BREEAM International New Construction focuses on mitigating the environmental impacts and improving the performance of new buildings in the international market.

This training course enables you to understand BREEAM International New Construction scheme in terms of technical content and application, equipping you with the skills and confidence to carry out BREEAM assessments on international new builds.

Residents of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Alderney, Herm, Isle of Man and Gibraltar need to register for this International  course to study New Construction, New Assessor

After completing the course learners will be able to

  • Understand the context for BREEAM International New Construction and the new construction market
  • Understand and be confident in assessing the technical aspects of the scheme
  • Understand the assessment and certification process, and support structures in place for the scheme and assessors
  • Navigate the BREEAM International New Construction technical manual
  • Successfully carry out BREEAM assessments on new construction projects

Successfully passing this course and examination enables you to apply for your assessor’s license under the BREEAM International New Construction scheme.

At a glance

Pre-course Study
Online 30 hours
Duration
2-day virtual or in-person classroom
Exam
3½ hours online
Language
English
Requirements
None

If you are looking to assess projects in the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Germany, or Austria, then you will need to train under the applicable national scheme. Please refer to the relevant National Scheme Operator for that country in order to understand the training requirements.

There are no formal requirements for this course however, this course is particularly suited to:

  • Designers
  • Construction professionals

Those interested in building design and minimising environmental impact.

Residents of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Alderney, Herm, Isle of Man and Gibraltar need to register for this International  course to study New Construction, New Assessor

Classroom/ virtual course content:

This course comprises approximately 30 hours of own-pace online training material introducing you to the BREEAM International New Construction scheme. This is followed by a classroom/ virtual event focusing on the technical aspects of the scheme.

Online course material

  • Resources: technical manuals, guidance notes and additional information
  • Introduction
  • Module 2 – Introducing BREEAM
  • Module 3 – Scope and Scheme Classification
  • Module 4 – Assessment Practicalities
  • Module 5 – Assessor Support Networks
  • Module 6 – Categories
  • Module 7 – Demonstrating and validating performance
  • Module 8 – What happens next?
  • Mock Examinations

Virtual Classroom Training

  • Day 1: Starts with an initial test based on the online learning programme, followed by an interactive workshop and group activities to understand technical issues in more depth and review issues in a wider context. Topics covered are the BREEAM processes and a review of technical Issues Ene01, Mat01 and Mat03
  • Day 2: looks at adapting BREEAM to the different building types and reviews BREEAM in a wider context. It then covers the scope of BREEAM, examination information and the BREEAM Quality Assurance process. In addition, there is a question and answer (Q&A) session

Examinations

The course programme concludes with two online examinations, set at a day and time to be agreed between the learner and ProctorU, who invigilate examinations on behalf of BRE Academy. The two examinations must be passed for learners to be classified as competent:

  • BREEAM General Understanding examination
  • BREEAM International NC Technical examination

Both exams use an ‘open book’ format, meaning you can use any documents related to the course to aid you.

Residents of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Alderney, Herm, Isle of Man and Gibraltar need to register for this International  course to study New Construction, New Assessor

Online self-study course content:

This course comprises approximately 30 hours of own-pace online training material introducing you to the BREEAM International New Construction scheme.

Online course material

  • Resources: technical manuals, guidance notes and additional information
  • Introduction
  • Module 2 – Introducing BREEAM
  • Module 3 – Scope and Scheme Classification
  • Module 4 – Assessment Practicalities
  • Module 5 – Assessor Support Networks
  • Module 6 – Categories
  • Module 7 – Demonstrating and validating performance
  • Module 8 – What happens next?
  • Mock Examinations

Examinations

The course programme concludes with two online examinations, set at a day and time to be agreed between the learner and ProctorU, who invigilate examinations on behalf of BRE Academy. The two examinations must be passed for learners to be classified as competent:

  • BREEAM General Understanding examination
  • BREEAM International NC Technical examination

Both exams use an ‘open book’ format, meaning you can use any documents related to the course to aid you.

Residents of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Alderney, Herm, Isle of Man and Gibraltar need to register for this International  course to study New Construction, New Assessor

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