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Portsmouth - BREEAM HEA01 Daylight Calculation - 0239 366 0106
The counties covered by this office are:
Isle of Wight, Wiltshire, West Sussex, Dorset, Channel Islands, Hampshire,
Phone Number: 0239 366 0106 Email: portsmouth@e2consultants.co.uk
BREEAM is sometimes referred to as BREEAM Assessors, BREEAM Assessments, BREEAM Rating, BREEAM Reports, BREEAM Assessment Ratings.
Book Your BREEAM Assessment
Call one of your BREEAM assessors in Portsmouth on 0239 366 0106 or email breeam@e2consultants.co.uk for further information or to book your BREEAM assessment.
How Is BREEAM Assessed?
BREEAM's aim is to educate building designers, owners and occupiers throughout Portsmouth about the impact their building has on the local area. To do this, BREEAM gives a rating of Outstanding, Excellent, Very Good, Good or a Pass based on transport, waste, energy, health, water, pollution, materials, management and ecology.
What Does BREEAM Stand For?
BREEAM stands for Building Research Establishment's Enviromental Assement Method and was first published in 1990 by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) that covers Portsmouth.
How To Achieve BREEAM Excellence
The scoring for a BREEAM assessment in Portsmouth is as follows:
- Outstanding: 85%+
- Excellent: 70%+
- Very Good: 55%+
- Good: 45%+
- Pass: 30%+
- Unclassified: <30%
What Are The Benefits of BREEAM?
A BREEAM certification is a way of validating how good a building in Portsmouth is in terms of the environmental impact through a globally recognised standard. It's the hope that the BREEAM assessment will help building owners and designers to improve their carbon footprint and make better use of their resources.
BREEAM aims to show that by building with the local area in mind, though capital costs may increase, you should save on operational costs in the long-term. This limits investor costs and makes the building more attractive when it comes to selling.
What Is A BREEAM Rating?
The BREEAM ratings for a new, non-domestic building in Portsmouth are:
- Pass: standard good practice (top 75%)
- Good: intermediate good practice (top 50%)
- Very Good: advanced good practice (top 25%)
- Excellent: best practice (top 10%)
- Outstanding: innovator (top 1%)
The maximum score a building can achieve in Portsmouth is 100% from a BREEAM assessment. It used to be that 'Good' was the maximum level that could be achieved, however in 2008 a new 'Outstanding' category was added. The percentage required for each level remained the same despite this.
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