BREEAM Governance and Quality Standards

The BRE Global "Sustainability Board" oversees BRE's guides, publications, standards and certification schemes in the area of "green buildings", energy, waste, sustainability and the environment.  

Current standards and schemes include BREEAM, EcoHomes, Environmental Profiles and ISO 14001. One of the main responsibilities of this Board is to ensure that standards, guides and the way BRE Global operates meet the needs of stakeholders. The Board meets three times a year to review these issues.

The Sustainability Board reports to the BRE Global Governing Body, which has an independent overview of all BRE Global's schemes and activities. Specific responsibilities of the Sustainability Board and other Boards include:

• advising on the need for new certification schemes, standards and publications, including updates to existing ones
• advising BRE Global on relevant legislation and technical matters
• promoting certification
• advising on issues that may affect the reputation and integrity of BRE Global
• approving certification schemes, standards, publications or approvals and reviewing outputs from Expert Groups and Working Groups
• ensuring a balanced participation with no single interest predominating
• providing comments and guidance, where appropriate, on methods of assessment and testing, to review the progress of assessments and advise on content of certificates, prior to publication; and
• reviewing and advising on complaints and appeals as requested.

The Board represents a wide cross section of stakeholders from the construction industry including designers, developers, end users, financiers, insurers and regulators. The first independent chairman elected by the members is Bill Gething. Bill is one of the most respected figures in sustainable architecture and is the RIBA President's Sustainability Advisor, Chair of the Institute's Sustainable Futures Committee and a partner of Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects LLP.

For further details about the Sustainability Board, please contact Stephen Phillips on 01923 664241, e-mail: Phillipss@bre.co.uk

UKAS Accreditation

Assessors qualified to deliver the BREEAM buildings versions are also covered under a UKAS accredited competent persons scheme. In addition, the operations relating to the certification of the BREEAM buildings versions and the environmental profiles are also covered under UKAS accredited product certification schemes. 

 

Sustainability Board Members

Name	Representing
Tracy Aarons	Building Control
Patrick Brown	Clients and End Users
Dan Epstein	Clients
Bill Gething	Designers
Norman Greville	Clients and End Users
Stephen Hill	Consultant
Tom Lloyd-Smith	Clients and End Users
Simon McWhirter	NGO
Paul McGivern	Clients
Paul Monaghan	Financiers
George Martin	Skills
David Mitchell	Home Builders
Neil Smith	Insurers
Lynne Sullivan	Designers
Jane Thornback	Trade Association
Chris Twinn	Designers
Rob Watts	Developer
BRE Global Attendees
Carol Atkinson	Chief Executive, LPCB/BRE Global
Martin Wyatt	Chief Executive, BRE Group
Paul Gibbon	BRE Global
Stephen Phillips	BRE Global