Through this latest partnership, BREEAM will work to encourage energy efficiency and fight climate change in the built environment to drive the commercial real estate industry towards a net zero carbon economy.
The Urban Land Institute (“ULI”) recently published a report focused on the pressing need to conscientiously incorporate racial equity into real estate development.
Iron Mountain is taking the lead on demonstrating the steps facility owners can take to ensure that their data centers are both efficient and resilient.
BREEAM has been established in Europe for decades. Their recent expansion into the USA brings a fresh perspective to sustainability efforts for existing buildings.
Registrations for the environmental certification scheme BREEAM Sweden (SE) are exceeding all expectations. During 2017, Sweden Green Building Council received 57 new registrations for projects that want to certify their buildings, according to BREEAM-SE. That’s three times the number of registrations that were made during 2016. “We’re seeing a lot of new developers choosing BREEAM-SE, … Continue reading “Fantastic news…!! Record amount of registrations for BREEAM SE”
BREEAM, the original green building rating system, was created by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in 1990. First established in 1921, BRE is a world-leading, multi-disciplinary building science center carrying out its mission to improve the built environment. BRE leverages cutting-edge research to develop a range of services and standards used around the world … Continue reading “Why the research behind BREEAM USA works”
In recent days, big-name CEOs of large corporations have come out to support global efforts in reducing carbon – despite the lack of support from the U.S. Federal government. Many of them are already embracing the scientific facts that support the growing industry of benchmarking existing buildings and carbon reductions. Here in the USA, the … Continue reading “How BREEAM helps to reduce CO2 emissions in USA & internationally”
We are now in a world where we see an increasing number of open source solutions, where skilled professionals give freely and voluntarily towards resources available to all. Popular examples include Linux operating system and, of course, Wikipedia itself. What motivates busy, skilled professionals to give up their free time to help out? Open source … Continue reading “A breakthrough in sharing best practice with the new BREEAM WIKI”
GREENBUILD EUROPE – Berlin – 18th April 2018 It is a sunny day in Berlin, and the Green Build Europe event is in full swing. I will be presenting a short course on the notion of Social Sustainability and community resilience at the neighbourhood level and why it should be considered and implemented at master-planning … Continue reading “Devising & delivering social sustainability & community resilience at neighbourhood level”
BRE Global initially consulted the market to understand which functionality could add most value to the BREEAM In-Use online platform. After the consultation it became clear that three major pieces of work were required. BRE Global is delighted to announce that these have either been released, or are currently under development. Each of these … Continue reading “BREEAM IN-USE: New improved functionality”
