Time to Ditch BREEAM?

If we want to fight the climate emergency we need think about ditching BREEAM.

When BREEAM came out in the early 90s it was a bit of a game changer, making environmental performance a commercial matter. The Building Research Establishment’s assessment method has been used to evaluate the sustainability of countless commercial, retail and leisure projects since its inception. 30 odd years later however and with multiple and interconnected crises to address we need better ways to incentivise more urgent action on reducing carbon, building in future resilience, designing with nature and improving human health.