BREEAM 2011 Updates

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The BREEAM schemes for non domestic buildings are updated every two years to try to ensure that they remain up to date.

Work began on updating the 2008 BREEAM scheme in Spring of 2010, the new scheme ‘went live’ in June 2011. Assessors have been provided with a summary of the technical changes that were made.

The BREEAM 2011 version is referred to as BREEAM ‘New Construction’ scheme. For now refurbishments and fit outs should continue to be assessed under the 2008 scheme until BRE global have developed a standalone scheme to cover refurbishments and fit out assessments.

BREEAM 2011 is applicable to all existing schemes except for Data Centres which was only released in 2010.

The weightings and ratings remain unchanged but a number of credits have been consolidated and reclassified. Below is a brief summary of some of the changes within each section.

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Management
Health & Wellbeing
Energy
Transport
Water
Materials
Waste
Land Use & Ecology
Pollution

Management
A new issue called ‘Sustainable Procurement’ has been introduced. This will consolidate;

  • Man 1 Commissioning
  • Thermographic criteria from Ene 6
  • 'Accredited Professional' credits
  • Building User Guide
  • Maintenance

A new issue called ‘Stakeholder participation’ has been introduced, this consolidates;

  • Man 5 Site investigation
  • Man 6 Consultation
  • Man 7 Shared facilities
  • Man 9 Publication of building information
  • Man 10 Development as a learning resource
  • Man 13 Good corporate citizen
  • LE7 Consultation with students and staff
  • Hea 15 Outdoor Space
  • Tra 7 Travel Information Space
  • Hea 20 Home Office
  • Man 14 Inclusivity

Health and Wellbeing
A new issue called ‘Visual comfort’ has been introduced which consolidates;

  • Daylight
  • Glare and view out
  • Artificial/Internal Lighting levels
  • High frequency lighting
  • Lighting zones and controls
  • Arts in Health

‘Indoor air quality’ consolidates the following existing 2008 issues and criteria;

  • VOCs
  • Minimising ingress of external pollutants
  • Potential form natural ventilation
  • Laboratory containment levels and fume cupboards

‘Thermal comfort’ now encompasses;

  • Thermal modelling
  • Thermal controls

‘Water quality’ consolidates the flowing issues;

  • Microbial Contamination
  • Humidification systems
  • Drinking water- which is now applicable to all building types

A new issue called ‘Safety and Security’ has been introduced and consolidates;

  • Man 8 Security
  • Tra 4 Pedestrian and cycle safety
  • Tra 8 Deliveries and manoeuvring

Energy
New benchmarks and assessment methodology for energy efficiency and operational carbon emissions have been set. This includes benchmarks that encourage the zero carbon hierarchy and reward carbon negative buildings. So the basis for awarding credits for the reduction of CO2 emissions credit follows the energy hierarchy of;

    1. Reduced energy demand (built form/fabric efficiency),
    2. Reduced energy consumption (systems efficiency) and
    3. Reduced carbon (use of low and zero carbon energy).

Ene 6 Building fabric performance and air infiltration has been removed from BREEAM and will now be addressed in Ene 1.

A new issue called ‘Energy efficient transportation systems’ will now take into account;

  • Ene 8 Lifts
  • Ene 9 Escalators and travelling walkways

A new issue called ‘Energy efficient laboratory’ consolidates;

  • Ene 11 Energy efficient fume cupboards
  • Ene 19 Energy efficient laboratory

A new issue called ‘Energy efficient equipment’ has been introduced and consolidates the following 2008 credits;

  • Ene 12 Swimming pools
  • Ene 15 Provision of energy efficient equipment
  • Ene 20 Energy efficient IT solutions

Transport

Cyclist facilities- a number of compliance notes have been removed, consolidated or re worded to reduce the complexity of the issue.

The ‘Pedestrian and cyclist safety’, ‘Travel information space’ and ‘Deliveries and manoeuvring’ credits have been removed and now form part of new issues within other sections.

Water

BRE Global are developing a methodology for calculating ‘whole building’ water consumption for the majority of BREEAM building types. Exemplary performance levels have also been set for the ‘Water consumption’ issue, current Wat 1 minimum standards have been maintained.

