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Abbotskerswell - BREEAM - 01752 687 017
The office that covers this area is: Plymouth
Phone Number: 01752 687 017 Email: abbotskerswell@e2consultants.co.uk
BREEAM is sometimes referred to as BREEAM Assessments, BREEAM Assessment Ratings, BREEAM Rating, BREEAM Assessors, BREEAM Reports.
How To Achieve BREEAM Excellence
The scoring for a BREEAM assessment in Abbotskerswell is as follows:
- Outstanding: 85%+
- Excellent: 70%+
- Very Good: 55%+
- Good: 45%+
- Pass: 30%+
- Unclassified: <30%
What Are The Benefits of BREEAM?
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.
It's the hope that the BREEAM assessment will help building owners and designers improve their carbon footprint across Abbotskerswell and make better use of their resources. A BREEAM certification is a way of validating how good a building is in terms of the environmental impact through a globally recognised standard.
How Is BREEAM Assessed?
Covering a range of environmental issues in Abbotskerswell, BREEAM looks at a building's impact on transport, waste, energy, health, water, pollution, materials, management and ecology to assess whether a building is Outstanding, Excellent, Very Good, Good or a Pass. Covering more than 50 countries and 250,000 buildings, BREEAM's aim is to educate building owners, designers and occupants about their impact on the local area.
What Is A BREEAM Rating?
The maximum score a building can achieve in Abbotskerswell 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.
The BREEAM ratings for a new, non-domestic building in Abbotskerswell 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%)
What Does BREEAM Stand For?
First published by the Building Reseearch Establishment (BRE) in 1990 covering buildings across Abbotskerswell, BREEAM stands for Building Research Establishment's Enviromental Assement Method.
Book Your BREEAM Assessment
For further information or to book your BREEAM assessment in Abbotskerswell, call one of your BREEAM assessors on 01752 687 017 or email breeam@e2consultants.co.uk.
Our other services include:
BREEAM can also be known as:
BREEAM HEA04 Thermal Comfort, BREEAM HEA05 Acoustic Performances, BREEAM HEA03 Thermal Comfort, BREEAM HEA01 Daylight Calculation, BREEAM HEA01 Visual Comfort, BREEAM Assessment, BREEAM Credit Report,


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