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BRE calls for next government to raise the bar on UK building standards, with ‘micro’ investment zones and AI adoption
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has today published its Manifesto for 2024, calling on the next Government to commit to world-leading standards for British buildings ...
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 responds to Spring budget 2024
Gillian Charlesworth CEO at BRE responds to Spring budget 2024: “While there was some good news today for individuals, with cuts to National Insurance and reforms to child benefit, this ...
Poor housing costs the NHS £1.4bn a year
Our findings reveal that 2.6 million homes in England, 11% of the country’s housing stock, are categorised as ‘poor quality’.
According to BRE’s analysis, more than half (£857 million) of this annual NHS treatment bill can be attributed to defects in homes which expose residents to excess cold, while the second biggest cost to the NHS comes from hazards which cause people to fall and injure themselves, often on staircases.
Building an effective net zero strategy with BREEAM
Investors and owners in every major real estate market in the world are grappling with the risks and opportunities presented by climate change, and the pressing need to decarbonise the
Poor housing will cost over £135.5bn over the next 30 years without urgent action
A new cost-benefit analysis published today by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) has revealed that remedial work to England’s poorest housing could provide £135.5 billion (bn) in societal benefits over
Driving change: BREEAM and net zero carbon update
As the need to address the impact of the built environment becomes more urgent, the launch of BREEAM Version 7 consultation and BRE’s net zero carbon survey aims to put
Changing the way we heat our homes to meet net zero: putting households at the centre.
According to BRE research, sixty two percent of British home owners wouldn’t feel at all confident explaining how a heat pump works and in Autumn 2022 a UK government survey
BRE consults on net zero BREEAM update
BRE launches consultation to seek views on a major update to its world-leading sustainability assessment method, BREEAM.
27,500 Dutch homes provide BREEAM’s largest single certification yet
Vesteda, a Dutch residential investor has achieved the single largest real estate sustainability certification in the world, through BRE’s leading certification scheme, BREEAM.
NABERS UK Energy for Offices expanded to whole buildings & tenancies
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 calls for a longer term approach to support planning and investment, as UK Government announces climate strategy
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
Why we welcome the National Planning Policy Framework evolving to reflect carbon
Only by understanding the full carbon impact of all planned developments, including embodied and operational carbon emissions, can the planning system begin to incentivise carbon neutral or – even better
BRE responds to the UK Spring budget
Gillian Charlesworth, CEO of BRE responded to the Spring Budget, commenting, "Some promising announcements made by the Chancellor in terms of driving energy efficiency in local areas and business. Granting
Tackling cold homes would save the NHS £540mn per year, new BRE research reveals
New analysis of the latest English Housing Survey data by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) finds that excessively cold homes in England could be costing the NHS £540mn a year
BRE supports Sustainable Energy Association’s decarbonisation report
The Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) and Partners’ latest report ‘A Technology-Agnostic Approach to Heat and Buildings Policy’, that has been supported by BRE, details the benefits of a technology-agnostic approach
Frameworks to build a better Britain
Frameworks to build a better Britain is a BRE series of roundtables and interviews with planners, architects, policy-makers, and construction experts about the future of the built environment.
Read our latest roundtable discussion, hosted in Manchester on the question: How can Britain’s Built Environment Tackle Social Exclusion?
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