Chalfont St Giles - BREEAM HEA04 Thermal Comfort - 01908 900 138

The office that covers this area is: Milton Keynes

Phone Number: 01908 900 138 Email: chalfont-st-giles@e2consultants.co.uk

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

What Are The Benefits of BREEAM?

A BREEAM certification is a way of validating how good a building in Chalfont St Giles is in terms of the environmental impact through a globally recognised standard. It's the hope that the BREEAM assessment will help building owners and designers to improve their carbon footprint and make better use of their resources.

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.

Book Your BREEAM Assessment

For further information or to book your BREEAM assessment in Chalfont St Giles, call one of your BREEAM assessors on 01908 900 138 or email breeam@e2consultants.co.uk.

What Is A BREEAM Rating?

The BREEAM ratings for a new, non-domestic building in Chalfont St Giles 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%)

It used to be that 'Good' was the maximum level that could be achieved with 100% being the maximum score in Chalfont St Giles from a BREEAM assessment. However, in 2008, a new 'Outstanding' category was added - although the percentages required for each level remained the same.

How To Achieve BREEAM Excellence

The scoring for a BREEAM assessment in Chalfont St Giles is as follows:

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

What Does BREEAM Stand For?

BREEAM stands for Building Research Establishment's Enviromental Assement Method and was first published in 1990 by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) that covers Chalfont St Giles.

How Is BREEAM Assessed?

BREEAM's aim is to educate building designers, owners and occupiers throughout Chalfont St Giles 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.