TPS have completed a travel plan for Bradnet, a user-led organisation that seeks to empower and enable disabled people to lead their chosen lifestyle by providing appropriate services.
The travel plan, for Bradnets new Social Enterprise Centre in Bradford, has been developed in accordance with the BREEAM standards. As part of the development process Bradnet were required by one of the major funders of the project to deliver a building that was classed ‘very good’ on the BREEAM scale.
The BREEAM assessment (Building Research Establishments Environmental Assessment Method) is an all-round measure of the sustainability of a building. It sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and specification and has become the de facto measure used to describe a buildings overall environmental performance.
The BREEAM assessment program aims to recognise the consideration given to accommodating a range of travel options for building users, thereby encouraging the reduction of user reliance on forms of travel that have the highest environmental impact.
