New Science Block targets BREEAM 'Very Good' rating

Worcestershire County Council Property Services targets a 'Very Good' BREEAM rating on its largest buildings and work has already begun to gain the credits available at the beginning of a building project.

What is BREEAM? 



BREEAM is the world's foremost environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings, with 250,000 buildings with certified BREEAM assessment ratings and over a million registered for assessment since it was first launched in 1990. 



BREEAM sets the standard for best practice in sustainable building design, construction and operation and has become one of the most comprehensive and widely recognised measures of a building's environmental performance. It encourages designers, clients and others to think about low carbon and low impact design, minimising the energy demands created by a building before considering energy efficiency and low carbon technologies.

 http://www.breeam.org/filelibrary/BREEAM_Brochure.pdf