Scotland - BREEAM - 0141 894 0107

The counties covered by this office are:
Grampian, Tayside, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Strathclyde, Dunbartonshire, Central, Highlands and Islands, Clackmannanshire, Perthshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Fife, Argyll, Ayrshire, West Lothian, Lothian, Inverness-shire, Lanarkshire, Borders, Stirlingshire, Renfrewshire,

Phone Number: 0141 894 0107 Email: scotland@e2consultants.co.uk

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

What Does BREEAM Stand For?

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

What Is A BREEAM Rating?

The BREEAM ratings for new, non-domestic buildings in Scotland are as follows: Pass (standard good practice) for the top 75%, Good (intermediate good practice) for the top 50%. Very Good (advanced good practice) for top 25%. Excellent (best practice) for top 10% and Outstanding innovator) for the top 1%.

The maximum score a building can achieve in Scotland 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.

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 Scotland 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.

How To Achieve BREEAM Excellence

The scoring for a BREEAM assessment in Scotland is as follows:

• Outstanding: 85%+
• Excellent: 70%+
• Very Good: 55%+
• Good: 45%+
• Pass: 30%+
• Unclassified: <30%

How Is BREEAM Assessed?

Covering a range of environmental issues in Scotland, BREEAM looks at a building's impact on transport, waste, energy, health, water, pollution, materials, management and ecology to assess whether a building is Outstanding, Excellent, Very Good, Good or a Pass. Covering more than 50 countries and 250,000 buildings, BREEAM's aim is to educate building owners, designers and occupants about their impact on the local area.

Book Your BREEAM Assessment

For further information or to book your BREEAM assessment in Scotland, call one of your BREEAM assessors on 0141 894 0107 or email breeam@e2consultants.co.uk.