IMPACT®
Sections
- Products
- BRE Academy
- BREEAM
- BREEAM Infrastructure
- BREEAM Infrastructure
- CALIBRE
- Care Home Energy Efficiency
- Home Quality Mark
- IMPACT
- LIST – The Sustainable Fitout Tool
- LPCB
- NABERS UK
- SABRE
- SmartSite
IMPACT standardises LCA, and works in harmony with full building assessment methods and schemes
How IMPACT integrates
IMPACT is flexible and can integrate with international building sustainability assessment methods and schemes by reporting environmental impacts and life cycle costing in a number of ways including to the following methods/standards*:
- BRE Ecopoints
- BRE Characterised
- BS EN 15643-2:2011, BS EN 15643-4:2012 and BS EN 15978:2011 (from CEN TC/350)
- BS ISO 15686-5:2008
- CO2eq. (carbon footprint)
- RICS Whole life carbon 2017
*For guidance on how IMPACT complies with these standards please contact us.
BREEAM
Since its inception, IMPACT has been developed with integration into BREEAM in mind.
BREEAM New Construction (UK)
Under BREEAM 2014
BREEAM 2014 awards two ‘Exemplary level’ credits for projects using IMPACT Compliant tools*. In addition, a separate credit is available for undertaking LCC (e.g. through using the LCC features in IMPACT)*.
Under BREEAM 2018
With BREEAM 2018 up to 10 credits are available for undertaking an LCA, optioneering, reporting performance against an IMPACT benchmark, third party verification and LCA/LCC alignment.
BREEAM International
The current version awards up to six credits for using an IMPACT Compliant tool*.
*Subject to fulfilling specified criteria.
Other schemes
If you operate a full building assessment scheme and want to explore IMPACT integration opportunities, please contact us.