The future of BREEAM
Posted on August 9th, 2010 by sustainability
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BRE consults on BREEAM - ‘How keen is industry hunger?’
Posted on July 8th, 2010 by sustainability
The UK-GBC recently hosted a breakfast workshop to brainstorm recommendations for the next BREEAM update.
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CAT WISE: BREEAM Very Good and loads more photos
Posted on June 24th, 2010 by Hattie Hartman
I was surprised to learn that the WISE building scores only Very Good (58%) in its preliminary BREEAM assessment.
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BREEAM goes Dutch
Posted on April 16th, 2010 by Hattie Hartman
An office building and logistics park in Tilburg are the first projects to be certified under BREEAM-NL, a scheme operated by the Dutch Green Building Council.
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Ecobuild roundup
Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Hattie Hartman
It’s good to see the occasional manufacturer commissioning quality design.
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Fosters’ 7 More London achieves BREEAM ‘Outstanding’
Posted on January 14th, 2010 by sustainability
7 More London Riverside is the third building in the UK and the first office in England to achieve the BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ award.
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Common carbon language
Posted on November 16th, 2009 by sustainability
Friday’s announcement that the world’s leading green building organisations -which includes those under the umbrella of the World Green Building Council and BREEAM - have reached an agreement to use a common metric to compare the carbon footprint of buildings is welcome news.
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BREEAM Outstanding for Stride Treglown’s Cardiff office
Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by sustainability
A new office building in Cardiff by Stride Treglown has been awarded the UK’s highest BREEAM Outstanding award
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Another green primary school
Posted on October 1st, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
Just when I had filed the last copy and pictures for my recent feature on primary schools, an email about this Studio E project in Hackney, East London dropped into my mailbox.
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BREEAM Communities launched
Posted on June 2nd, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
BREEAM Communities, a new member of the BREEAM suite of environmental assessment ratings, was launched yesterday after piloting across 9 UK regions.
BREEAM Communities builds on the existing Regional Sustainability Checklists already familiar to many developers and assesses projects across eight categories:
Climate change and energy - flooding, heat island, water effciency, sustainable energy, site infrastructure
Community - promoting community networks [...]
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