BREEAM sets standards for best practice in sustainable building design, construction and operation and is a widely recognised measure of a building’s environmental performance. Many new building developments now require that a BREEAM assessment, which includes the BRE Category of Land Use and Ecology, is undertaken. The Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) is an environmental assessment method for rating and certifying the performance of new homes and offers credits for certain ecological credentials.
TEP’s ecologists are accredited to act as Suitably Qualified Ecologists, which is a requirement of the assessments. We evaluate the performance of new buildings and help maximise the ecological value, and number of credits, that can be obtained.
Recognising the unique requirements of BREEAM and CfSH we have a dedicated team who are on hand from design stage through to project completion. Our in-house landscape design and arboriculture professionals support our ecologists to provide comprehensive reports to support new developments. Over the past 5 years, we have carried out over 1000 BREEAM and CfSH assessments across the UK and we are on framework contracts with many of the major social housing providers and their delivery partner contractors.
