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Taunton - BREEAM HEA04 Thermal Comfort - 01752 687 017
The office that covers this area is: Plymouth
Phone Number: 01752 687 017 Email: taunton@e2consultants.co.uk
BREEAM is sometimes referred to as BREEAM Assessments, BREEAM Assessors, BREEAM Rating, BREEAM Reports, BREEAM Assessment Ratings.
What Are The Benefits of BREEAM?
A BREEAM certification is a way of validating how good a building in Taunton 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.
It's not unheard of that making a building more environmentally friendly will increase the cost of construction - but BREEAM aims to show that by building this way you will save on operational costs in the future that in turn limit investor costs and makes the property more attractive when reselling.
How Is BREEAM Assessed?
Covering a range of environmental issues in Taunton, 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.
How To Achieve BREEAM Excellence
The scoring for a BREEAM assessment in Taunton is as follows:
- Outstanding: 85%+
- Excellent: 70%+
- Very Good: 55%+
- Good: 45%+
- Pass: 30%+
- Unclassified: <30%
What Is A BREEAM Rating?
It used to be that 'Good' was the maximum level that could be achieved with 100% being the maximum score in Taunton from a BREEAM assessment. However, in 2008, a new 'Outstanding' category was added - although the percentages required for each level remained the same.
The BREEAM ratings for a new, non-domestic building in Taunton 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%)
What Does BREEAM Stand For?
First published by the Building Reseearch Establishment (BRE) in 1990 covering buildings across Taunton, BREEAM stands for Building Research Establishment's Enviromental Assement Method.
Book Your BREEAM Assessment
Call one of your BREEAM assessors in Taunton on 01752 687 017 or email breeam@e2consultants.co.uk for further information or to book your BREEAM assessment.
Our other services include:
BREEAM HEA04 Thermal Comfort can also be known as:
BREEAM, BREEAM HEA01 Daylight Calculation, BREEAM HEA03 Thermal Comfort, BREEAM Assessment, BREEAM HEA05 Acoustic Performances, BREEAM Credit Report, BREEAM HEA01 Visual Comfort,


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