BREEAM Commercial Assessments for Offices, Retail and Industrial Buildings.
BREEAM Qualified Assessors for the BREEAM New Construction for Non-Domestic Buildings | BRE Accredited Professional
Sadler Energy offer BREEAM Commercial Assessments. The BRE backed assessment method covers schemes including Offices, Retail and Industrial Buildings. Our assessors are also Accredited Professional, which enable you to seek additional credits within the assessment.
What is BREEAM New Construction?
BREEAM UK New Construction is a performance based assessment, certifying new building schemes based on a sliding scale from 'Unclassified' to 'Outstanding' depending upon a number of key environmental areas. The assessment process has been designed to recognise the environmental impact associated with the complete building life cycle, from design stage to in-use.
The scheme enables our clients to measure, evaluate and reflect on their project performance and life cycle impact against industry best practise, whether this be as part of a planning condition, employees requirements or other business decisions. The building performance or "Breeam Rating" is quantified by a percentage point based on a number of individual measures and associates criteria across a broad range of environmental issues. This performance is then classified into a BREEAM Benchmark Rating with a score of over 85% being considered excellent. You can find out more about the scheme at BRE's dedicated BREEAM Website.
What are the main sections of the Assessment?
There are 9 main sections that form the outline of the assessment. These are then divided into smaller, more detailed assessment issues
- Energy
- Water
- Transport
- Materials
- Land use and ecology
- Pollution
- Health and wellbeing
- Management
- Innovation
What types of buildings does BREEAM New Construction cover?
Unlike previous schemes, the BRE has simplified the number of assessment schemes, condensing a number under the heating of New Construction and includes the following types of schemes:
- Commercial
- Offices
- Industrial
- Retail
- Public
- Education
- Healthcare
- Prisons
- Law Courts
- Multi-residential
- Residential institutions
- Other
- Residential Institutions
- Non-residential institutions
- Assembly and leisure
- Other
Why do I need an assessment?
There are a variety of reasons as to why you might want to have you scheme assessed under BREEAM New Construction. Some schemes will have a specific target level, normally around the "Very Good" level, as part of the planning condition or local unitary authority planning policy.
Often when the construction is undertaken on behalf of local government authority, BREEAM Target is often set as part of the employees requirements (ER's), even if it does not for part of the planning condition
There may be a business case as to why you may want to put your development forward for assessment, such as part of an environmental policy, social responsibility or as a sales and marketing tool.
How can Sadler Energy help?
Sadler Energy have been undertaking environmental assessment with the BRE for many years and our Certified Assessors have a wide range of experience and expertise right across the BRE's assessment portfolio. We have assessed projects including domestic, commercial, public buildings and multi-residential, you can therefore be assured that whatever your scheme, we will have the knowledge to help you through the assessment scheme.
We are registered with Tracker+ a preferred BREEAM Assessment tool, covering the full assessment process, from project planning and option appraisal stage to final certification. Sadler Energy are your one stop shop for all things building compliance, so we can help you achieve many of the credits available under the scheme including, energy, health and wellbeing and ecology.
Accredited Professional (AP)
We have BRE Accredited Professionals, not only ensuring you receive the best advice and expertise but also allows you to gain additional credits under the scheme. You can find us on GreenBookLive
