistics Carbon Dioxide Emissions UK

Who uses BREEAM?

Clients, planners development agencies, funders and developers use BREEAM to
specify the sustainability performance of their buildings in a way that is quick,
comprehensive, highly visible in the marketplace and provides a level playing field.
Property agents use it to promote the environmental credentials and benefits of a
building to potential purchasers and tenants.
Design teams use it as a method to improve the performance of their buildings and their
own experience and knowledge of environmental aspects of sustainability.
Managers use it to reduce running costs, measure and improve the performance of
buildings, empower staff, develop action plans and monitor and report performance at
both the single building and portfolio level.

BREEAM sets the standard for best practice in sustainable building design, construction
and operation and has become one of the most comprehensive and widely recognized
measures of a building's environmental performance. Statistics Water AND Waste Consumption
BREEAM and local planning
BREEAM and the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) can help local authorities to
deliver better, more sustainable buildings to the communities they serve. One important
way of doing this is through the planning system.
BREEAM Awards
BREEAM Awards are made annually to the highest scoring building assessments
certified under BREEAM Schemes in the preceding calendar year. The Awards
recognize the achievement of those involved in the specification, design and
construction of BREEAM assessed buildings.

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Family of BREEAM certification schemes
BREEAM criteria
BREEAM provides a set of predefined criteria
BREEAM

Many of the criteria set specific performance targets

BREEAM U.K. BREEAM International

Others are more subjective and harder to quantify

BREEAM Offices
BREEAM Int. Does not cover every possible design solution
BREEAM Industrial BREEAM Int. Bespoke
off-the-shelf schemes (project specific schemes
(developed for a country, region, developed by BRE)
BREEAM Retail
area, or portfolio of buildings) BREEAM aims to
BREEAM Multi-Residential

BREEAM Other Buildings (incl.

Bespoke, Courts, Prisons, Data One of a kind projects Reduce the environmental impact of construction and building operation.
BREEAM Europe
Centres, Visitor Centres, Fire Commercial (e.g., stadiums,
Stations) (retail, industrial, offices) concert halls, etc.) Recognise best practice.
BREEAM Gulf
BREEAM Ecohomes Projects that do not fall
BREEAM Europe under typical Highlight the economic benefits to stakeholders and clients.
BREEAM Education
(Toyota retail units) classifications (e.g.,
BREEAM Higher Education office, retail, industrial)
Provide comprehensive method of measuring and monitoring environmental
BREEAM Health Care performance.
BREEAM In-Use

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Key Drivers for using BREEAM Environmental Issues ----- BREEAM mainly discusses

Demonstrate the sustainability credentials to planning authorities, investors and Global Warming
customers.
Reduced energy and other running costs. Fossil Fuel Depletion
Improved staff productivity.
Making buildings more lettable and potentially higher rental incomes.
Ozone Depletion
Making buildings more attractive to potential customers or tenants.
Pre-empt legislation.
Transport Congestion
Setting targets for improvement.
Improved image & ethical investment policies
Air Pollution
How BREEAM is used by clients
Product labelling Waste Generation
As a specification tool
As a design tool Water Extraction
As a measurement tool within EMS
Acid Rain
Benefits to users: Building Occupiers
Improved environment; increase in building users productivity. Water Pollution

Reduced operating costs; climate change levy, energy, water and maintenance costs. Mineral Extraction

Increased flexibility.
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 Improved environment Increased flexibility
Careful zoning and adaptability of the basic services within a building to allow for
Indoor air quality changes in use patterns, and therefore loads.
Control of thermal environment Variable scales of floor plates to accommodate differing occupier demands.
Natural daylight levels and glare control Avoiding the need for inflexible internal load-bearing walls
Control of artificial lighting Open-plan spaces, allowing lots of air and natural light whilst maintaining privacy and
quiet working space.
Degree of occupant control over ventilation, temperature and lighting
Careful design of the acoustic environment to control background noise levels.
General ambience and aesthetic environment
at a later date to allow for subletting or expansion into other areas.
Availability of transport for commuting, business and leisure use
Acoustic environment BREEAM Scoring
Scale of working spaces, which can effect degree of ownership
Social meeting areas, rooms and other amenities Management
Reduced Operating Costs Health and
Wellbeing

Environmental Weightings
Assessment Credits

Issue Category Scores

Design of the building form and fabric to minimise system loads through use of day BREEAM
lighting, avoidance of unwanted solar gain. Energy

Single Score
Score
Control of heat and ventilation losses Transport
Avoidance of air-conditioning. Water PASS 30%
Provision of occupier control over temperature and ventilation GOOD 45%
Materials VERY GOOD 55%
Interlocking between potentially conflicting systems such as heating and cooling.
Waste EXCELLENT 70%
Specification of efficient lighting, heating and cooling systems. OUTSTANDING 85%
Zoning of heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting systems to take account of building Land Use and
orientation, day lighting potential, space. Ecology
Ease of monitoring of energy and water costs through the provision of sub-meters to key Pollution
plant and systems.
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BREEAM Weightings and process BREEAM

