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BRE responds to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s update to UK green policies

BRE Global signs MoU with Dubai-based fire testing laboratory Thomas Bell-Wright International Consultants

Environmental Product Declarations for construction products with BRE
Poor housing costs the NHS £1.4bn a year
Our findings reveal that 2.6 million homes in England, 11% of the country’s housing stock, are categorised as ‘poor quality’.
According to BRE’s analysis, more than half (£857 million) of this annual NHS treatment bill can be attributed to defects in homes which expose residents to excess cold, while the second biggest cost to the NHS comes from hazards which cause people to fall and injure themselves, often on staircases.

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Help us push for a net zero future and inform the development of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

BRE joins over 900 organisations by signing the Race at Work Charter

BRE joins Business in the Community to embed its commitment to being a responsible business

BRE rebrands its world-leading sustainable infrastructure scheme CEEQUAL to BREEAM Infrastructure

Retrofitting our building stock is an immediate and cost effective solution to the energy price crisis

BRE’s BIM certification scheme amongst the first to achieve UKAS accreditation

Gillian Charlesworth, CEO of the Building Research Establishment (BRE), comments on today’s leadership election result

Insulate our buildings and switch to renewables, says BRE’s CEO Gillian Charlesworth

The Security Institute becomes the new scheme operator for SABRE, as part of new plans announced by BRE

BRE urges Conservative leadership to reaffirm commitment to net zero

Over 4.6 million English bedrooms experience overheating during summer.
Frameworks to build a better Britain
Frameworks to build a better Britain is a BRE series of roundtables and interviews with planners, architects, policy-makers, and construction experts about the future of the built environment.
Read our latest roundtable discussion, hosted in Manchester on the question: How can Britain’s Built Environment Tackle Social Exclusion?
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