BRE - a purpose driven organisation
About BRE
Founded in 1921, the Building Research Establishment (BRE) has been raising the standards of the built environment for over a century. BRE started as a UK government-funded, research-based organisation, and has become an ambitious profit-for-purpose global business. We re-invest any profit we make back into our business, so that we can deliver on our purpose to develop science-led solutions to built environment challenges.
Read about BRE TrustBRE’s purpose and vision
BRE contributes to a thriving and sustainable world by developing science-led solutions to built environment challenges. Our vision is to be the world-leading innovation, science, and data hub for the built environment. We’re ambitious in terms of quality and global scope. We want governments and commercial markets to recognise us and demand our services, products and solutions. We want to be world-class, innovative, science-led and provide solutions.
See our vision, values and purpose.We offer companies competitive edge and sustainable advantage
We bring together talent and expertise to create globally recognised policies and schemes. Our world-leading BREEAM certification is proven to raise the profile, credibility and value of built environment projects. BRE certified products and services are listed in BRE’s Red or Green Books to give specifiers confidence in their safety and sustainability. Around the world, market leaders continue to request BRE standards and achieve BRE accreditations in their projects.
Browse our productsWe create products and services that build a better future, worldwide
Our long heritage of putting progressive thinking into practice means that ourcustomers and partners, wherever they are in the world, trust our data andscience. Our evidence shows that safe, sustainable buildings contribute tobetter economic, social, health and personal outcomes. The revolutionarystandards, safety and sustainability solutions we develop lead the way on theworld stage.
Explore our areas of expertiseWe are a science, innovation and data hub for the built environment
At BRE, quality and excellence are non-negotiable. Our deep understanding of technical performance and materials is based on decades of testing, data gathering and analysis. This forms the basis of our unparalleled expertise; we use it to provide governments, private companies and people with the insight they need to make informed decisions to invest, develop, build and maintain their assets. On a daily basis, we can be testing the safety of the smallest component, and assuring the energy efficiency of an entire building.
Browse our servicesWe are experts in sustainability and safety
Our teams specialise in virtually every element of the built environment,including energy, Net Zero sustainability, fire safety and security. We operateinternationally, with offices, representatives and partners around the globe,and at the BRE Science Park in the UK, home to our world-class facilities. As abusiness we are committed to playing our part to tackle climate change andreach net zero by 2050.
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We’ve improved the sustainability of over a million buildings worldwide. Here's some of the valuable work we have done and continue to do.
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For more information, call us on +443333218811, email us at enquiries@bregroup.com or use the online form.
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