BREEAM Introduction
BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) 2011 addresses a wide range of environmental and sustainability issues from energy to ecology. In order to gain BREEAM certification an assessment is carried out against the appropriate BREEAM Scheme Document and a score is given. The score is based on established benchmarks which evaluate the building's design, specification, construction and use.
The minimum score of 30 is achieved by gaining points in selected critical areas to which will result in the lowest grade which is a 'pass' and a score equal to or above 85 will achieve 'outstanding' (with additional criteria over and above 'excellent').
BREEAM Ratings:-
Unclassified = less than 30
Pass = greater than or equal to 30
Good = greater than or equal to 45
Very Good = greater than or equal to 55
Excellent = greater than or equal to 70
Outstanding = greater than or equal to 85 (including extra criteria)
The pages in this section are areas where wood based panels can help gain credits which help increase the overall score.
