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Northern_Ireland - BREEAM - 0141 894 0107
The counties covered by this office are:
County Londonderry, County Antrim, County Armagh, County Down, County Tyrone, County Fermanagh,
Phone Number: 0141 894 0107 Email: northern-ireland@e2consultants.co.uk
BREEAM is sometimes referred to as BREEAM Assessments, BREEAM Rating, BREEAM Reports, BREEAM Assessment Ratings, BREEAM Assessors.
Book Your BREEAM Assessment
Call one of your BREEAM assessors in Northern Ireland on 0141 894 0107 or email breeam@e2consultants.co.uk for further information or to book your BREEAM assessment.
What Are The Benefits of BREEAM?
A BREEAM certification is a way of validating how good a building in Northern Ireland 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?
BREEAM's aim is to educate building designers, owners and occupiers throughout Northern Ireland 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 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 Northern Ireland.
How To Achieve BREEAM Excellence
The scoring for a BREEAM assessment in Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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%)
Our other services include:
BREEAM can also be known as:
BREEAM Assessment, BREEAM HEA03 Thermal Comfort, BREEAM HEA01 Daylight Calculation, BREEAM Credit Report, BREEAM HEA01 Visual Comfort, BREEAM HEA05 Acoustic Performances, BREEAM HEA04 Thermal Comfort,


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