County Down - BREEAM HEA04 Thermal Comfort - 0141 894 0107

The office that covers this area is: Glasgow

The towns & cities that are covered within this county are:
Ballynahinch, Banbridge, Bangor, Castlewellan, Comber, Dolla, Donaghadee, Downpatrick, Dromore, Holywood, Kilkeel, Killyleagh, Newcastle, Newtownards, Portaferry, Rostrevor, Saintfield, Warrenpoint,

Phone Number: 0141 894 0107 Email: county-down@e2consultants.co.uk

BREEAM is sometimes referred to as BREEAM Assessors, BREEAM Reports, BREEAM Assessments, BREEAM Rating, BREEAM Assessment Ratings.

Book Your BREEAM Assessment

Call one of your BREEAM assessors in County Down on 0141 894 0107 or email breeam@e2consultants.co.uk for further information or to book your BREEAM assessment.

What Does BREEAM Stand For?

First published by the Building Reseearch Establishment (BRE) in 1990 covering buildings across County Down, BREEAM stands for Building Research Establishment's Enviromental Assement Method.

How Is BREEAM Assessed?

BREEAM's aim is to educate building designers, owners and occupiers throughout County Down 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

To achieve an Excellent score in County Down you'll need to score 70% or above where an Outstanding rating is for 85% and up. To just pass the assessment the building will need to score 30% or above with anything lower marked as Unclassified.

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 County Down 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.

What Is A BREEAM Rating?

The BREEAM ratings for a new, non-domestic building in County Down 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 County Down 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.