Sustainability Street: Inside BREEAM Certification
Sustainability certifications are more important than ever for commercial real estate owners. In this episode, CPE Executive Editor Therese Fitzgerald interviews Breana Wheeler, director of operations for BREEAM USA, on the organization's "science-based" and "holistic" approaches to sustainability and building certification, and how BREEAM is working to bring clarity to ubiquitous terms like net zero carbon. Here’s a sample of the topics the episode covers: What makes BREEAM different (2:25), the business case for BREEAM (8:52), evaluating social impacts (11:54), defining net zero carbon (23:45), preventing stranded assets (34:58), and what's next for real estate sustainability (42:25)