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BREEAM

BREEAM. “Not all chemicals are bad. e.g. Without hydrogen & oxygen there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer”. Dave Barry. AGENDA 1. Who Are BRE / What is BREEAM 2. Rating Calculation Method 3. Building 4. Our Scores 5. BREEAM2 6. New Products 7. BREEAM & LEED

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BREEAM

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  1. BREEAM

  2. “Not all chemicals are bad. e.g. Without hydrogen & oxygen there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer” Dave Barry

  3. AGENDA 1. Who Are BRE / What is BREEAM 2. Rating Calculation Method 3. Building 4. Our Scores 5. BREEAM2 6. New Products 7. BREEAM & LEED 8. Questions

  4. Who Are BRE Building Research Establishment • Established 80 years ago • Dedicated to all aspects of the built environment • Growing focus on improving environmental performance of buildings A private enterprise, sponsored by gov’t, in business to make profit through fees

  5. What is BREEAM Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method

  6. What Is An Environmental Profile? • Measurement of the environmental performance of a material, product or system over a set time period (60 years) • Extraction of raw materials & transport (“cradle to grave”) • Production (“gate to gate”) • Transport, installation & end of life (“gate to grave”) • Achieved using Life Cycle Assessment Method (LCA) • Outcome is 3rd party Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

  7. Simple Example of LCA Thinking • Extraction Disposal Creation Maintenance

  8. True Or False? • “In a typical building the floor covering can have a greater environmental impact than any other material”

  9. How Is The Rating Calculated

  10. Derivation of Ecopoints • Impacts Normalised ECOPOINTS Weighting Data

  11. BREEAM Ratings – TodayFor the Product Rating – Soft Floor Coverings 0 1.44 2.85 4.25 Ecopoints per m2

  12. BREEAM Ratings – TodayFor the Product Rating – Soft Floor Coverings 0 1.4 2.85 4.25 Ecopoints per m2 Equates to: 6.5 miles by articulated truck 30 miles urban driving A rating versus BA = 1.4B = 1.5 Difference = 0.1 ecopoints

  13. The Building

  14. BREEAM Building Standards • “Construction materials relate to 10% of the total score available within BREEAM 98 for offices”.

  15. BREEAM Building Standards • If the Architect is building to BREEAM standards, what Building Rating are they trying to achieve?PassGoodVery GoodExcellent All Schools must be rated as a minimum – Very Good

  16. Building Grades – Matrix of Floorcovering Impact

  17. Our Scores

  18. Bonar Ratings • Teviot ‘A’ Rated • Apex “A” Rated • Silica ‘A’ Rated • We are currently awaiting results for Tuftiguard. Coral is being audited w/c 11th August.

  19. Bonar Ratings

  20. Changes To BREEAM

  21. BREEAM Ratings - June 2008 Ratings – Soft Floorcoverings (June 2008) A+ A B C D E The new scheme will employ the same approach but it will create a larger number of subdivisions The conversion of existing ABC ratings to the new Categories is currently under discussion

  22. Be Aware… • The BREEAM scheme benchmarks us against our competitors. • If they improve & we don’t, our rating will decrease • This means we have to adopt continuous improvement

  23. New Products

  24. How Are New Products Assessed • A product must be in production 12 months before it can be assessed by BRE (it is possible to be assessed in a 6 month time frame but the result will not be as accurate) • An “aged” product is then assessed in the same way as any other product. • This can cause a “chicken and egg situation” – you can’t sell your products until you get a rating and you can’t get a rating until you have at least 12 months worth of production. • To date we are still pressing BRE to provide a solution for the industry

  25. BRE & LEED

  26. BREEAM has been viewed as being a UK scheme. They now refer to themselves as BRE Global – which is aimed at attracting a wider market. It is gaining a foothold in Europe. • LEED is the USA version of BREEAM. It is expanding from its North American base and is growing in popularity in the Far East. • As our awareness increases and the need to make positive grows, schemes such as BREEAM and LEED, will find increasing favour. However from a manufacturers perspective it is important that the number of schems is kept to a minimum

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