BREEAM New Construction: Offices
BREEAM for office buildings is an environmental assessment method and certification scheme that can be used at the design, construction, and refurbishment stages of a building’s lifecycle. The assessment method was launched in 1990; this was the first scheme developed in the BREEAM family of schemes. It has since undergone continuous updates to ensure that the scheme criteria goes above and beyond regulation, representing best practice in the design and construction of new office buildings.
BREEAM for offices scheme can be used to assess:
- General office buildings,
- Office buildings with R&D areas,
- Office space within mixed use developments.
For information on the scope of the BREEAM scheme for office buildings, please refer to the relevant Scheme Document.
To download a copy of the Scheme Document or the Pre-Assessment Estimator, go to the Resources section of this website.
For examples of buildings that have been assessed against the BREEAM Offices criteria, please visit the Case Studies section of this website. For office buildings in operation which require an assessment please refer to the BREEAM In-Use scheme section of this website.
BREEAM New Construction is not appropriate for assessing the environmental impact of existing buildings in use. For information on the assessment of existing buildings please go to the BREEAM In-Use scheme page using the ‘Schemes’ link at the top of this page. If you want to know more about using BREEAM to assess the environmental impact of an existing building refurbishment of fit-out please go to the BREEAM Refurbishment scheme page using the ‘Schemes’ link at the top of this page.
