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Hinton St George - BREEAM HEA01 Visual Comfort - 01752 687 017
The office that covers this area is: Plymouth
Phone Number: 01752 687 017 Email: hinton-st-george@e2consultants.co.uk
BREEAM is sometimes referred to as BREEAM Assessors, BREEAM Assessments, BREEAM Assessment Ratings, BREEAM Reports, BREEAM Rating.
What Is A BREEAM Rating?
The BREEAM ratings for a new, non-domestic building in Hinton St George 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 Hinton St George 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.
How Is BREEAM Assessed?
BREEAM's aim is to educate building designers, owners and occupiers throughout Hinton St George 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.
How To Achieve BREEAM Excellence
The scoring for a BREEAM assessment in Hinton St George is as follows:
- Outstanding: 85%+
- Excellent: 70%+
- Very Good: 55%+
- Good: 45%+
- Pass: 30%+
- Unclassified: <30%
What Does BREEAM Stand For?
First published by the Building Reseearch Establishment (BRE) in 1990 covering buildings across Hinton St George, BREEAM stands for Building Research Establishment's Enviromental Assement Method.
What Are The Benefits of BREEAM?
It's the hope that the BREEAM assessment will help building owners and designers improve their carbon footprint across Hinton St George 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.
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.
Book Your BREEAM Assessment
Call one of your BREEAM assessors in Hinton St George on 01752 687 017 or email breeam@e2consultants.co.uk for further information or to book your BREEAM assessment.
Our other services include:
BREEAM HEA01 Visual Comfort can also be known as:
BREEAM Assessment, BREEAM HEA01 Daylight Calculation, BREEAM, BREEAM HEA03 Thermal Comfort, BREEAM HEA05 Acoustic Performances, BREEAM HEA04 Thermal Comfort, BREEAM Credit Report,


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