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Gwent - BREEAM HEA03 Thermal Comfort - 029 2193 0147
The office that covers this area is: Cardiff
The towns & cities that are covered within this county are:
Abergavenny, Abertillery, Bedwas, Brynmawr, Caldicot, Chepstow, Cwmbran, Ebbw Vale, Monmouth, Newport, Pencoed, Pontypool, Rhymney, Risca, Tredegar, Usk,
Phone Number: 029 2193 0147 Email: gwent@e2consultants.co.uk
BREEAM is sometimes referred to as BREEAM Assessments, BREEAM Rating, BREEAM Assessment Ratings, BREEAM Reports, BREEAM Assessors.
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 Gwent.
Book Your BREEAM Assessment
Call one of your BREEAM assessors in Gwent on 029 2193 0147 or email breeam@e2consultants.co.uk for further information or to book your BREEAM assessment.
What Is A BREEAM Rating?
The BREEAM ratings for a new, non-domestic building in Gwent 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%)
The maximum score a building can achieve in Gwent 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.
How To Achieve BREEAM Excellence
The scoring for a BREEAM assessment in Gwent is as follows:
- Outstanding: 85%+
- Excellent: 70%+
- Very Good: 55%+
- Good: 45%+
- Pass: 30%+
- Unclassified: <30%
How Is BREEAM Assessed?
BREEAM's aim is to educate building designers, owners and occupiers throughout Gwent 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.
What Are The Benefits of BREEAM?
A BREEAM certification is a way of validating how good a building in Gwent 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.
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