The Full Form of BREAM is‍ Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method.

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), first published by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in 1990, is the world’s longest established method of assessing, rating, and certifying the sustainability of buildings. More than 550,000 buildings have been BREEAM-certified and over 2 million are registered for certification – in more than 50 countries worldwide. BREEAM also has a tool which focuses on neighbourhood development.

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) certification standard is the most widely used across the world. Each building type has its own scheme. (BREEAM Courts, Ecohomes, Healthcare, education, offices, prisons …). BREEAM is an easy to use certification system which permits to know a building environmental performance. This certification system helps professional to improve their environmental impact. A BREEAM certification is a proof of their implication in a sustainable environmental approach. This approach also permits to get a better productivity, comfort and wellbeing of building occupants.

CERTIFICATION PROCESS

It’s important to keep in mind that BREEAM is a certification for an entire building, not individual products. So, Clestra Hauserman products are able to contribute to BREEAM certified projects, but are not able to be certified as a product.

BREEAM certification is separated in different chapters to cover the whole process of a building environmental evaluation. Each of them allows points, called credits, measuring the building contribution in its lifecycle.