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23rd November 2015

BRE acquires CEEQUAL in move to develop new sustainability rating scheme for infrastructure

BRE and CEEQUAL announced plans today to bring together two successful schemes – BREEAM and CEEQUAL – to create a single, science based sustainability standard and certification tool for civil engineering and infrastructure projects in the UK and around the world.From today, CEEQUAL will transfer its business operations to BRE Global after which CEEQUAL will … Continue reading “BRE acquires CEEQUAL in move to develop new sustainability rating scheme for infrastructure”

16th April 2018

BRE Global report for the Met Police’s Grenfell fire investigation

BRE has been under contract to the Met Police to provide expert advice in their investigation following the Grenfell fire. Any press enquiries on this should be referred to the Met Police. BRE Global – BR 135 classified external cladding systems Following the tragic fire that occurred at Grenfell Tower in June 2017, BRE Global … Continue reading “BRE Global report for the Met Police’s Grenfell fire investigation”

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14th December 2023

BRE supports UK government consultation on home energy assessment

BRE supports UK goverment consultation to modernise home energy assessment scheme. A public consultation has been launched to gather views on a wholly updated UK home energy rating system which has been developed by a consortium led by the Building Research Establishment (BRE).

21st June 2017

Statement on Grenfell Tower

Following the tragic fire that occurred last week at Grenfell Tower, our thoughts are with those many people so devastatingly impacted by the fire. We are committed to do our utmost to support whatever needs arise from this incident. Over the past few days BRE has been working closely with the government and other stakeholders to … Continue reading “Statement on Grenfell Tower”

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8th September 2023

LPCB Certification and Kingspan

Following BRE’s decision last year to end its commercial relationship with Kingspan, BRE now confirms that all existing Kingspan products that were previously listed on RedBookLive have been recertified. BRE will continue to support LPCB certification for these existing products.