Environmental
assessment
Buildings
are responsible for significant impacts on the environment.
They account for around half the UK's emissions of carbon dioxide,
the main 'greenhouse' gas.
BREEAM is a tool that allows the owners, users and designers of
buildings to review and improve environmental performance throughout
the life of a building. It is a widely accepted and respected scheme
that sets a benchmark for environmental performance and provides
a wide range of benefits. It is independent and authoritative, being
based on many years of construction and environmental research carried
out at BRE together with the input and experience of the construction
and property industries, Government and buildng regulators.
The
Environmntal Assessement Consortium
- EAC
EAC is
a multidisciplinary group of expert consultants that specialise
in environmental design and energy efficiency. EAC provide a comprehensive,
efficient and cost effective BREEAM consultancy service together
with other related environmental design services.
EAC
clients are diverse, including; Developers, Building Owners, Tennants,
Local Authorities and Building Design Teams.
EAC
members are registered BREEAM consultants for:
- EcoHomes
- BREEAM
'98 for Offices
- Other
related environmental design and energy efficiency services
EAC
are able to tailor their services to suit each individual project.
BREEAM services provided range from informal BREEAM assessement
to a full formal BREEAM consultancy leading to a formal Assessement
and Certification. Other energy efficient and low environmental
impact consultancy services can be undertaken as an integrated
package or as separate consultancy work.
- For information
on individual Assessors and Organisations go to Assessors.
- For details on
the services offered by the Consortium go to Services.
BREEAM
guidance by experts
In an ideal world the approach to green design for new buildings
starts before the site is chosen or the brief prepared.
In this way every aspect of the design can be included in the
green design. All too often many of the decisions and environmental
impacts of a building are fixed before the assessor has the chance
to be involved.
The Consortium believe that by using a BREEAM assessor to guide
the design team through the design and management processes all
the issues are addressed, thereby deriving maximum benefit from
the building investment.
BREEAM
is a registered trademark of the Building Research Establishment
Ltd.
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