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Bowness-on-Windermere - BREEAM HEA04 Thermal Comfort - 0191 633 0103
The office that covers this area is: Newcastle
Phone Number: 0191 633 0103 Email: bowness-on-windermere@e2consultants.co.uk
BREEAM is sometimes referred to as BREEAM Rating, BREEAM Assessments, BREEAM Assessors, BREEAM Assessment Ratings, BREEAM Reports.
How Is BREEAM Assessed?
Covering a range of environmental issues in Bowness-on-Windermere, 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 Bowness-on-Windermere 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 Bowness-on-Windermere 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 Bowness-on-Windermere 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%)
Book Your BREEAM Assessment
For further information or to book your BREEAM assessment in Bowness-on-Windermere, call one of your BREEAM assessors on 0191 633 0103 or email breeam@e2consultants.co.uk.
What Does BREEAM Stand For?
First published by the Building Reseearch Establishment (BRE) in 1990 covering buildings across Bowness-on-Windermere, BREEAM stands for Building Research Establishment's Enviromental Assement Method.
What Are The Benefits of BREEAM?
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.
It's the hope that the BREEAM assessment will help building owners and designers improve their carbon footprint across Bowness-on-Windermere and make better use of their resources. A BREEAM certification is a way of validating how good a building is in terms of the environmental impact through a globally recognised standard.
Our other services include:
BREEAM HEA04 Thermal Comfort can also be known as:
BREEAM HEA01 Visual Comfort, BREEAM, BREEAM HEA03 Thermal Comfort, BREEAM Assessment, BREEAM HEA01 Daylight Calculation, BREEAM Credit Report, BREEAM HEA05 Acoustic Performances,


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