BRE

To achieve net zero in the built environment, we must agree on carbon measurement

Buildings

To achieve net zero in the built environment, we must agree on carbon measurement

A consistent, rigorous and global approach is needed for measuring the embodied carbon in buildings - which is where the new BREEAM methodology comes in, writes BRE's Tom Wilson

clock 05 June 2025 • 4 min read
UK, US, and Australian green buildings bodies team up for finance drive

Buildings

UK, US, and Australian green buildings bodies team up for finance drive

Partnership announced as Mission Zero Initiative publishes report into policies needed to decarbonise UK's built environment

clock 05 March 2024 • 3 min read
Labour proposes planning overhaul as part of 'Green Prosperity Plan'

Politics

Labour proposes planning overhaul as part of 'Green Prosperity Plan'

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves promises a Labour government would be 'pro-worker, pro-business, and pro-climate'

clock 23 January 2023 • 5 min read
Tory leadership candidates urged to prioritise measures to decarbonise built environment

Policy

Tory leadership candidates urged to prioritise measures to decarbonise built environment

In an open letter from the Building Research Establishment, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are urged to demonstrate how they would decarbonise the UK's buildings

clock 08 August 2022 • 3 min read
BRE to build out Future Homes plans with new 'net zero ready' pilot project

Buildings

BRE to build out Future Homes plans with new 'net zero ready' pilot project

Croudace Homes to deliver 10 new homes in Didcot that BRE will test against the government's forthcoming Future Homes Standard

clock 09 May 2022 • 2 min read
Future Homes Standard: Government backs plan to overhaul building Energy Performance Certificates

Buildings

Future Homes Standard: Government backs plan to overhaul building Energy Performance Certificates

Building Research Establishment and BEIS announce plans to develop a new methodology to better measure energy performance of UK homes

clock 03 May 2022 • 2 min read
Sustainable finance and net zero: Why investors cannot afford to be left behind

Buildings

Sustainable finance and net zero: Why investors cannot afford to be left behind

Now is the time for businesses of all shapes and sizes to step up and take action to decarbonise their real estate assets, writes BRE Group's James Fisher

clock 01 September 2021 • 4 min read

Buildings

Green buildings: Greater focus on climate adaptation and mitigation in updated BREEAM standard

BRE announces most significant update to leading sustainable buildings standard in five years

clock 12 May 2020 • 3 min read

Policy

Why the PM is right to place science and research at the heart of the Industrial Strategy

Now is the time for the construction sector to invest in science and research, argues BRE's director of sustainability Martin Townsend

clock 25 June 2018 • 6 min read

Rail

HS2 rail project awarded BREEAM sustainability standard

High speed rail line linking London to West Midlands becomes first infrastructure project to be awarded BREEAM accreditation

clock 12 February 2018 • 2 min read