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Covering all aspects of building, engineering, design and construction, it provides its users with a single source for all their technical information needs. Contact us today to find out how to become a subscriber to this indispensable service.Assessment prediction checklists allow a quick evaluation of the likely rating to be achieved under a formal BREEAM Offices 2003 assessment. The checklist is a simplified version of the full method, for this reason the final rating may vary.The BRE Group does not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any loss or damage, including - without limitation - indirect or consequential loss or damage arising from use, or loss of use, of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this document. This is used to create products, tools and standards that drive positive change across the built environment. BRE helps its government and private sector clients meet the significant environmental, social and economic challenges they face in delivering homes, buildings and communities. BRE is owned by the BRE Trust, a registered charity. The Trust uses the profits made by the BRE companies to fund research and education that advances knowledge of the built environment. The National Building Specification is the recognised UK national standard and is used by over 5,000 organisations. NBS is part of RIBA Enterprises Ltd. Our customer product and service solutions span four major areas of information: energy, product lifecycle management, environmental and security. By focusing on our customers first, we deliver data and expertise that enable innovative and successful decision-making. Customers range from governments and multinational companies to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 180 countries. IHS has been in business since 1959 and employs more than 3,500 people in 35 locations around the world. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. http://gerastar.com/userfiles/brother-240c-mfc-manual.xml

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( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view. ( March 2015 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) BREEAM also has a tool which focuses on neighbourhood development. Its categories evaluate energy and water use, health and wellbeing, pollution, transport, materials, waste, ecology and management processes. Buildings are rated and certified on a scale of 'Pass', 'Good', 'Very Good', 'Excellent' and 'Outstanding'.It helps them to successfully adopt sustainable solutions in a cost-effective manner, and provides market recognition of their achievements.The first version for assessing new office buildings was launched in 1990. This was followed by versions for other buildings including superstores, industrial units and existing offices.The development of BREEAM then accelerated with annual updates and variations for other building types such as retail premises being introduced.In 2014, the Government in England signalled the winding down the Code for Sustainable homes, since then BRE has developed the Home Quality Mark which is part of the BREEAM family of schemes. International versions of BREEAM were also launched that year.This revision included the reclassification and consolidation of issues and criteria to further streamline the BREEAM process. The latest update of BREEAM UK New Construction was launched in March 2018 at Ecobuild.Its regular revisions and updates are driven by the ongoing need to improve sustainability, respond to feedback from industry and support the UK's sustainability strategies and commitments. http://www.bartongardens.pl/galeria/brother-2360-manual.xml

Developers and their project teams use the scheme at key stages in the design and procurement process to measure, evaluate, improve and reflect the performance of their buildings.This scheme makes use of assessment criteria that take account of the circumstances, priorities, codes and standards of the country or region in which the development is located.A scheme for non-housing refurbishment projects is being developed and is targeted for launch in early 2014. The launch date will be announced once the piloting and independent peer review processes has been completed.It rates new homes on their overall quality and sustainability, then provides further indicators on the homes impact upon the occupants 'Running costs', 'Health and wellbeing' and 'Environmental footprint'.There are currently NSOs affiliated to BREEAM in:They can be produced from scratch by adapting current BREEAM schemes to the local context, or by developing existing local schemes.Where such measures do incur additional costs, these can frequently be paid back through lower running expenses, ultimately leading to saving over the life of the building.The findings included, for example, that 88 think it is a good thing, 96 would use the scheme again and 88 would recommend BREEAM to others.There is growing evidence, for example, that BREEAM-rated buildings provide increased rates of return for investors, and increased rental rates and sales premiums for developers and owners. It found, for example, that these buildings achieved a 21 premium on transaction prices and an 18 premium on rents.Retrieved 8 May 2014. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. PriceWaterhouseCooper s BREEAM Outstanding refurbishment of its corporate HQ, One PriceWaterhouseCooper s BREEAM Outstanding refurbishment of its corporate HQ, One PriceWaterhouseCooper s BREEAM Outstanding refurbishment of its corporate HQ, One. http://www.drupalitalia.org/node/76474

