BREEAM definition
Examples of BREEAM in a sentence
The College estate has altered considerably since the CMP baseline year of 2008-2009, with the opening of our new campus in Alloa (2011) and new campus in Stirling (2012) both of which received the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) Excellent rating.
The new facility will be 20,720sqm and will incorporate state of the art and flexible teaching accommodation, as well as low carbon initiatives, such as Photovoltaics, a Ground Source Heat Pump system, Combined Heat and Power boilers, along with other sustainable functions required to meet the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) standard.
After a discussion of the background of Carbon Footprint, this course discusses the various concepts of terminologies and provides a deeper understanding of the environmental standards, the standards related to Carbon Footprint, the use of Carbon Footprint in volunteer building certification programs such as LEED, Green Globes, BREEAM, etc.
The building was subjected to a BREEAM for Offices 2004 assessment and achieved an ‘excellent’ rating.
BREEAM is the world’s leading sustainability assessment method and the ‘Outstanding’ rating confirms the building’s excellent environmental credentials.