12 POSITIVES NEGATIVES
Management
15 Robust Complicated
Health & Wellbeing
Environmental Weightings

Detailed Inflexible
Energy 19 Well known Poorly understood
Transport 8 Easy to specify Often poorly specified
Independent Extra cost
Water 6
Tailored to each building type Comparing apples and pears?
Materials 12.5
Waste 1. Is BREEAM WORTH IT?
7.5
It
Land Use & Ecology
10 makes the whole construction and design team think hard about their values
Pollution Robin Marsden, Architect, Shepherd Construction
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2. How can you get best value from BREEAM? 3. How can BREEAM contribute to sustainability?
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SPECIFY IT RIGHT! ROBUST MEASURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
WRAP 10% RECYCLED CONTENT
TIMING look at it early PERFORMANCE
BREEAM in Context

NEAT, CEEQUAL, LEED, GREENSTAR, BEES, HK-

BEAM ETC CLIENT AND PROJECT TEAM BUY IN COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENT
PLANNING - Local Development Framework (LDF) TIE IT INTO OTHER INITIATIVES EASY TO SPECIFY
CODE for SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS Whole Life Costing EASY TO REPORT PERFORMANCE
CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES
PRODUCTIVITY Education
WIDER ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABILITY
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CARNEGIE VILLAGE, LEEDS, UK Overview of Environmental Features

About the Building Key design features include :
Carnegie Village is a student residential development within the existing High levels of insulation,
Headingley Campus of Leeds Metropolitan University, providing 479 study High levels of air tightness,
Mechanical heat recovery ventilation systems,
The commitment of Leeds Metropolitan University and the University Low NOx, A-rated gas condensing boilers,
Partnership Programme to environmental issues required this student Solar water heating,
accommodation to focus on sustainability and improving environmental Building management system,
performance. Low water use aerated taps and showers, dual flush WCs,
BREEAM certification was a requirement of Leeds Metropolitan University. SUDS (sustainable drainage system) wastewater attenuation system,
The new accommodation is seen as part of the student education, and Full, low energy lighting /passive infrared (PIR) to common areas,
incorporates many of the attributes that support sustainable student living. High levels of acoustic performance,
Dimensioning to accommodate standard building material sizes,
Key Facts Simple plan configuration,
Use of A-rated Green Guide products,
BREEAM rating: Excellent, FSC-certified timber,
Score: 76.10%, Ecologist's recommendations implemented,
Size: 10,275m2, Recycling storage space,
CASE First student residential scheme in the UK to incorporate buildings to CASE
Stage: Design,
STUDY Passivhaus standard. STUDY
BREEAM version: BREEAM Multi-Residential 2006.
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BREEAM
The BREEAM Assessment
The development achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating scoring 76.1%.
The largest percentage of credits per section were gained in the
Management section - over 91% of available credits were achieved.
Overall the building performed particularly well in the Water and
Land Use & Ecology sections, whilst credits gained in the Energy and
Transport sections contributed most to the overall credit score.
Building Services
The overriding approach has been to reduce energy loads by passive
means.
High levels of insulation and excellent air tightness significantly reduce
space heating requirements - the largest energy load is providing hot
water.
Whole house mechanical heat recovery ventilation units are used to
deliver fresh, filtered air to all habitable rooms, with 80% heat recovery
efficiency. Solar thermal collectors are used on the cluster flat
accommodation to pre-heat water.
Aerated taps and showers deliver controlled amounts of water, and dual
flush WCs are used throughout.
Metering of utilities is discrete to each townhouse, enabling each
dwelling to review and compare actual use online.
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BREEAM
Green Strategy
Attention has been given to the construction process and waste
generation during construction.
The building incorporates significantly higher levels of insulation and
air tightness than required by current building regulations.
A variety of measures have been adopted to ensure a healthy internal
environment, in particular quality of indoor air, levels of natural light
and improved acoustic performance.
Wherever possible natural and benign materials and finishes are used
internally, care being taken to avoid materials that omit unwanted
VOCs. All paint finishes are based on natural technologies and solvent
free. Traditional solvent-based adhesives and sealants are avoided.
The use of controlled ventilation with heat recovery ensures a
continuous supply of fresh air to all habitable rooms, and helps
maintain optimum humidity levels in the accommodation.
The townhouses are designed so that only the party walls are load
bearing with floors spanning between these walls.
This allows the internal space to be flexible in respect of layout and
CASE may be reconfigured if necessary, so future proofing the CASE
STUDY accommodation. STUDY
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Project Team Details

Client: University Partnership Programme Ltd,

Project Sponsor: Leeds Metropolitan University,
Architect: GWP Architecture Ltd,
Contractor: Shepherd Construction Ltd,
M&E Engineers: Imtech G+H Ltd,
Timber Frame Engineers: Prestoplan Ltd,
Cost Consultant: SDA Consulting Ltd,
BREEAM Assessor: GWP Project Services Ltd.

John Wybor, Director, GWP Architecture said:

"We have found the discipline of undertaking the BREEAM

assessment to be helpful to the project delivery team and not
difficult to satisfy given the background and approach to the
student residential concept, which is based on sustainable
principles." CASE
STUDY
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