Scandinavia is well known for its high sustainability ambitions and this issue is high on NCC’s agenda. “Our strategy is to lead the way in sustainable development and construction,” says Carola Laven, business area manager for NCC Property Development. In recent years, environmental certification of buildings has become increasingly popular in Northern Europe and NCC has played a leading role in driving advances in this area. The Group believes that third-party assessment and certification of building sustainability leads to a superior environmental performance, lower operating costs, reduced risk and greater appeal for investors, tenants and residents. “Third party certification with BREEAM creates incentives for all parties involved in a building project to strive in the same direction and focus on sustainability issues,” says Carola Laven. “We are convinced that our high ambitions in this respect pay off in terms of better returns on our investments. This is particularly true at a time of financial insecurity, which has increased the investor demand for high quality properties with low risks. Certificated buildings are definitely higher valued and create safer long-term investments.” There are several examples from the NCC portfolio that demonstrate the attraction to investors BREEAM raises property values A vital element of this strategy is the use of recognised third-party certification schemes to measure and demonstrate the sustainability of NCC’s building assets. For example, NCC Property Development is the largest developer of certificated BREEAM assessed buildings in Scandinavia. Among these is Koggen 2 in Vastra Hamnen in Malmo, the first BREEAM Excellent building in Scandinavia. Koggen 2 was bought by Vasakronan, the largest property owner in Sweden. Vasakronan only invests in certificated buildings. The company takes the view that it can be more flexible when negotiating investments in these buildings because the risks are lower. https://dyodocs.com/images/breckwell-p24i-pellet-stove-manual.pdf

Experience has shown Vasakronan that environmentally certificated buildings are easier to let, and that the tenants in these buildings are more loyal, resulting in lower vacancies. Another example is Torsplan, an office and retail development in Stockholm’s Hagastaden district. The first phase of Torsplan 1 was a BREEAM Excellent office development completed in 2013. It has been sold to KLP, a Norwegian investor and pension fund that invests in high quality properties and for whom the BREEAM certification was a prerequisite. Scheduled for completion in late 2016, the 26,000 m2 Torsplan 2 is especially significant in the company’s history because NCC aims to secure a BREEAM Outstanding certificate for Carola Laven: Business area manager for NCC Property Development the project, which will make it the first Swedish building to achieve what is the highest possible BREEAM rating. NCC has also has also successfully employed BREEAM outside of Sweden. The building, whose occupiers include NCC itself, was recently sold to a syndicate. It was nominated as one of four buildings in the 2014 MIPIM Green Innovation Award and was identified as one of the world’s top 100 most sustainable buildings by the global environmental organisation Sustainia in 2012. NCC’s vice president of environmental affairs Veronica Koutny Sochman says that going the extra mile from Excellent to Outstanding is a demanding and more costly, “you can’t just pick the low hanging fruit”. Despite this, the project is mainly a case of BREEAM optimisation, Koutny Sochman says: “In this project we are using the manual as a guideline trying to reach Outstanding by applying BREEAM ideas in a Swedish context, rather than by adding new solutions.” Making a mark with BREEAM BREEAM is used in over 60 countries worldwide. Several European BREEAM clients have recently celebrated their award success. Unibail-Rodamco celebrate BREEAM certification for the Toison d’Or shopping centre in Dijon. https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16285ceb50300c---C-765-manual.pdf

Applicable to any commercial building Use of BREEAM is by no means limited to office buildings such as Koggen 2. The standard can be applied to virtually any building and location, with versions for new and existing buildings, refurbishments and large developments. For example, NCC is using BREEAM in its development of the new Triangeln shopping mall in the centre of Malmo. New blocks being constructed comprise a mix of offices, retail premises and housing units. All of the commercial space will be certificated in accordance with BREEAM Very Good. Triangeln is just one of the latest of dozens of BREEAM assessed NCC developments across Scandinavia. The group’s objective is to have all proprietarily produced buildings environmentally certificated. Environmental certification of buildings has taken the sustainability work of the property industry to a new level. “To us, the use of BREEAM has been a powerful tool to ensure that we develop products with high sustainability performance,” says Koutny Sochman. “An increasing share of our customers view BREEAM as a quality seal, and some investors are also starting to value it financially.” For more information on NCC’s activities go to www.ncc.se. Rosa Lopez of Neinver receives BREEAM certificates from Gavin Dunn of BRE. Neinver have achieved certification for retail developments in Spain, Portugal and Poland. The focus is on finding the solutions that ensure that the building will perform well in energy terms and that materials are sourced sustainably. Design solutions will also incorporate other objectives such as renewable energy procurement or water saving plans, both of which will determine the use of resources in the long term. Developing a BREEAM building will inevitably challenge the initial design and construction teams to look for state-of-the-art solutions. BAWANIINT.COM/ckfinder/userfiles/files/canon-7-repair-manual.pdf

