BRE services

In areas where there are high levels of private rented properties, you may be thinking about further private rented sector regulation such as designating certain areas under a Selective Licensing or Additional HMO Licensing scheme. Our analysis helps inform an independent evidence base for these schemes to support your data-driven decisions.

Understanding the private rented stock in your area can be instrumental to informing strategies to improve these dwellings and tackle issues, yet there is little in the way of definitive information on which properties are rented. This analysis assists with the identification of private rented properties using a range of data sources and innovative techniques.

To help you on your road to net zero we offer strategic level analysis of various dwelling-level improvement scenarios. These examine the potential savings achieved from improving energy efficiency through various combinations of measures.

Based on the BRE “Real Cost of Poor Housing” research and the BRE Housing Stock Model, the HIA facilitates the understanding of the impact of poor housing conditions on the health of the occupiers.

We work with national and local government, commercial and not-for-profit organisations to address defining challenges in the built environment: net zero, decarbonisation, climate change, energy efficiency, resource efficiency, health and wellbeing, circular economy, renewable energy, retrofit.

We work with national and local government, commercial and not-for-profit organisations to address defining challenges in the built environment: net zero, decarbonisation, climate change, energy efficiency, resource efficiency, health and wellbeing, circular economy and renewable energy.

BRE has extensive, world class laboratory facilities for acoustic research and testing.