BREEAM UK NC 2018 Case Study: BRE’s Open Innovation Hub

The BRE’s Open Innovation Hub

Watford, United Kingdom, 3200 m2

• Investor: BRE
• Type: New construction
• Certification: BREEAM UK NC 2018 (Aiming for Outstanding)
• One Click LCA Expert: Max Fordham LLP
• One Click LCA used for: Targeting all the available Mat 01 Credits under BREEAM 2018 by Max Fordham LLP, analyzing the building’s embodied carbon formed part of the early Stage BREEAM 2018 New Construction assessment including Building Services exemplary credit.

  The BRE’s high-performance Open Innovation hub will be situated in the heart of the Campus in Hertfordshire. The hub is aimed at attracting organizations and businesses of different sizes, engaging in the development of new technologies and processes in the construction sector. The building combines a fabric first approach with low enthalpy active systems, aiming to be all electric in order to take advantage of a decarbonizing grid.