by Marina Young | Aug 26, 2026
A building’s cost does not stop at practical completion. It continues for decades, in the form of repairs, replacements, and maintenance that most project teams never model at the design stage. Durability determines the size of that ongoing bill. A scheme...
by Marina Young | Aug 18, 2026
Security is worth a single credit in BREEAM, so it is easy to treat as an afterthought. That is exactly how it catches people out. Teams lose this credit often, and they lose it expensively, because they almost always underestimate two of its requirements. The first...
by Marina Young | Aug 6, 2026
This July, BREEAM published the technical standards for RFO V7. The manuals are out, but registrations have not yet opened, and BRE expects them later in the summer. For now, no project can be assessed under V7. So this is not a review of a scheme already in use. It...
by Marina Young | Jul 31, 2026
Most life cycle costing in construction exists to satisfy a requirement. A BREEAM credit calls for it. A planning authority requests it. A funder makes it a condition. In each case, the requirement sets the scope, and the analysis follows. A bespoke life cycle costing...
by Marina Young | Jul 14, 2026
A building designed in 2026 will exist for years to come. It will spend most of its life in a climate that does not exist yet. BREEAM Wst 05, Adaptation to Climate Change, asks project teams to take that seriously. It is worth one credit, with an exemplary credit...
