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CIBSE’s best training programme award goes to BRE Academy

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BRE’s training arm the BRE Academy, were awarded the CIBSE Building Performance Training Programme of the year award for their BREEAM Associate course at the CIBSE Award ceremony in London last night. 

Judged by a panel of distinguished industry leaders, the awards recognise the people, products and projects that demonstrate engineering excellence in the built environment.

Developed in partnership with HOK, Ferrovial, BT, BAM, SEGRO, Grontmij, Arcadis, Assa Abloy, WSP/Parsons Brinkerhof and ISG, the course is designed to enhance the way the international sustainability standard BREEAM is applied to developments around the world.

Director of the BRE Academy Pauline Traetto said ‘We are delighted with this award which not only recognises BRE but our 10 partners who helped us develop and deliver it. The course has been carefully designed using industry feedback as the perfect introduction to enable individuals to pitch BREEAM in bids and to deliver it effectively in.’

BREEAM Associate course enables proactive planning, ensuring knowledge of the right time to appoint assessors and most importantly providing awareness of opportunities for high performance at low cost against a range of parameters incl: health and wellbeing, energy efficiency, waste, water, pollution, materials, ecology, transport.

For further information on BREEAM Associates, please visit www.breacademy.com/breeamassociate or please contact Ana Paun, BRE, email [email protected]

NOTES TO EDITOR

BREEAM is the internationally recognised measure of sustainability for buildings and communities. More than 530,000 certificates have been issued under BREEAM on more than 24,000 projects around the world, and over 2.2 million buildings and communities are registered for certification. BREEAM is used in more than 70 countries. More information at www.breeam.com

The BRE Academy is in the unique position to provide support to individuals, employers, industry and training partners on an array of subjects within the built environment. As the specialist training and development division of BRE, famous for its science-based research, standards and tools, the BRE Academy is able to deliver leading edge services to improve the performance and competence levels of individuals in the workplace, address the knowledge and skills gap, develop the next generation of skilled operatives and professionals and deliver accessible and practical CPD, and lifelong learning programs. Courses are developed and written by world-renowned specialists who have shaped industry standards, ensuring delegates gain access to meaningful, relevant and interesting training programmes. For more information please visit www.breacademy.com.