Green Building with BREEAM What is BREEAM? BREEAM is a third-party certification program which provides a benchmark for the de- sign, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. BREEAM gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measur- able impact on their buildings’ performance. Projects assessed by the BREEAM standards are rated according to ten key cat- egories: management, waste, health and well-being, pollution, energy, land use and ecology, transport, materials, water and innovation. The weightings of each category are tailored to meet the respective building’s use whether offices, educational, health care, retail, domestic or industrial. Buildings outside the UK can be assessed using BREEAM International, which is tailored to suit local circumstances. BREEAM has over 110,000 certified buildings around the world and over half a million projects registered for certification. Can products be certified under BREEAM No. BREEAM can only be used to certify a green building project as a whole. However, individual products can contribute to points under the certification system; the criteria are performance based. BREEAM’s Green Guide to Specification has been developed to aid selection of key building components such as external wall structures, insula- tion and windows (which contribute significantly to building performance) according to an A+-to-E-rated “Ecopoint” system; ranking individual products according to their impact on 13 environmental issues (examples: climate change (CO values), ozone 2 depletion, waste disposal). In attempting to meet these requirements, BREEAM prac- titioners identify products that have desired attributes. However, some criteria do re- quire specific product data as part of a successful submittal. Hilti assists you in achieving BREEAM credits Hilti is aware of customer needs with respect to green building and proactively incor- porates green building performance criteria in its most valuable products. Therefore, a wide range of Hilti products provide the customer with an additional integrated service. To create enthusiastic customers it is essential to understand the customer needs in the first place. With this brochure Hilti aims to provide the most convenient assistance in achieving BREEAM credits for our customers. page 5