What does BREEAM assess in building construction projects?

BREEAM, which stands for Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, primarily focuses on assessing a building's performance against environmental benchmarks. This includes evaluating various sustainability aspects such as energy usage, resource efficiency, water consumption, materials, waste management, and ecological impacts throughout the building's lifecycle.

The BREEAM assessment framework encourages sustainable design practices and aims to minimize the negative environmental impacts associated with construction. By measuring performance against established criteria, BREEAM provides a systematic approach to improving the environmental quality of buildings and incentivizes construction projects to adopt greener practices.

While other options touch on relevant aspects of construction and architecture, they do not align with BREEAM’s core objective of evaluating environmental performance, which is what distinguishes BREEAM as a leading sustainability assessment method in the construction industry.