Latest 10 Notes
- Early design phase LCA submission – Modified planning applications View applicability16th Jul 2026New Construction / International / V7 / 06 - Materials / Mat 01 - Building life cycle assessmentRefurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 06 - Materials / Mat 01 - Building life cycle assessment
- Version of ASL to submit to QA View applicability15th Jul 2026New Construction / International / V7 / 00 - GeneralRefurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 00 - General4 Operational / QA / 04 Submitting to QA
- BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out V 7 – FAQs View applicability15th Jul 2026Refurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 00 - General
- Life Cycle Assessment – Similar buildings with identical design (GN20 Section 4) – Representative LCA approach View applicability09th Jul 2026New Construction / International / V7 / 06 - Materials / Mat 01 - Building life cycle assessmentRefurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 06 - Materials / Mat 01 - Building life cycle assessment
- Elemental LCC and options appraisal timing View applicability09th Jul 2026Refurbishment and Fit Out / International RFO 2015 / 01 - Management / MAN 02 - Life Cycle Cost and Service Life PlanningNew Construction / International / 2016 / 01 - Management / MAN 02 - Life cycle cost and service life planningNew Construction / International / V6 / 01 - Management / Man 02 - Life cycle cost and service life planningNew Construction / International / V7 / 01 - Management / Man 02 - Life cycle cost and service life planningRefurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 01 - Management / Man 02 - Life cycle cost and service life planning
- Outside space – Disturbance from sources of noise View applicability09th Jul 2026Refurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 07 - Safe and accessible design
- Recognized emission certification schemes – Publicly available databases View applicability25th Jun 2026Refurbishment and Fit Out / International RFO 2015 / 02 - Health and Wellbeing / HEA 02 - Indoor Air QualityNew Construction / International / 2016 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / HEA 02 - Indoor air qualityNew Construction / International / V6 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 02 - Indoor air qualityNew Construction / International / V7 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 04 - Indoor air quality
- Erratum – IRFO 2015 – Different numbering used for compliance notes (PDF vs HTML) View applicability25th Jun 2026Refurbishment and Fit Out / International RFO 2015 / 00 General
- Shared secondary containment – Capacity View applicability22nd Jun 2026In-Use / USA Residential V6 / Part 1 / 08 - Pollution / POL 02 - Chemical storageIn-Use / USA Commercial V6 / Part 1 / 08 - Pollution / POL 02 - Chemical storage
- Previously developed land – development footprint View applicability17th Jun 2026New Construction / International / 2016 / 08 - Land use and ecology / LE 01 - Site selectionNew Construction / International / V6 / 08 - Land use and ecology / LE 01 - Site selectionNew Construction / International / V7 / 08 - Land use and ecology / Lue 01 - Site selection
Latest 10 Changes
- GN50 Natural light calculation methodology for Hea 01 in BREEAM V7 View applicability01st Aug 20243 General Technical / 8 Guidance NotesNew Construction / International / V7 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 01 - Natural lightRefurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 01 - Natural light
- GN22 Recognised schemes for emissions from construction products View applicability24th Jan 20173 General Technical / 8 Guidance NotesRefurbishment and Fit Out / International RFO 2015 / 02 - Health and Wellbeing / HEA 02 - Indoor Air QualityNew Construction / International / 2016 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / HEA 02 - Indoor air qualityNew Construction / International / V6 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 02 - Indoor air qualityNew Construction / International / V7 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 04 - Indoor air qualityRefurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 04 - Indoor air quality
- GN06 Indoor air quality plans View applicability15th Nov 20163 General Technical / 8 Guidance NotesRefurbishment and Fit Out / International RFO 2015 / 02 - Health and Wellbeing / HEA 02 - Indoor Air QualityNew Construction / International / 2016 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / HEA 02 - Indoor air qualityNew Construction / International / V6 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 02 - Indoor air qualityNew Construction / International / V7 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 04 - Indoor air qualityRefurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 04 - Indoor air quality
- Asset classification – co-living developments View applicability16th Feb 2023New Construction / International / V6 / 00 - GeneralNew Construction / International / V7 / 00 - GeneralRefurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 00 - GeneralRefurbishment and Fit Out / International RFO 2015 / 00 GeneralNew Construction / International / 2016 / 00 GeneralIn-Use / USA Commercial V6 / GeneralIn-Use / USA Residential V6 / General4 Operational / Scheme Classifications
- Emissions from products – specialist paints and coatings View applicability16th Jun 2017Refurbishment and Fit Out / International RFO 2015 / 02 - Health and Wellbeing / HEA 02 - Indoor Air QualityNew Construction / International / 2016 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / HEA 02 - Indoor air qualityNew Construction / International / V6 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 02 - Indoor air qualityNew Construction / International / V7 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 04 - Indoor air quality
- Emissions from products – Building materials for M&E purposes View applicability19th Jun 2025Refurbishment and Fit Out / International RFO 2015 / 02 - Health and Wellbeing / HEA 02 - Indoor Air QualityNew Construction / International / 2016 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / HEA 02 - Indoor air qualityNew Construction / International / V6 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 02 - Indoor air quality
- View out – Corrections to Table View applicability20th Jun 2018Refurbishment and Fit Out / International RFO 2015 / 02 - Health and Wellbeing / HEA 01 - Visual ComfortNew Construction / International / 2016 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / HEA 01 - Visual comfortNew Construction / International / V6 / 02 - Health and wellbeing / Hea 01 - Visual comfort
- GN24 Demonstrating compliance with Mat 03 in BREEAM View applicability24th Jan 20173 General Technical / 8 Guidance NotesNew Construction / International / 2016 / 06 - Materials / MAT 03 - Responsible sourcing of construction productsNew Construction / International / V6 / 06 - Materials / Mat 03 - Responsible sourcing of construction productsNew Construction / International / V7 / 06 - Materials / Mat 03 - Responsible sourcing of construction productsRefurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 06 - Materials / Mat 03 - Responsible sourcing of construction productsRefurbishment and Fit Out / International RFO 2015 / 06 - Materials / MAT 03 - Responsible Sourcing of Materials
- GN54 Responsible construction management – BREEAM V7 View applicability16th Jul 20253 General Technical / 8 Guidance NotesNew Construction / International / V7 / 01 - Management / Man 03 - Responsible constructionRefurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 01 - Management / Man 03 - Responsible construction
- GN51 Guidance on LCA and embodied carbon calculations for Mat 01 in BREEAM V7 View applicability01st Aug 20243 General Technical / 8 Guidance NotesNew Construction / International / V7 / 06 - Materials / Mat 01 - Building life cycle assessmentRefurbishment and Fit Out / RFO Commercial V7 / 06 - Materials / Mat 01 - Building life cycle assessment
