Sustainable construction
BRE helps you to assess and reduce environmental impacts and associated costs, and comply with existing and proposed legislation.
Sustainability is the issue of our time. In addition to the environmental and social benefits, the business benefits of operating sustainably are increasingly apparent. - BREEAM - for assessing and improving the environmental performance of office, retail, school and industrial buildings, and Ecohomes for housing
- Envest - for assessing environmental impacts of a building at early design stage
- Environmental profiles - a universal method of measuring the sustainability of all construction products and materials
- The Green Guide to Specification - available from (BREbookshop.com)
- Environmental Management Toolkits - for offices (link to the BREbookshop), local authorities, schools and utilities
- MaSC - to help construction companies improve business through sustainability
- SMARTWaste (website) - measuring, managing and reducing construction waste
- The Sustainable Construction Task Group progress report (pdf file)Click on sustainability for examples of projects in this area.