BREEAM sustainability assessment and certification
A third-party assessed rating of a building's sustainability across design, construction and use; UK and European planning and lending often ask for it on data centre projects.
- 2requirementsin our own words
- 0editions none dated yet
- 0places where it is a duty of 30 assessed
- 18 Oct 2026last checkedat the sources below
Where it applies
It is voluntary in the 30 places assessed. The outcome holds under the conditions shown and says nothing about any one site.
| Where | Outcome | Basis | Conditions | Authority and route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All 30 places | Applies | Voluntary In force | None stated No law in this country requires it; customers, lenders or tenders decide. | Not stated |
What it asks for
2 requirements, each in our own words with the evidence an assessor would expect and who on a site usually owns it. Read the clause itself on the scheme owner's page.
| Requirement | Evidence expected | Owner | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choose the BREEAM standard (new construction, refurbishment, in-use) and target rating. | Registration record Record, checked by document review | Compliance manager | Once Governance, one site |
| Evidence performance across the assessed categories with a licensed assessor. | Assessment report Record, checked by document review | M&E lead | Once Governance, one site |
About the programme
- Scheme owner
- BRE Group (BREEAM)
- Assessed by
- The scheme owner
- Scope
- building project or asset in use
- Levels
- New Construction, Refurbishment and Fit-Out, In-Use standards
- Validity
- Rating applies per assessment stage; validity term not on page read.
- Accreditation route
- Licensed BREEAM assessors; national scheme operators
- Who asks for it
- Lenders, Public tenders, Wholesale and hyperscale customers
- Where it is used
- global; strongest in UK and Europe
Sources
Official bodies behind this page, each with the date we last read it.
No official body publishes a page for this scheme. The scheme owner's own page, linked under About the programme, is where the clauses are published.
Not legal advice. Confirm each duty against the text itself.