{"id":1004704417,"date":"2024-03-01T12:19:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T20:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004704417"},"modified":"2025-03-13T12:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:29:12","slug":"sustainability-street-a-bigger-and-better-breeam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sustainability-street-a-bigger-and-better-breeam\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Street: A Bigger and Better BREEAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"175\" style=\"width:100%; overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/ro\/podcast\/sustainability-street-a-bigger-and-better-breeam\/id1552202952?i=1000647703816\" ><\/iframe>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/Breana-Wheeler-headshot-Oct-2021-small-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" data-attachment-id=\"1004585713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?attachment_id=1004585713\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/Breana-Wheeler-headshot-Oct-2021-small-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7SM3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1634061273&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;87&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Breana Wheeler headshot (Oct 2021) small (2)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Breanna Wheeler, director of operations, BREEAM USA.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Breana Wheeler&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/Breana-Wheeler-headshot-Oct-2021-small-2.jpg?w=800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/Breana-Wheeler-headshot-Oct-2021-small-2.jpg?w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1004585713\" style=\"width:399px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/Breana-Wheeler-headshot-Oct-2021-small-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/Breana-Wheeler-headshot-Oct-2021-small-2.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/Breana-Wheeler-headshot-Oct-2021-small-2.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Breana Wheeler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome back to Sustainability Street, our podcast on the intersection of commercial real estate and the world we live in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this episode, I invited Breana Wheeler, director of Operations for <strong>BREEAM USA<\/strong>, back on the program to discuss the certification organization&#8217;s impressive growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also previewed BREEAM&#8217;s much-anticipated Version 7, which will reflect the latest science in controlling carbon emissions and developments in international regulation.  <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Wheeler, whose knowledge about and passion for sustainability comes through loud and clear, has led the North American arm of the BREEAM International rating system since it landed on U.S. soil in 2016. BREEAM International was founded in 1990.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sample of the topics covered:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inside BREEAM&#8217;s expansion (1:38)<\/li>\n<li>BREEAM&#8217;s new and improved version (4:07)<\/li>\n<li>The devil in the details of defining net zero (8:29)<\/li>\n<li>Resiliency and decarbonization (11:00)<\/li>\n<li>The question of adaptive reuse (13:21)<\/li>\n<li>Fear vs. opportunity (17:05)<\/li>\n<li>Wheeler&#8217;s &#8220;action&#8221; plan for the industry (21:24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Follow, rate and review CPE\u2019s podcasts on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/192KwbDpOsZbF3dBXfaDkS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ro\/podcast\/commercial-property-executive\/id1552202952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREEAM USA&#8217;s Breana Wheeler returns to the program to chat about the green building rating system&#8217;s growth and its much-anticipated Version 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":756,"featured_media":1004585713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23891,21795,21786],"tags":[37839,52571],"class_list":["post-1004704417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-podcasts","category-sustainability","tag-breeam","tag-sustainability-street"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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