A new issue called ‘Water leak detection and prevention’ has been introduced and consolidates;

  • Wat 3 Major Leak Detection
  • Wat 4 Sanitary Supply Shut off

‘Water efficient (process) equipment’ has been introduced and consolidates;

  • Wat 6 Irrigation systems
  • Wat 7 Water recirculation-vehicle wash

Materials

‘Materials specification’ has been renamed ‘Life cycle impacts’. The criteria and calculation procedures account for the differing levels of verification of LCA data currently available.

Re use of façade and structure have been removed from the assessment as the scope of BREEAM 2011 covers new buildings only.

Waste

‘Operational waste’ has been introduced, this consolidates the following 2008 issues;

  • Wst 3 Storage of recyclable waste
  • Wst 4 Compactor/baler
  • Wst 5 Composting

Land use and Ecology

A new issue called ‘Site selection; has been introduced and consolidates;

  • LE1 Reuse of land
  • LE2 Contaminated land

Work is underway on a revised method of assessing biodiversity in sustainability assessment tools to replace those currently used in BREEAM. BRE plan to adopt the proposed method and guidance as a means of assessing compliance with ecology issues in BREEAM, once development of the method is complete and consulted on.

Pollution

A new issue called ‘Refrigerants’ has been introduced and consolidates;

  • Pol 1 Refrigerant GWP (Building Services)
  • Pol 2 Preventing refrigerant leaks
  • Pol 3 Refrigerant GWP (Cold Storage)

A new issue called ‘Surface water run-off’ has been introduced and consolidates the following existing 2008 issues;

  • Pol 5 Flood Risk
  • Pol 6 Minimising Watercourse Pollution

The table below shows the 2011 BREEAM list of credits

BREEAM section & assessment issue Available Credits
* (some are scheme dependent)
Management
Man 01
 Sustainable procurement 8
Man 02
 Responsible construction practices 2
Man 03
 Construction site impacts 5
Man 04
 Stakeholder participation 4
Man 05
 Service life planning & costing 3
Health & Wellbeing
Hea 01
Visual comfort 3-5
Hea 02
Indoor air quality 6
Hea 03
Thermal comfort 2
Hea 04
 Water quality 1
Acoustic performance 2-4
Hea 06
 Safety & security 2
Energy
Ene 01
Reduction of CO2 emissions 15
Ene 02
Energy monitoring 1-2
Ene 03
 Low or zero carbon technologies 5
Ene 04
Energy efficient external lighting 1
Ene 05
Energy efficient cold storage systems 0-3
Ene 06
Energy efficient transport systems 0-2
Ene 07
Energy efficient laboratory systems 0-5
Ene 08
Energy efficient equipment (process) 0-2
Ene 09
Drying space (building specific) 0-1
Transport
Tra 01
Public transport accessibility 2-6
Tra 02
Proximity to amenities 0-1
Tra 03
Cyclist facilities 1-2
Tra 04
Maximum car parking capacity 0-2
Tra 05
Travel Plan 1
Water
Wat 01
Water consumption 5
Wat 02
Water monitoring 1
Wat 03
Water leak detection & prevention 2
Wat 04
 Water efficient equipment (process) 1
Materials
Mat 01
 Life Cycle impacts 2-6
Mat 02
 Hard landscaping & boundary protection 1
Mat 03
 Responsible sourcing of materials 3
Mat 04
 Insulation 2
Mat 05
 Designing for robustness 1
Waste
Wst 01
 Construction waste management 4
Wst 02
 Recycled aggregates 1
Wst 03
 Operational waste 1
Wst 04
 Speculative floor & ceiling finishes 0-1
Land Use & Ecology
LE 01
 Site selection 2
LE 02
 Ecological value of site & protection of ecological features 1
LE 03
 Mitigating ecological impact 2
LE 04
 Enhancing site ecology 2-3
LE 05
 Long term impact of biodiversity 2
Pollution
Pol 01
 Refrigerants 3
Pol 02
 NOx emissions from heating source 2-3
Pol 03
 Surface water run off 5
Pol 04
 Reduction of night time light pollution 1
Noise attenuation 1
Innovation
Inn 01
 Innovation 10 (max)

Useful Links

HRS Summary - BREEAM 2011 Updates (PDF)

Breeam 2011 Updates - Frequently Asked Questions

HRS Guide to BREEAM 2008 Compliance - from Concept to Construction (pdf) >

HRS Guide to BREEAM 2011 Compliance - from Concept to Construction (pdf) >

 

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