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
- 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
- Natural Ventilation Heat Recovery Units
- Daylighting – Healthcare Buildings – Table 14 – Error
- Exemplary level criteria – formaldehyde requirements applicability
- Erratum – UK NC2018 LE 05 – Prerequisite criterion 2
- No demolition
- Small retail stores not meeting the definition of ‘baseline supermarket’
- Credit Score Ready Reckoner
- Mat 01 Tools tutorials
- Building LCA tools recognised by BREEAM
- Browse button not showing when uploading evidence
- Leak detection between building and utilities meter
- Retail/Industrial Showrooms Appendix
- Ecological risk evaluation checklist – Assessment Route 2
- Scheme classification – Crèche vs Nursery
- Clarification of ‘Hazardous Chemical’
- Post collection – Waste sorting
- Communal refuse chutes – Apartments over five storeys
- Mat 01/02 Results Submission Tool – brief guidance
- Green Guide ratings for domestic buildings of more than four storeys high
- Communal cycle storage in adjacent building
- View Out- First Aid Rooms
- Cycle storage spaces – rounding
- EPD for systems of products always installed together
- Shell only – zero net regulated carbon emissions
- 00 Test Note – please ignore
- Commissioning – evidence
- GN39 BREEAM UK NC 2018 Ene 01 Calculation Methodology
- Recycled and sustainably sourced aggregate evidence prior to contractor’s appointment
- GN32 Energy Prediction and Post Occupancy Assessment
- Unexploded ordnance
- Exemplary credit – Beyond zero net regulated carbon/carbon negative – Software output figures
- Sites with multiple assessed buildings
- Control of glare from sunlight- residential areas
- Control of glare from sunlight- roof lights
- Control of glare from sunlight- use of tinted windows
- Control of glare from sunlight- transmittance value
- Control of glare from sunlight- no windows in relevant areas
- Control of glare from sunlight- hotel rooms
- Control of glare from sunlight- no relevant building areas
- Definition – NHS Buildings
- Responsible construction management – corporate registration
- Calculating EPR where multiple EPCs are required
- Community transport schemes in rural areas
- Daylighting – Floor areas for average daylight calculations
- BREEAM Advisory Professional (AP) – Retrospectively applying AP status
- UK NC2018 Update – Bespoke UK RFO/UK NC assessments
- Accessibility Index used to award credits