BREEAM
Assessment of building sustainability
Summary
The Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), first published by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in 1990, is widely recognised as the world's longest established method of identifying the sustainability performance of buildings. Around 600,000 buildings have been BREEAM-certified. Additionally, 2.3 million buildings have registered for certification globally. BREEAM also has schemes for infrastructure and masterplanning.
Originally created by Extraordinary
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