But they are involved from the beginning and are party to the initial development, design and building contracts at the heart of which lie the building’s green credentials. Ensuring their commitment to BREEAM principles is relatively straightforward and, for instance, a green construction contract is similar to an ordinary construction contract. However, sustainable buildings need to perform to the same high standard throughout their lifetime in order to retain their BREEAM certification and maintain the value of the building. The challenge here then is to ensure consistent, compliant behaviour from companies and individuals that may not have been there at the start.Ensuring the flow of building performance data between landlord and tenant is another green requirement that may need to be enshrined in the lease. Data sharing is a two-way street. Not only do building owners need to know how their building is performing but also many tenants have strict sustainability requirements due to their corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies and this requires building performance to be measured. Martin Townsend of BRE with Christiane Conrads, DLA Piper, at the launch of Towards a Greener Future “. Conrads says that additional “green” clauses in leases should, for example, govern the fixtures and fittings. But lease terms should be flexible too in order to allow buildings to adapt to green technological advances. “The industry has made a lot of progress which is not always reflected by some buildings because of the rigidity of lease agreements. Qualitative aspects of buildings should always Sustaining information “By giving the tenants all the information that they need to use buildings in a sustainable way, they can act accordingly and reduce energy use and operational cost for the mutual benefit of both landlords and tenants,” Conrads adds. Green leases are usually standard lease agreements to which green provisions have been added. {-Variable.fc_1_url-

Conrads says that these green provisions can range from simple guidelines for action to complex requirements and prohibitions that apply to both landlord and tenant. Green finance agreements are increasingly important too. The label “green building” can attract financiers and also increase expectations regarding cash flow and rate of return. This can lead to better financing terms, such as lower interest rates or loan-to-value ratios. As green building certificates move from being a bonus to being a standard financing requirement, Conrads foresees that tailor-made provisions will be incorporated in finance documents more often and will eventually become a market standard. “Loan agreements should, for example, include a requirement that the borrower complies with the appropriate standards in order to qualify for certificates and maintain the green building label throughout the term of the loan and that any renewal or extension of the propertyeu magazine 26-09-14 11:55 certificate is obtained,” Conrads points out. “In the worst case, a bank could recall a loan if the sustainability clauses were being breached, or if certification was not renewed,” she adds. Day to day, many of these issues fall within the domain of the property manager, often an external firm. A landlord’s contractual relationship with its property manager will therefore also need to reflect the green principles being applied. The document should ensure that there is a common understanding of sustainability and the landlord’s obligations, sustainability certification requirements and the need, always, to issue only green leases. Obligations such as data collection to enhance sustain- BREEAM in numbers “In the worst case, a bank could recall a loan if the sustainability clauses were being breached, or if certi? http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16285ced62a85f---C-12v-operators-manual.pdf

cation was not renewed” Conrads ability should be understood and it often falls on the building manager to create a sustainability manual in cooperation with tenants with whom a sustainability committee may also need to be established. All this needs to be wrapped up a modern “green” property management contract. Recommendations The significance of the property manager in maintaining a building’s sustainability certification is under the spotlight. The working group was established in 2012 and its brief is to make recommendations on sustainability and property management. In mid-2013 the working group produced a catalogue of recommended clauses and actions to help implement sustainable property management and maintain it in the long term. Future gazing In March 2014, DLA Piper published Towards A Greener Future which provides an insight into investors’ preferences for sustainable building certification. The report (whose launch is pictured opposite) is based on a survey of over 100 investors across Europe. Wereldhave’s first sustainability report was published in April 2014. The company’s chief executive officer Dirk Anbeek says that it is common sense that companies should embrace sustainability for the sake of the environment but there are clear business benefits too, he adds. “We are working on sustainability as an integrated part of the business but it should give some payback,” Anbeek says. “Sustainability, particularly energy efficiency, is natural and logical but it also helps to lower service costs to tenants.” Anbeek explains that the group’s sustainability strategy has four pillars: The assets, human resources, partnerships and society. So, big firms will go further out in the search for what are more sustainable buildings. BAUGHERS.COM/ckfinder/userfiles/files/canon-7-rangefinder-repair-manual.pdf

