BRE

BRE - a purpose driven organisation. Our expertise is used to tackle today’s toughest global challenges, like climate change, and the safety and security of buildings and infrastructure. Our market-leading standard BREEAM is helping projects to improve biodiversity and sustainability for local communities around the world. We are also an international provider of robust, independent, third-party certification for fire, security and environmental products and services.

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. 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 drive innovation and research in the built environment by operating internationally, with offices, representatives and partners around the globe.