Tag: Building Research Establishment (BRE)

Constructing Excellence unveils Value Toolkit for better decision making

Stuart Mitchell

The leading government and industry-backed initiative driving a ‘value first’ approach in construction. The Value Toolkit was previously distributed by the Construction Innovation Hub, following collaboration between industry and government on its development.  The Building Research Establishment (BRE) – which runs Constructing Excellence nationally – has been responsible for facilitating the transition of the Value Toolkit to Constructing Excellence to ensure its continued uptake across industry, and continues to play a crucial role in the roll-out of the Toolkit, alongside several other leading organisations in the built environment. The transition…

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BRE calls for next government to raise the bar on UK building standards, with ‘micro’ investment zones and AI adoption

Stuart Mitchell

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has recently published its Manifesto for 2024, calling on the next Government to commit to world-leading standards for British buildings. Key asks include encouraging ‘micro’ investment zones to develop clusters of excellence in net zero research, embracing technologies like AI to enable improved planning and retrofit programmes, and enabling government collaboration with low carbon entrepreneurs to ensure innovative products meet sustainability standards. BRE’s Manifesto calls for the incoming Government to commit to issuing a White Paper on building standards within six months of taking office.…

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Landmark international partnership to unlock power of sustainable finance on a global scale

Stuart Mitchell

The UK-based Building Research Establishment (BRE), Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have announced an industry-first, international alliance to unlock the sustainable finance needed for the built environment to play its role in meeting global climate goals. The alliance will see the three organisations work together to ensure investors, property owners, developers and governments have the information they need to enact transformational change in the built environment. A major part of this will be demonstrating the critical role that verification and certification schemes…

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