BREEAM Webinar Series: Driving Better Sustainable Buildings Through BREEAM Lifecycle Stages

Webinars
05 March 2026

BREEAM Webinar Series: Driving Better Sustainable Buildings Through BREEAM Lifecycle Stages

On 26 February, BRE continued its webinar series, Driving Better Sustainable Buildings Through BREEAM Lifecycle Stages, chaired by James Fisher, BRE, and featuring an excellent panel of expert speakers. The session explored how BREEAM Lifecycle Stages provide a practical framework for embedding sustainability from design through to operation, refurbishment and beyond helping to deliver better-performing, future-ready buildings. Notably, it was the first webinar in the series to surpass BRE’s previous registrant attendance record.

If you missed this webinar the recording is now available for you to view.

speakers

James Fisher, Head of Strategic Partnerships at BRE

“BREEAM provides a strong framework or ‘skeleton’ that helps shape how sustainability is approached over time. As organisations continue using it, the learning and improvements naturally build from project to project. It’s been great to hear about the outstanding score levels achieved, and I’m sure many teams will be looking to BREEAM In-Use Version 7 as an opportunity to push those achievements even further.”

Etienne Dupuy, Board member at Real Quality Rating (RQR Global)

“At RQR we initially used BREEAM as a proxy for quality, and through several years of research we’ve been able to demonstrate a strong link between higher quality buildings and stronger market performance. Thanks to frameworks like BREEAM In-Use, we now have a common grid for assessing technical performance and operational quality. Increasingly, we’re able to measure the impact of those improvements in tangible terms, such as higher rental value or increased tenant demand in markets like London or Paris.”

Naomi Sadler, Director at Sadler Energy and Environment Series Ltd (SEES Ltd)

“Looking at it from an investor’s perspective, as James was highlighting, the conversation goes far beyond simply achieving building regulations compliance. Regulations can be signed off and then effectively disappear, but the long-term performance of a building, particularly in relation to human health and wellbeing, remains critical. If you’re looking at risk across a portfolio, buildings with BREEAM certification help demonstrate that best practice has been considered. Many of the credits reflect recognised best practice and help future-proof assets, which adds real value for investors and even insurers when assessing long-term risk.”

Adrian Pop, General Manager at ADP

“I work with many real estate investors and across multiple BREEAM life-cycle stages, and in our experience, it really is important to start the journey early. BREEAM offers strong products for each stage of a building’s life cycle, and particularly with BREEAM In-Use there is real potential for recertification. It allows owners to budget and plan short-, medium- and long-term investments and clearly see how improvements in the building translate into better performance over time. The key is getting into that cycle and setting clear objectives for continuous improvement.”