BREEAM In-Use burst onto the U.S. green building scene in 2016, and BRE, in partnership with LEED consultancy group BuildingWise, offered up the program and its self-assessment tools as a cost-conscious alternative to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification, which BRE framed as expensive and time-consuming. The company said other certification programs didn’t cover the kind of buildings it was targeting but that it was important to monitor and measure their performance levels no matter the age, size or current state of sustainability.
