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BREEAM 2011: The Big Shift

August, 2011

On 1 July 2011 the new version of BREEAM arrived. John Davies, Sustainability Consultant for Davis Langdon, an AECOM company, looks at the significant shifts in how the scheme is set out and avenues by which ratings are achieved

BREEAM 2011, or to give it its official title ‘BREEAM New Construction’, sets a subtly different focus and is designed to be all encompassing (for new buildings only at present), rather than building specific and more flexible in the way ratings can be achieved. These changes in name and structure clearly align to its US counterpart – LEED.