You Should Know Before Selecting an Office Building
How BREEAM works
BREEAM rewards performance above regulation which delivers environmental, comfort or health benefits. BREEAM awards points or ‘Credits’ and groups the environmental impacts as follows:
–Energy: operational energy and carbon dioxide (CO2)
–Management: management policy, commissioning, site management and procurement
–Health and Wellbeing: indoor and external issues (noise, light, air, quality etc)
–Transport: transport-related CO2 and location related factors
–Water consumption and efficiency
–Materials: embodied impacts of building materials, including lifecycle impacts like embodied carbon dioxide
–Waste: construction resource efficiency and operational waste management and minimisation
–Pollution: external air and water pollution
–Land Use: type of site and building footprint
–Ecology: ecological value, conservation and enhancement of the site
The total number of points or credits gained in each section is multiplied by an environmental weighting factor which takes into account the relative importance of each section. Section scores are then added together to produce a single overall score. Once the overall score for the building is known this is translated into a rating on a scale of:
-Pass
-Good
-Very Good
-Excellent
-Outstanding
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What does office building category A mean?
A category office buildings are those that meet the below listed requirements. At the same time they could also be indicated as A+ or AA, which are even higher levels of the A category. These ones are generally used for highly modern, green certified office buildings that are located in attractive areas.
Exclusive requirements
Modern cabling
Raised floor / suspended ceiling
Modern air conditioning system
Safe, roofed parking lot for vehicles
Parking spots/square metres: in the city - 1:100; in the centre - 1:75; not in the centre and on the periphery - 1:50
Excellent, first rate realisation
Facility management up to par
24-hour reception and security service
At least 1000 square metres of office to let
Miscellaneous requirements: at least 6 of the more necessary/
Fast, modern lifts
Headroom of the offices: at least 2.65 metres
Prestige / quality reception space
The possibility of making flexible offices
Architectural plans of the highest quality
Services in the building or in the close neighbourhood
Uninterruptible power supply or double input
Windows with double panes of mirroring or shaded glass
Restaurant.
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