BREEAM Assessment and Eco Property Investment

Assessing the environmental impact of a property - how eco friendly or green it is - is a complex issue. The BREEAM property assessment process was created in 1990 to assess the environmental performance of buildings. Versions of this environmental criteria are updated regularly in line with UK Building Regulations and different building versions have been created since its launch to assess the various building types.

All these versions look at the same broad range of environmental impacts:

Management
Health and Wellbeing
Energy
Transport

Water
Material and Waste
Landuse and Ecology
Pollution

Credits are awarded in each of these areas according to a property's performance. The credits are then added together to produce an overall score. The property is then rated on a scale of 'pass', 'good', 'very good' or 'excellent' and a certificate is awarded to the property development.