We are an innovative group of researchers, scientists, engineers and technicians who share a common aim– to make the built environment better for all.

We generate new information through independent research. This is used to create the goods, standards and qualifications that help to provide buildings, homes and communities are safe, efficient, productive, sustainable and enjoyable places to be. Our clients use our expertise and services to deliver their social, environmental and economic aims.

BRE has been raising the standards of the built environment since 1921, and in the last few years has grown considerably, both through the achievements of our people and the acquisition of businesses with beliefs and aims aligned with our own. Our multi-disciplinary teams involve leading specialist– working in world-class facilities – in virtually each element of the built environment. They operate internationally, with offices, representatives, and partners around the globe, and at our Head Office and major facilities in the UK. Our long heritage of putting progressive thinking into practice means that our clients and partners, wherever they are in the world, trust us to deliver. BRE is part of the BRE Trust, which uses the profits we make from our services to resource new research and education programs.

BRE Academy is the leading international supplier of mixed learning training and education programs for professionals and employers. It is the lifelong learning extension of BRE, a world leading multi-disciplinary building science based firm, whose mission is to develop the built environment through research and information generation. Its content rich, high quality courses, both online and classroom, along with learning materials are developed by both BRE and other industry specialist and shared with a vast audience from students to professionals who work within the Built Environment.