VMZINC & BREEAM®

Sustainable building benchmark developed in the United Kingdom and widely used on an international scale.

The BREEAM Method

The BREEAM Method

This benchmark aims to reduce the impact of a building on its environment while improving the quality of life of occupants. Five levels of certification can be awarded: Pass, Good, Very Good, Excellent or Exceptional.

The BREEAM method is classified into 9 categories of criteria.

VMZINC and BREEAM

Sustainable, recyclable, awarded BRE Environmental Profiles and A classified (or more frequently A+) with GreenBookLive, etc.: VMZINC systems offer many advantages which enable them to contribute to obtaining a BREEAM® certification for the building in which they are used.

Used for building envelope applications or, more rarely, as an interior solution, VMZINC solutions mainly contribute to 4 BREEAM® categories of criteria:

BREEAM® 2.0.2011
criteria
VMZINC avantage Accessible point
MaterialsBRE Environmental profiles available for VMZINC solutions
1
 A+ classification (or, less frequently, A) of VMZINC solutions in the GreenBookLive
1
 Certification ISO 14001 for all VMZINC solution production sites
1
RecyclingVery little zinc scrap during installation, all scrap is 100 % recyclable (< 5 % -> <<< 1.9 tons/100 m2) 
4
EnergyCompatibility of VMZINC systems with the most effective insulation systems (performance, thickness)
*
 Surface thermal bridges are minimized in VMZINC systems
*
 VMZ Standing seam photovoltaic roofing systems
5
HealthAFSSET COV/Formaldehyde protocol on the VMZ Opus interior solution
1
 A+ classification COV/ Formaldehyde (Decree of 23 March 2011 on regulatory labelling)
1

* VMZINC solutions contribute to the thermal performance of the envelope but are not sufficient alone to obtain a number of points.

Examples of BREEAM buildings

Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre - Harrogate District Hospital

Architect: IBI Nightingale - Tim WHITTAKER

Surface aspect: QUARTZ-ZINC / ANTHRA-ZINC / PIGMENTO Green 

Technique: VMZINC Standing seam and VMZINC Sine wave profile

Surface in zinc: 600 m2 on facade

Wyre Forest Crematorium (UK)

Architect: Howl Associates - Phil HOWL

Surface aspect: QUARTZ-ZINC

Technique: VMZINC Standing seam

Surface in zinc: 1,154 m2 on roofing

Dementia Intensive Care Unit

Architect: Cabinet Ingleton Wood LLP - Jon Boon

Surface aspect: QUARTZ-ZINC

Technique : VMZINC Flat lock panel

Surface in zinc: 100 m2 on facade

Shopping district Docks Bruxsel (Belgique)

Architect: ART & BUILD ARCHITECTS

Surface aspect : AZENGAR

Technique : Shingles

Surface : 6,650 m2 on the facade


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