BREEAM Assessor study guide
BREEAM Assessor · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The BREEAM Assessor credential relates to the BREEAM family of sustainability standards, which BREEAM describes as "the world's leading science-based frameworks for assessing, validating and certifying sustainability in the built environment." BREEAM states that its third-party certified standards have helped improve asset performance at every stage since 1990, "from design through construction, through use and refurbishment," and that the framework "is used to assess whole life performance, from new build projects to refurbishment and fit-out." Assessor training is delivered through BRE Academy, and BREEAM's own navigation links to separate training courses for each standard area: New Construction, In-Use, Refurbishment and Fit Out, Infrastructure, and Communities. This independent practice exam mirrors that five-part structure, with equal weighting across those five domains, so candidates preparing for assessor training can test breadth across the whole standard family rather than a single scheme. The BREEAM Assessor study guide has 5 sections and about 1,354 words.
01BREEAM New Construction: Scheme Structure and Assessment Mechanics
BREEAM New Construction assesses the design and delivery of new buildings across technical categories such as Energy, Health and Wellbeing, Materials, Water, Land Use and Ecology, Pollution, Transport, Waste, and Management. Candidates must understand the two-part scoring model: credits are awarded within categories, then category scores are calculated as the percentage of credits achieved against credits available, weighted by category, and finally combined into a single overall score that maps to a rating band (Pass, Good, Very Good, Excellent, Outstanding).
286 words, about 1 min02BREEAM In-Use: Asset, Building Management, and Occupier Scope
BREEAM In-Use is the scheme for existing, operational buildings. It is structured in three parts: Part 1 (Asset) covers the inherent performance and characteristics of the building fabric and services; Part 2 (Building Management) covers how the building is operated, maintained, and managed; Part 3 (Occupier Management) covers the fit-out and management practices of the occupying organisation.
270 words, about 1 min03BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out: Scoping and Applicability
BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out (RFO) addresses projects that alter existing buildings - refurbishments and fit-outs - rather than new construction. The central concept candidates must grasp is scoping : the assessment is divided into building elements (fabric, services, and other parts of the building), and only the elements within the project scope are assessed.
281 words, about 1 min04BREEAM Infrastructure: Civil Engineering and Project-Level Assessment
BREEAM Infrastructure (formerly CEEQUAL) assesses civil engineering, infrastructure, and public realm projects - roads, rail, utilities, flood defences, and landscape works. Candidates must understand that it is a project-level scheme, not a building scheme, and that its categories reflect infrastructure concerns: project management, land use and ecology, landscape, water environment, energy and carbon, transport, materials, waste, and community/stakeholder engagement.
252 words, about 1 min05BREEAM Communities: Masterplanning and Neighbourhood Scale
BREEAM Communities assesses the sustainability of masterplans and neighbourhood-scale developments - the plan for a place, not a single building. It is used early in the planning process to shape a scheme before individual buildings are designed.
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