BREEAM Wiki key articles
This page is to support users accessing and contributing to articles related to specific schemes and stakeholder groups. This is a protected page, if you have an article you would like to be listed, either email [email protected] or add a comment at the foot of the page.
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Multiple Author Articles
Flagship' content relating to individual sustainability topics:
General multiple author articles, easy to add to:
- BREEAM Misconceptions
- BREEAM Easy wins
- BREEAM and RIBA stages
- BREEAM Evidence types by issue
- BREEAM Evidence gathering
- BREEAM Site visits
- Common pitfalls relating to BREEAM assessments
- Design team perception of the BREEAM standard
- Early BREEAM stakeholder engagement
- How to track progress on a BREEAM Project
- Tips for a new BREEAM assessor
General articles
- BREEAM Online information map
- BREEAM Wiki article title suggestions
- BREEAM Wiki value - tell us your ideas
Schemes
CEEQUAL
General: BREEAM and CEEQUAL,
Communities
General: BREEAM Communities, Social Sustainability at Master-planning Stage, A renaissance in the idea of garden villages and towns, The case for BREEAM Communities
Crowd-sourced: Lessons learnt
Domestic Refurbishment
General: Retrofit-led regeneration in Greater Manchester
Home Quality Mark
General: HQM, Access and space, Green finance, Making energy calculations more accurate with HQM, 5 things you need to know about HQM ONE, Improving home quality with HQM ONE
Crowd-sourced; Differences between HQM Beta and HQM ONE
In-Use
General: BREEAM In-Use International 2015
New Construction
UK
BREEAM Issue Support Documents
BREEAM UK New Construction 2018 changes summary
International
BREEAM Issue Support Documents
Refurbishment and Fit-Out
BREEAM Issue Support Documents
Stakeholders
While the initial content of this wiki has been created mainly by BREEAM assessors and APs a key reason for creating it is to include ALL stakeholders. We welcome whole articles from the stakeholders below or smaller contributions to any Multiple Author Article.
All stakeholders
For specific sustainability issues, add your stakeholder perspective in the 'Tips and best practice' section in the Issue Support Documents
Contractors
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Design Teams
Awaiting content
Developers
Local Planning Authorities
Awaiting content
Subject Experts
Awaiting content
Official external links
General links to official resources covering many schemes
Featured articles and news
The Association of Consultant Architects recap
A reintroduction and recap of ACA President; Patrick Inglis' Autumn update.
The Home Energy Model and its wrappers
From SAP to HEM, EPC for MEES and FHS assessment wrappers.
Future Homes Standard Essentials launched
Future Homes Hub launches new campaign to help sector prepare for the implementation of new building standards.
Building Safety recap February, 2026
Our regular run-down of key building safety related events of the month.
Planning reform: draft NPPF and industry responses.
Last chance to comment on proposed changes to the NPPF.
A Regency palace of colour and sensation. Book review.
Delayed, derailed and devalued
How the UK’s planning crisis is undermining British manufacturing.
How much does it cost to build a house?
A brief run down of key considerations from a London based practice.
The need for a National construction careers campaign
Highlighted by CIOB to cut unemployment, reduce skills gap and deliver on housing and infrastructure ambitions.
AI-Driven automation; reducing time, enhancing compliance
Sustainability; not just compliance but rethinking design, material selection, and the supply chains to support them.
Climate Resilience and Adaptation In the Built Environment
New CIOB Technical Information Sheet by Colin Booth, Professor of Smart and Sustainable Infrastructure.
Turning Enquiries into Profitable Construction Projects
Founder of Develop Coaching and author of Building Your Future; Greg Wilkes shares his insights.
IHBC Signpost: Poetry from concrete
Scotland’s fascinating historic concrete and brutalist architecture with the Engine Shed.
Demonstrating that apprenticeships work for business, people and Scotland’s economy.
Scottish parents prioritise construction and apprenticeships
CIOB data released for Scottish Apprenticeship Week shows construction as top potential career path.
From a Green to a White Paper and the proposal of a General Safety Requirement for construction products.
Creativity, conservation and craft at Barley Studio. Book review.
The challenge as PFI agreements come to an end
How construction deals with inherited assets built under long-term contracts.
Skills plan for engineering and building services
Comprehensive industry report highlights persistent skills challenges across the sector.
Choosing the right design team for a D&B Contract
An architect explains the nature and needs of working within this common procurement route.
Statement from the Interim Chief Construction Advisor
Thouria Istephan; Architect and inquiry panel member outlines ongoing work, priorities and next steps.
Comments
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