Building Research Establishment
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Building Research Establishment
Other forms of name
B.R.E. (Building Research Establishment)
BRE (Building Research Establishment)
BRE Trust. Building Research Establishment
Foundation for the Built Environment. Building Research Establishment
Great Britain. Building Research Establishment
Great Britain. Department of the Environment. Building Research Establishment
UK Building Research Establishment
Coordinates
-0.3737 -0.3737 51.7001 51.7001 (gooearth )
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- LCN
- Overseas building notes, OBN 196 (1991):cover t.p. (Building Research Establishment, United Kingdom; UK Building Research Establishment)
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Wikipedia description:
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is a centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust. It is a former UK government national laboratory that was privatised in 1997. BRE provides research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards for both public and private sector organisations in the UK and abroad. It has its headquarters in Garston, Hertfordshire, England, with regional sites in Glasgow, Swansea, the US, India, the Middle East and China. BRE is funded with income from commissioned research, commercial programmes and by a number of digital tools for use in the construction sector.
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