Sweco UK has been awarded the BREEAM Assessor Company of the Year. The leading consultancy company for engineering, environment and design have won the award for the third time. Their expertise in sustainability assessment methods for master planning projects, infrastructure and buildings has helped Sweco claim the title three times.
The property and carbon emission consultancy firms Savills and Longevity Partners have revealed that they are to lead the way in BREEAM’s new project to see whether 331 retail points all over Europe are eligible for BREEAM certification. Originally initiated by Dedevco and BRE, the project is designed to reinvigorate
The Building Research Establishment (better known as BRE) is launching a brand-new certification scheme to allow solar photovoltaic (PV) systems installers to reassure their customers that systems are delivered safely and, more importantly, that PV systems will perform reliably. There are currently around 870,000 PV systems in operation across the
Sweco UK has been awarded the BREEAM Assessor Company of the Year. The leading consultancy company for engineering, environment and design have won the award for the third time. Their expertise in sustainability assessment methods for master planning projects, infrastructure and buildings has helped Sweco claim the title three times. The Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology, BREEAM, have recognised Sweco for the third time because of the consultancy company’s consistency when it comes to achieving the highest BREEAM ratings on its projects over a 12-month period. This rating has led to Sweco producing some of the most sustainable as well as user focused buildings. Sweco is part of planning and designing of communities and cities of the future. The consultancy company has a hand in designing sustainable buildings with efficient infrastructure as well as access to electricity and clean water. The consultancy company employs 14,500 people throughout Europe, and carries out a variety of different projects in 70 countries around the world every year. Sweco is Europe’s leading engineering, environment and design consultants and receiving this BREEAM accolade three times cements their reputation. The awards ceremony was held on March 7th at the London Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square. The event was attended by hundreds of industry professionals. BREEAM is an association that is internationally recognised in their measure of sustainability for buildings and communities. BREEAM’s measure is used in more than 70 countries and has issued more than 530,000 certificates to over 24,000 projects around the world. This wide spread reputation has led to more than 2.2 million buildings and communities being registered for the BREEAM certification. Sweco has been involved in a variety of different projects over the past year including the 107-meter-tall South Bank Tower based in London. The design consultants were also involved in the Four Pancras Square building, a 170,000 sq. ft. building in the Kings Cross area of London.
The property and carbon emission consultancy firms Savills and Longevity Partners have revealed that they are to lead the way in BREEAM’s new project to see whether 331 retail points all over Europe are eligible for BREEAM certification. Originally initiated by Dedevco and BRE, the project is designed to reinvigorate the topic of sustainability in the building and construction sectors all over the European continent. With the lease margin of 3.2 million square meters across 11 different states in Europe, Redevco want to ensure that businesses in their area are committing to long term sustainability plans to improve the prospects of their enterprises and to consider the ways in which industrial activity can reduce its impact on the rest of the surrounding environment and the atmosphere. Redevco is ambitious in its announced intention to have all of its assets in Europe certified by the time of the year 2021, yet with the planned project for Savills and Longevity Partners this goal could very well become a possibility for the company to achieve. By assessing the different ways in which sustainability is certified, Redevco will be well prepared for the challenges that they will need to prepare for once they feel ready for the challenges of the BIU certification program. Using a sample of different assets based in places such as Holland and Portugal, this method of assessment will reduce costs for Redevco as well as act as a good way of measuring the ways in which the company can progress itself to achieve greater sustainability and environmental friendliness than ever before. Indeed, spokespeople for Longevity and Savills have expressed their enthusiasm for the project and confidence that it will give Redevco a very good idea on the different ways in which they can progress and the different initiatives that they can implement in order to be certified as more sustainable.
The Building Research Establishment (better known as BRE) is launching a brand-new certification scheme to allow solar photovoltaic (PV) systems installers to reassure their customers that systems are delivered safely and, more importantly, that PV systems will perform reliably. There are currently around 870,000 PV systems in operation across the UK, fitted on residential and commercial properties. Despite that figure, there has never been a standardised certification scheme or best practice framework in place thus solar PV customers cannot be provided absolute confidence or certainty as to the value of the service provided. With a view to remedying that uncertainty, BRE Global, is unveiling a new certification scheme capable of providing quality assurance on systems of 50 kWp (equivalent to around 350m2) and above. BRE’s new scheme was launched at yesterday’s Solar PV Summit in London. With the solar PV certification scheme, the world-leading scientific research group, responsible for the much sought-after BREEAM environmental and sustainability building standard, principally aims to instil greater confidence in solar PV amongst installers, developers and customers and, in turn, ecnourage greater uptake of the energy generation technology. Jonny Williams, Director of BRE’s National Solar Centre admitted that its currently difficult for end users to ascertain the standard with which their system has been fitted and be sure that it will continue to perform consistently in the years ahead. The new certification will eradicate that problem, he said, formalising the practice and expectations as well as making sure al solar PV systems are appropriate to the property on which they’re fitted. As well as details on best practice installation, the scheme also comprises system design and on-site commissioning information. It has been developed on the back of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Code of Practice for Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic Systems. Firms securing BRE certification must undergo regular surveillance assessments in order to maintain compliance.
