BRE announces launch of the BREEAM Awards 2024
BRE announces the details of the BREEAM Awards 2024, which will celebrate sustainable design from around the world.
BRE announces the details of the BREEAM Awards 2024, which will celebrate sustainable design from around the world.
BRE is delighted to be part of two major new projects funded by Innovate UK’s Net Zero Heat Programme. BRE took part in last year’s Design Engineering Innovation Lab, which allowed collaborative research and development projects to take shape, and today Let Zero and Transform-ER are announced by Innovate UK at Futurebuild today.
The UK-based Building Research Establishment (BRE), Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have announced an industry-first, international alliance to unlock the sustainable finance needed for the built environment to play its role in meeting global climate goals.
The UK government published its Levelling Up White Paper. Our CEO, Gillian Charlesworth commented: “We welcome the White Paper’s intention to improve people’s wellbeing and standards of living by enhancing the quality of the UK’s housing stock. We are pleased to see recognition of the links between the economy, health, and the built environment but … Continue reading “Our response to the Levelling Up White Paper”
Reforming Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) to be net zero-ready will speed up the decarbonisation of the UK’s built environment, according to a new report published today by the Building Research Establishment (BRE).
Vesteda, a Dutch residential investor has achieved the single largest real estate sustainability certification in the world, through BRE’s leading certification scheme, BREEAM.
BRE is calling on government to improve consumer awareness of heat pumps, accelerate the roll-out of insulation, and invest to scale-up the heat pump market. New polling from the Building Research Establishment (BRE) has found that the majority of the public (62%) would not feel at all confident explaining how heat pump technology works.
BRE launches an expansion to NABERS UK Energy for Offices – the leading energy efficiency rating scheme for existing office building to include Whole Building and Tenancy ratings.
BRE responds to the UK Government’s climate strategy, with Gillian Charlesworth, CEO of BRE commenting that “although there are welcome steps towards certainty for business, a longer term approach to support planning and investment is still not fully in place.”
The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard coalition, which includes BRE, is calling for evidence from UK built environment industry practitioners.