Introducing: BREEAM New Construction Version 7
BREEAM New Construction Version 7 is a powerful, science-driven standard to design and deliver high-performing, resilient buildings.
By integrating whole-life carbon, resilience, and resource efficiency, BREEAM New Construction V7 helps create sustainable assets that respond to investor expectations and evolving market demands, as well as meeting the requirements of regulation.
BREEAM New Construction V7 aligns with the latest industry objectives on decarbonisation of the built environment, as well as streamlining reporting for both internal and external reporting frameworks.
Key changes include:
- Expanded whole life-cycle carbon requirements, including benchmarking and reporting for both predicted operational and embodied carbon
- Incorporation of optional EU taxonomy criteria and alignment with the EU Zero Energy Buildings definition
- Updated climate-resilience criteria and biodiversity requirements, as well as new health and wellbeing standards
What does BREEAM New Construction V7 means for you?
BREEAM New Construction V7 helps future-proof individual assets and global portfolios, enhancing their long-term value.
Building owners and developers can use BREEAM New Construction V7 to turn extensive and complex building data into a clear sustainability roadmap. With industry-accepted metrics, the standard helps identify and implement efficiency targets.
BREEAM New Construction V7 empowers developers and owners by giving them the asset information they need to stand out in an increasingly competitive environment.
Use of the standard allows developers and owners to identify and proactively manage climate risks, as well as determine opportunities to create sustainable growth, enhancing the value of their assets.
BREEAM New Construction V7 also aligns with reporting frameworks, reducing risk and enhancing market competitiveness.
BREEAM New Construction V7 addresses today’s needs while anticipating tomorrow’s challenges.
The standard allows building owners and developers to assess current and predicted performance, helping to ensure that assets maintain efficiency throughout their lifecycle and remain resilient in a changing climate.
BREEAM New Construction V7 equips sustainability professionals with the frameworks needed to guide their clients towards delivering more sustainable, resilient assets.
By tracking a whole-building lifecycle, sustainability professionals can use the insights from BREEAM New Construction V7 to move beyond a compliance checklist, enabling them to develop a roadmap for the long-term performance of assets.
BREEAM New Construction V7 enhances the breadth and accuracy of data collected, allowing sustainability professionals to provide stronger insights to their clients.
Rather than setting fixed benchmarks for individual components, BREEAM New Construction V7 provides sustainability professionals with the tools and information needed to assess trade-offs between risks and opportunities, and to communicate the value of decisions to clients.
BREEAM New Construction V7 reduces complexity and delivers efficiencies across the assessment process.
The BREEAM platform improves the efficiency of data collation and management, as well as providing performance tracking, insights and comparable data across assets and portfolios. BREEAM New Construction V7 streamlines mixed-use property developments under one certificate and ensures consistency between a wide range of asset types, allowing portfolios to be aligned with investor expectations for transparency and standardisation.
BREEAM New Construction V7 provides investors with an unmatched view of the long-term outlook, informing them of potential risks and opportunities to safeguard future portfolio value.
Insights generated through BREEAM New Construction V7 allow investors to identify assets that are designed and constructed to meet their sustainability goals and that can generate returns in a rapidly changing market.
BREEAM New Construction V7 provides the framework to move beyond sustainability narrative to quantifiable risk-adjusted returns.
BREEAM New Construction V7 certification unlocks access to sustainable finance and lower costs of capital. It also delivers resilient assets designed and constructed to stay ahead of regulation as they evolve and meets a growing demand for sustainable investments.
BREEAM New Construction V7 is a flexible yet rigorous standard that promotes transparency, accountability and adaptability.
The standard simplifies compliance with regulation by providing third-party, verified certification of asset performance. It also gives investors the data they need to inform investment opportunities and to compare and report on portfolio and company performance.
BREEAM New Construction V7 is a globally recognised standard that uses industry accepted performance metrics, providing policymakers with clarity and consistency.
It helps policymakers set clear, achievable sustainability benchmarks using industry-aligned metrics.
The flexibility of BREEAM New Construction V7 means that it can be used to drive sustainability goals for every building, no matter its size or function, streamlining sustainability efforts across diverse building types.
BREEAM New Construction V7 supports government-led decarbonisation efforts by offering clear pathways for implementation of net zero strategies across real estate.
The standard recognises buildings which can achieve carbon reductions against baselines. It aligns with key decarbonisation policies, as well as industry objectives, giving governments a ready-made solution to drive carbon reduction at scale.
Policymakers can leverage BREEAM New Construction V7 to develop sustainability targets which align with a widely accepted and trusted industry standard.
Using the standard, policymakers can drive market-wide adoption of ambitious sustainability targets and ensure alignment with international standards. BREEAM New Construction V7 gives policymakers a framework to transform their regulatory goals into real-world sustainability outcomes, moving from climate ambition to action.