BREEAM – Why whole building life cycle assesssment (LCA)?

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to total up the environmental impact of a product’s supply chain. Providing sufficient data is available on the product’s composition and supply chain, LCA can be used to work out the environmental impact of almost anything from a can of baked beans to a car. The results of the … Continue reading “BREEAM – Why whole building life cycle assesssment (LCA)?”

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BRE announces BREEAM USA In-Use Update

BRE announces BREEAM USA In-Use Update for Autumn 2019 BRE offers U.S. market an update of the leading green building standard that expands to include residential and multifamily for the assessment and certification of sustainability performance in existing buildings  San Francisco – BRE, the world’s leading building science center, today announced the planned update of … Continue reading “BRE announces BREEAM USA In-Use Update”

BRE Global Launches BREEAM New Construction for the USA

BRE Global Launches BREEAM New Construction for the USA BRE Global offers U.S. market the leading green building standard that gives architects and designers greater control and flexibility for sustainability with new construction projects. San Francisco — Following a consultation process and collaboration with global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm HOK, BRE Global, the … Continue reading “BRE Global Launches BREEAM New Construction for the USA”

Asset Management and Performance

Asset Management and Performance Where does measurement of asset performance sit within the wider context of environmental, social and corporate governance through striving for long-term value? One of the last political actions of our former Prime Minister, Theresa May, was to sanction a legally binding net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target of 2050 for the UK (previously … Continue reading “Asset Management and Performance”

Invesco achieves BREEAM In-Use across its portfolio

Invesco Real Estate achieves BREEAM In-Use certification on its c.€5BN discretionary-managed European portfolio Invesco Real Estate recognised for environmental impact of its portfolio of 37 discretionary-managed European assets Supported by specialist energy and sustainably consultancy, Longevity Partners BREEAM standard specifically designed to effectively evaluate buildings already in use Invesco Real Estate (Invesco), the global real estate investment manager, … Continue reading “Invesco achieves BREEAM In-Use across its portfolio”

Building LCA benchmarks – BREEAM UK New Construction 2018

Building LCA benchmarks – BREEAM UK New Construction 2018 As explained in the article Why building LCA?, The Green Guide to Specification is being replaced by building LCA as the primary way environmental impacts from construction products are assessed in BREEAM. Building LCA in BREEAM UK New Construction 2018 involves two different but complimentary approaches: … Continue reading “Building LCA benchmarks – BREEAM UK New Construction 2018”

UC Davis receives certification for their second building

UC Davis receives BREEAM certification for their second building on campus This week, the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) received certification for their second building on their central Californian campus. The Energy Conservation Office (ECO) is home to the Energy & Engineering team at the University of California – Davis (UC Davis).  In a … Continue reading “UC Davis receives certification for their second building”

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AEW Capital Management and Cushman & Wakefield celebrate recertification of Three Ballston

AEW Capital Management and Cushman & Wakefield celebrate the BREEAM recertification of Three Ballston with BRE In August 2018, Three Ballston Plaza became the first office building certified under the BREEAM USA standard for existing buildings in America. A reception was held to celebrate this milestone and congratulate AEW Capital Management and Cushman & Wakefield … Continue reading “AEW Capital Management and Cushman & Wakefield celebrate recertification of Three Ballston”

First building in San Francisco certified under BREEAM USA

The Landmark @ One Market becomes the first building in San Francisco certified under BREEAM USA American Assets Trust, Inc. (NYSE:AAT), a full service, vertically integrated and self-administered real estate investment trust, or REIT, Able Services, the USA’s largest family-owned and privately held provider of facility solutions, and BRE Global, a world leading, multi-disciplinary building … Continue reading “First building in San Francisco certified under BREEAM USA”