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The Building Research Establishment has updated its sustainability assessment method for construction projects.
BREEAM New Construction Version 7 (NC V7) incorporates global best practices on whole-life carbon, biodiversity, resilience, and material selection to empower stakeholders in the built environment to minimise their operations’ impact on the environment.
The standard has been updated to include whole-life carbon assessments, which provide more rigorous operational and embodied carbon benchmarking, to help give an accurate picture of an asset’s impact at every stage of its lifecycle and identify new opportunities for carbon reduction.
The latest version also includes improved climate resilience criteria, focusing on extreme weather preparedness and risk mitigation.
According to climate risk financial modelling company First Street, climate change could result in $1.47 trillion in net property value losses owing to rising insurance costs and changing consumer demand. As Tom Wilson, Head of BREEAM Development at the Building Research Establishment, explained: “BREEAM NC V7 comes at a time when sustainability is no longer just about compliance, but about the need to protect and enhance long-term portfolio value too.
“By strengthening BREEAM’s focus on whole-life carbon, including embodied carbon assessments, NC V7 provides a more complete and accurate understanding of an asset’s true carbon impact.
“We understand how important it is that building and sustainability professionals can demonstrate their portfolios are resilient against climate risks both now and in the future. NC V7 helps them do exactly this.”
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Article written by Ella Tansley | Published 30 September 2025
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