” Sustainable benefits in Wereldhave’s portfolio and Anbeek says the strategy established a clear target that all office buildings in the French portfolio need to achieve a BREEAM Outstanding level of certification while shopping centres need to be Very Good. The business benefits of a sustainable approach to development were clearly demonstrated by Wereldhave’s 22,100 m2 Noda office scheme in the Issy les Moulineaux district of Paris, on the banks of the river Seine. The development achieved a BREEAM score of propertyeu magazine 26-09-14 11:55 92.07 during the design phase, a score which represents an Outstanding certificate, a factor that was instrumental in achieving a letting to CocaCola which signed leases for 65 of the building. Anbeek is naturally proud of the achievement, but prouder still of the refurbishment of Wereldhave’s Carre Vert office building in Levallois-Perret, Paris. Carre Vert was originally developed by Wereldhave in 1999, reaching BREEAM Good in April 2010 following a refurbishment. Then, in 2012, after fitting out tenant EDF’s space in the building in partnership with the French electricity supplier, BREEAM awarded the scheme with an Outstanding rating after it achieved a postconstruction score of 87.07. Taking the building from nothing to BREEAM Outstanding was an achievement in itself, says Anbeek, but the real business benefit was doing this in partnership with EDF which was keen to demonstrate its environmental credentials as France’s main energy provider. “They invested a lot of money which indicates longterm commitment if they are prepared to invest in a building midway through their lease,” Anbeek said. Good business case “There’s a good business case for securing a single tenant long term but making a building more energy efficient and thus reducing service cost for tenants long term, never has a negative impact on the rent,” Anbeek says. Furthermore, while the investment is substantial Anbeek reckons to achieve a 7 yield on cost. “It is not extreme but is well doable,” he says. Achieving Very Good ratings on the retail portfolio is no less an achievement. But the imperative to improve them is still there and there are business benefits both in attracting retailers, who are increasingly environmentally aware, and consumers. “Among shopping centres there is a diverse picture. But while some shoppers are not interested at all and are only looking for a nice place for kids and clean toilets, others appreciate sustainability efforts and appreciate seeing good progress,” Anbeek says. Green buildings pay New research from BRE and Sweett Group has challenged the perception that sustainable buildings are necessarily more costly to construct. The report presents the actual costs of a range of individual sustainability strategies, and the additional costs (if any) of achieving various levels of overall building sustainability. In addition it reveals the associated payback to be gained from reduced utility costs. The study found that specifying sustainability measures during the design and procurement stages can bring cost savings without adding significantly, or at all, to upfront costs. The researchers concluded that achieving the lower BREEAM sustainability ratings can incur little or no additional cost. Targeting higher Savings and payback: research challenges the perception that sustainable buildings always cost more to build BREEAM ratings, and so more challenging levels of sustainability, incurs some additional cost but this is typically less than 2. The Living Lattice is the flagship building of the new ?6bn Meixi Lake Eco City, one of eight new exemplar eco cities in China, comprising almost 15 million m2 of development. Designed by a multidisciplinary team featuring Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, BRE and the Shanghai Research Institute of Building Science (SRIBS), the building meets the highest standards both in BREEAM and China’s Three Star green building assessment. The building, named for its multi-level matrix of floorplates, courtyards and gardens, is designed Sustainable features include: The Living Lattice wins China’s first BREEAM Outstanding design certification for developer Franshion. BRE Group chief executive, Peter Bonfield, said: “The Living Lattice is the first BREEAM Outstanding for China and it is the first time that life cycle analysis of building materials has contributed to BREEAM certification in the country.We are a non-profit group that run this service to share documents. We need your help to maintenance and improve this website. These include the Welsh Assembly Government, the Northern Ireland Executive, UK health authorities and the Department for Education. Many private sector clients and developers also use BREEAM to deliver sustainable buildings.It has been developed by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) has become the de facto measure of the environmental performance of UK buildings. A separate, similar scheme is available for refurbishing existing buildings. In addition to BREEAM UK New Construction, separate Technical Manuals are available for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These regional variants reflect the differences in building regulations in each country.This is achieved through integration and use of the scheme by clients and their project teams at key stages in the design and procurement process. This enables the client, through the BREEAM Assessor and the BRE Global certification process, to measure, evaluate and reflect the performance of their building against best practice in an independent and robust manner. Many credits are assessed using bespoke assessment tools and calculators developed by the BRE.In addition, there are innovation credits which encourage exemplar performance or which recognise a building that innovates in the