Appendix C – Scope and residential institutions

BREEAM International New Construction 2016 can be used to assess multi-occupancy residential buildings that are not suitable for assessment as residential dwellings. The BREEAM International New Construction 2016 scheme provides a whole building assessment methodology which can also be applied to buildings which contain private living space, but also communal facilities within the same building, to allow assessment of the whole building.

BREEAM International New Construction 2016 can be used to assess the following types of residential institutions:

1. Hotel, hostel, boarding and guest house
2. Student accommodation
3. Care homes that do not contain extensive or specialist medical facilities (limited consulting rooms and medical rooms are acceptable)
4. Sheltered housing
5. Other residential buildings that contain a mix of residential accommodation with communal areas such as some military accommodation.