Sustainability

Green Building Accreditations

Sustainability, ESG & Social Value Consultancy

Green Building Accreditations

With 40% of global carbon emissions linked to the built environment and growing regulatory requirements, building certifications like BREEAM, LEED and SKA are crucial to your capital and asset plans. With emerging ESG focus on real estate assets, green building accreditation is a key reportable indicator in frameworks such as the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). Our sustainability experts are here to support you at every step, from estate-wide strategies to project-level certifications.

Work with a partner you can trust

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology) and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) are leading international standards for sustainable buildings, while BREEAM RFO and SKA Ratings are leading standards for refurbishments. RLB’s certified providers have supported hundreds of clients around the world in this field. We are your trusted partner for all aspects of delivery within your tight timescales and budgets.

Attain the best standards

Around the world, a wide range of other building standards can play a crucial role in your ESG performance and path to net zero – from the WELL standard, providing a holistic approach to support health and wellbeing, to NABERS, bringing efficiency to occupant energy use. We can help you understand and implement the building standard that is right for you.
Read our Accreditation brochure here.

Reach your sustainability goals

Changing legislation, stakeholder expectations and societal pressures have placed extensive ESG, net zero and energy requirements on organisations. We provide the expertise, the tools and methodologies needed to embed sustainability into data, decision-making and operations to effectively drive positive impact. Our expert team analyses the optimum routes to sustainability goals, in line with best-practice.

Improve whole life value

We believe in integrating sustainability with cost to drive whole life value. Delivering green building certifications to tight project timescales requires significant technical input across a range of sustainability disciplines. RLB provides specialist in-house support, from life cycle cost and ecology services to life cycle carbon assessment and sustainable procurement.

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Heather Evans
Heather Evans

Partner – National Head of Sustainability