Title: BREEAM_Vetrotech_fire-rated_glass.pdf
€2.5 billion in turnover in 2011.36 flat glass manufacturing facilities (“floats”) and over 15 magnetron lines (“coaters”).BREEAM® with Saint-Gobain Glass • 03The BREEAM® CertificationINTRODUCTION®?What is BREEAMBREEAM (Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method) is an environmental certification scheme for buildings created in the UK in 1990. In terms of the number of buildings certified, BREEAM is the biggest certification scheme in the world, with 200,000 buildings certified and over one million registered. BREEAM’s certification schemes vary according to the country, type of building (office building, retail…) and type of construction (new, refurbishment…). This brochure is based on “BREEAM Europe Commercial 2009”, the scheme for a new office building.Ten categories for a sustainable building