About and Tips
New function: You can now view/download/print all the KB Compliance Notes for a single issue by clicking the button next to the issue title.
Knowledge Base for all BREEAM and HQM schemes provides online access to all existing Compliance Notes (CNs) not currently listed in the manuals.
It is a centralised resource viewed directly by assessors and BRE staff alike and it will continue to grow, new entries being created off the back of new technical queries submitted to BRE by assessors.
Supporting principles behind each compliance note are also provided (in italics at the foot of the note where required). These aim to empower assessors in making independent compliance decisions and broadening the awareness of the sound basis for sustainable solutions among all stakeholders.
Assessor feedback and suggestions welcome via the forum here
Tips
Use the Navigation Menu to access content for a specific scheme and issue, this is the fastest route. It will also allow you to move quickly to another issue.
Click on the Compliance Note (CN) title to see the content of the CN itself.
Each CN has a unique reference eg KBCN0428 which can be quoted in reports.
The search function searches only for content in CN title, CN content and for a unique reference number (ie not scheme, category or issue).
Also try out the Beta Dashboards available to assessors via the forum here
Latest 100 Notes
- View Out – Rooms over 7m deep
- Building LCA – Evidence requirements for two (or more) BREEAM assessments where the design is the same
- Scheme classification for residential projects (UK)
- Small power significantly contributing to unregulated energy consumption
- Determining boiler efficiency
- BREEAM Plaques and Banners
- GN35: BREEAM UK New Construction 2018 Ecology Assessment – Route 1 Methodology
- GN34: BREEAM, CEEQUAL and HQM Ecology Risk Evaluation Checklist
- Using LEED as the accredited third party assessment scheme
- Responsible Sourcing – Evidence requirements for two (or more) BREEAM assessments on different parts of the same new building
- Responsible Sourcing – Scope when a BREEAM assessment covers only part of the new building
- View out for commercial kitchens
- GN33: BREEAM and HQM Responsible Construction Management
- Deemed to comply solutions – alternative proposals
- Environmental management – no principal contractor
- Surface water run-off – no change in impermeable area
- Glare control – adjacent buildings
- Erratum – Criterion 8 – ‘No net loss’
- Mat 01/02 Results Submission Tool – concept and technical design submission
- Pol 02 benchmarks – Oil-fired boilers
- Preliminary design workshop – RIBA stage requirement
- Indoor air quality plan – RIBA stage requirement
- Tra 01 and Tra 02 – Prerequisite and RIBA stage requirements
- Heating and cooling provided through one system
- Full or Partial sub-metering
- Considerations for small power
- Sub-metering requirements for a Single Tenant
- Compliant wheelchair and buggy storage facilities
- CO2 equivalence (CO2-eq)
- Daylighting- side-lit internal association and atrium areas
- Site clearance prior to purchase of the site
- Ecological enhancement implementation time-frames
- Relating green roofs to multiple assessments in the same building
- Site wide approach to ecological enhancements
- Recognised local ecological expertise
- Verification of an ecology report / information
- Building LCA – Comparison with the BREEAM Benchmark – mixed-used buildings
- GN40 BREEAM, CEEQUAL, HQM Ecology Assessment Issues Reporting Template
- Erratum – UK NC2018 LE 05 – criterion 6
- Sub-metering of high energy load and tenancy areas – applicability
- Part new-build, part refurbishment projects – Updated guidance
- Flow control devices for multiple blocks
- How to submit on BREEAM Projects using the basic upload form
- How to submit on BREEAM Projects using a Scoring and Reporting Tool upload (MS Excel)
- How to submit an assessment on BREEAM Projects – What versions use BREEAM Projects
- Alternative weather files
- Sustainable transport measures – Shell only and shell & core assessments
- Part new-build, part refurbishment projects – New-build areas inseparable
- Rainwater harvesting standard – BS 8515:2009 replacement
- Retail/Industrial showroom assessments
- Internationally approved Ene 01 calculation software
- Building LCA – Projects that include no substructure
- Buidling LCA – Projects that include no hard landscaping
- Building LCA – Options appraisal including reuse of existing construction products on site
- Building LCA – Evidence requirements for two (or more) BREEAM assessments on different parts of the same new building design
- Building LCA – Scope when a BREEAM Assessment covers only part of the new building design
- Thermal modelling for large scale projects
- Industrial assessments with no offices
- Relating drainage reports to BREEAM – GN15 and GN38
- Pre-demolition audit – criterion 1d
- How to start a PCR in BREEAM Projects
- Passive design analysis – reference to Compliance Note
- Assessment Part applicability
- Remedial works – timing of acoustic re-testing
- Browse button on upload facility not showing
- Operational waste requirement for catering – applicability
- Internal lighting – reference to CIBSE Lighting Guide 7
- Definition – Reused in situ with minor repairs
- BREEAM Accredited Professionals & Site Sustainability Managers
- WELL v2 and BREEAM – Alignment
- GN33- Evidence requirement clarification
- Time critical BREEAM requirements – reference to RIBA (or equivalent) work stages
- Pre-requisite – Indoor air quality (IAQ) plan after Concept Design stage
- Table 32 in the manual SD233 issue 2.0
- Non-specific levels of performance within local legislation
- Pedestrian and cyclist safety – Small scale deliveries
- Alternative methods for ensuring the re-use or recycling of materials
- Buildings in Greater London – PTAL
- LCA submission stage – Applications for planning consent
- LCA submission stage – ‘Concept design’ and ‘Technical design’
- Lifts with speeds less than 0.15m/s
- Parking integral to development’s use
- Services efficiency improvements in assessments against Part 1 only
- Indoor and/or outdoor space – Shopping centres
- Definition of a ‘product’
- Speculative ceiling finishes – Substantial alterations
- Previously occupied land – Fixed surface infrastructure
- Change in ecological value – Route 2 – credit allocation
- Proposing national best practice guidance on defining granular fill and capping as a high grade use
- VOC emission levels – products with no formaldehyde-containing materials
- View out – Corrections to Table
- Alternative transport measures – maximum car parking
- Emissions from construction products ISO 16000-10
- Thermal comfort – Changing rooms
- Daylighting – Changing rooms
- Exemplary level credit
- Projected climate change environment
- Daylighting uniformity criteria- Multi-residential/Residential institutions
- Electric recharging stations availability
- EPDs – Products containing multiple materials