field of sustainable performance. The BREEAM 2018 New construction credits are summarised in the table. These include the Welsh Assembly Government, the Northern Ireland Executive, UK health authorities and the Department for Education. Many private sector clients and developers also use BREEAM to deliver sustainable buildings.A final PCS assessment is completed and certified after practical completion of the building works.A BREEAM certificate therefore provides assurance to any interested party that a building’s BREEAM rating, at the time of certification, accurately reflects its performance against the BREEAM standard.Different weightings are applied depending on the scope of the assessment, i.e. shell only, shell and core only and fully fitted out. The weightings for a 'Fully fitted out' building are shown in the table. The aim of innovation credits is to support and encourage innovation in construction. An additional 1 can be added to the overall building score for each innovation credit; up to maximum of 10 credits, i.e. 10.Only some assessment issues have exemplary performance criteria. The measures used represent a broad range of categories and criteria from energy to ecology. They include aspects related to energy and water use, the internal environment (health and well-being), pollution, transport, materials, waste, ecology and management processes. This provides clients, developers, designers, planners and others with: However, whereas in previous versions of BREEAM there was a separate scheme for each type of non domestic development, BREEAM 2011 brings the complete range of building types into a single scheme. This includes: The primary aim of BREEAM New Construction is to mitigate the life cycle impacts of new buildings on the environment in a robust and cost effective manner. This is achieved through integration and use of the scheme by clients and their project teams at key stages in the design and procurement process. This enables the client, through the BREEAM Assessor and the BRE Global certification process, to measure, evaluate and reflect the performance of their building against best practice in an independent and robust manner. This performance is quantified by a number of individual measures and associated criteria stretching across a range of environmental issues. Without this, the ability to cost effectively optimise the building’s environmental performance and achieve the desired rating will be compromised. Appointing a BREEAM Assessor early in the project will help in achieving the target rating without undue impacts on the flexibility of design decisions, budgets and potential solutions. This means that the client, design team, principal contractor and BREEAM Assessor, as well as other specialist disciplines, have an important role to play if the desired performance level is to be achieved and reflected through the certified BREEAM rating. However, the onus of orientating the brief towards sustainability needs to come first and foremost from the client. To facilitate this BRE Global recommends that clients and their project teams engage with a BREEAM Assessor no later than RIBA stage B and ideally sooner. This will ensure that realistic targets are set and can be met, appropriate responsibilities can be defined and understood and low or no cost solutions to environmental impacts can be sought and applied wherever possible. BREEAM continues to maintain assessment criteria specific to the range of building functions, sector stakeholders and end-users covered by its scope. This makes the scheme more flexible for use on mixed use buildings and aids clarity and consistency in the implementation of the method. If you have a refurbishment requirement, let us know and we will help to determine the correct method to use. Liza Helps asks if it is it still worth being green or is it just marketing? In 2004 Gazeley embarked on an ambitious programme to actively incorporate the findings of a ?650,000 two-year study looking at emerging green technology. The idea, many thought, being that this would create a USP for its product making the company the first port of call for clients in the logistics industry. If that were not enough the company also shared its findings with competitors. While Woolworths no longer graces our high streets, the building at G.Park Bedford remains, let to Sainsbury’s, on a 20 year lease in 2010. Each one of the Eco Template buildings secured Very Good or Excellent BREEAM rating and finally in 2009, just after the crash, Gazeley’s industrial development, Chatterley Valley Blue Planet in Staffordshire was awarded BREEAM Outstanding. The main warehouse and office accommodation is shrouded by a vast low-pitched roof, from which rainwater drains directly into ponds and streams on the landscaped site. Additionally, a 20,000 litre tank stores some of the rainwater for flushing WCs. Providing 385,000 sq ft of storage space, the steel framed warehouse is clad in insulated composite panels and features ETFE roof lights with inbuilt photo voltaic cells. Its south wall is designed as a solar attractor. Dark in colour, it absorbs the warmth of the sun, which is then fed into a plenum and redistributed throughout the interior as free heating. The offices are over-clad with FSC approved Western Red Cedar. On site power sources include the solar technology embedded and installed onto the warehouse, as well as new kinetic plates built into in the access road that generate energy via hydraulics as vehicles drive over them. Power savings In 2009, when the property was built it was designed to achieve lighting and power savings of 49 per cent when compared to a conventional distribution building; heating energy savings of 68 per cent; and water savings of 60 per cent (some 726,000 litres per annum). The property was finally let to JCB in 2013.