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Phil Wilbraham is new BRE Trust Chair

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Testing of doors for mental health facility

World first testing scheme for products used in mental health care facilities

As the UK marks Mental Health Awareness Week, BRE and the Design in Mental Health Network have launched a world-first testing scheme for construction products used in mental health care ...

NABERS UK Independent Design Review Panel Launched

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The Left Behind

Frameworks to build a better Britain: BRE’s third roundtable discussion, held in Manchester, on the question “How can Britain’s built environment tackle social exclusion?”

Watch Part 1 of the video from the day, then explore the rest of the Manchester roundtable. Learn more about our Insights series Frameworks to build a better Britain.

NABERS UK Design for Performance Framework Launches

NABERS Launches in the UK

HSBC uses HQM in major new build to rent deal

BRE announces the winners of the BREEAM Awards 2021

First development to achieve HQM ONE at design stage

The Cardiff Interchange – a new multi-purpose development in the heart of the Welsh capital containing over 300 homes – has become the first building in the UK to achieve

Open Innovation Hub partnership will support built environment innovation

BRE congratulates Home of 2030 winners

Fire fatalities in Scotland and recommendations to help reduce them – Final Phase: Review of Fire Investigation reports

Predicting service life of timber structures

Timber structures and commodities are exposed to several mechanisms that limit their service life. The term service life refers to the duration until a limit state is reached, i.e. when the performance is no longer deemed acceptable.

Mal Sivapunniyan, Executive Director, Risk and Audit at dentsu group Inc, joins BRE Group’s Board of Non-Executive Directors

BRE is pleased to welcome Mal Sivapunniyan as one of its Non-Executive Directors on BRE Group’s Board. Mal is Executive Director of Risk and Audit at dentsu group Inc and

Dr Julie Bregulla, BRE’s Technical Director, elected as Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

BRE proud to have played major role in new English Housing Survey 2018-19 reports

BRE is proud to have played a major role in the development of the new English Housing Survey 2018-2019 reports. The English Housing Survey is a continuous national survey commissioned

BREEAM Awards 2020

On the evening of Monday the 2nd of March 2020 we celebrated the success of our customers at the annual BREEAM Awards.

Explore the winning projects from the BREEAM Awards 2020, images from the ceremony, and the Best of BREEAM 2020 brochure.

See the full list of winners for 2020 in the press release.

Explore the BREEAM Awards 2020

Frameworks to build a better Britain

Frameworks to build a better Britain is a BRE series of roundtables and interviews with planners, architects, policy-makers, and construction experts about the future of the built environment.

Read our latest roundtable discussion, hosted in Manchester on the question: How can Britain’s Built Environment Tackle Social Exclusion?