BRE announces details for BREEAM Awards 2025

A celebration of the projects and organisations leading the way in sustainable building design, development and management.

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has today announced details for its 2025 BREEAM Awards – a celebration of the projects and organisations leading the way in sustainable building design, development and management.

The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 5th June at The Peninsula Hotel in London, bringing together industry leaders and innovators from across the globe to celebrate the transformative power of buildings in shaping a sustainable future.

BREEAM has been the world-leading sustainability assessment method for planning projects, infrastructure and buildings for over 30 years. There are now 2.33 million BREEAM-registered buildings across 102 countries, with 610,000 having received certification to date.

Following the continued success of the awards, four new categories have been added to accommodate the growing number and variety of BREEAM certified projects around the world.

This year’s award categories are:
•   Best New Construction, Residential Project
•   Best New Construction, Commercial Project
•   Best Refurbishment & Fit-Out Project
•   Best BREEAM In-Use | Residential Building
•   Best BREEAM In-Use | Commercial Building
•   GRESB Portfolio Integration & Commitment | All Portfolios
•   BREEAM Assessor Company Award
•   BREEAM Lifecycle Award
•   Peoples’ Choice Award | Commercial Building [NEW]
•   Peoples’ Choice Award | Residential Building [NEW]
•   BREEAM ESG Rising Star Award [NEW]
•   BREEAM ESG Outstanding Achievement Award [NEW]

Industry practitioners are invited to submit nominations for projects that push the boundaries of sustainability and accelerate the transition to net zero. Nominees will be announced on 21st March.

Jane Goddard, Managing Director, Building Products and Services (BPS) and Deputy CEO of BRE said:
“The BREEAM Awards are an important opportunity to recognise and celebrate projects which are driving innovations in sustainability forward.

As the uptake of BREEAM grows, showcases like this help to inform best practice across our community and further understanding of new possibilities when pursuing our shared goals of a net zero built environment. "

This year will mark our largest awards to date and I look forward to seeing the inspiring ways in which BREEAM is being used across the world.

– Jane Goddard, Managing Director, Building Products and Services (BPS) and Deputy CEO of BRE

Find out more about the BREEAM Awards 2025

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About BRE & BREEAM
BRE is a world leading, multi-disciplinary, building science centre with a mission to improve buildings and infrastructure, through cutting-edge research and knowledge generation. BRE maintains a range of products, services, standards and qualifications that are used around the world to bring about positive change in the built environment. Learn more

BREEAM is the world’s leading sustainability assessment methodology for master planning projects, infrastructure and buildings. It recognizes and reflects the value in higher performing assets across the built environment lifecycle, from new construction, through performance in operation, to refurbishment. BREEAM does this through third party certification of the assessment of an asset’s environmental, social and economic sustainability performance, using standards developed by BRE. This means BREEAM rated developments are more sustainable environments that enhance the well-being of the people who live and work in them, help protect natural resources and make for more attractive property investments. Learn more