What does BRE mean in construction?

Building Research Establishment
In 1917, the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research proposed the creation of an organisation to investigate building materials and methods of construction for new housing.

What does a BRE do?

(Business Rules Engine) Software that automates policies and procedures within an organization, whether legal, internal or operational. The use of a rules engine (BRE) requires placing the company rules in an external repository that can be easily reviewed rather than buried inside the code of numerous applications.

What is BRE digest?

BRE (Building Research Establishment) is an independent, research-based consultancy, testing and training organisation, operating in the built environment and associated industries.

Who runs BRE?

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is a centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust. It is a former UK government national laboratory that was privatised in 1997.

What are BRE standards?

BREEAM – a trusted benchmark of sustainability around the world, BREEAM sets standards for buildings, communities and infrastructure in a very broad range of sustainability issues in nine categories: Energy, Waste, Water, Materials, Health and Wellbeing, Transport, Pollution, Land Use & Ecology, and Management.

What is a BRE report?

The BRE Report, Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight: a guide to good practice (BR209), advises on planning developments for good access to daylight and sunlight, and is widely used by local authorities during planning permission to help determine the impacts of new developments.

What does BRE stand for in business?

A business rules engine (BRE) is a software component that allows non-programmers to add or change business logic in a business process management (BPM) system. A business rule is a statement that describes a business policy or procedure.

What is BRE365?

The BRE365 infiltration or percolation test measures the water absorption rate of the soil to determine whether the ground conditions are appropriate, and ultimately whether the surface water arising as the result of development proposals can be dealt with and treated at source, and ultimately not having to be conveyed …

When was the BRE privatised?

March 1997
Following 75 years as a building research agency of government, BRE was privatised in March 1997 by then Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine in the last days a conservative government.

How do you calculate overshadowing?

How do I calculate overshadowing?

  1. The height between the top of the solar light and the top of the object.
  2. The distance between the solar light to the object.
  3. At various azimuth multiply the height by the shadow length (Multiplier)

What are BRE guidelines?

The BRE document is the principle guidance when considering daylight, sunlight and overshadowing and appropriate document to use when considering the daylight and sunlight implications of a proposed development. The aim of the guide is to ensure good conditions in the local environment.