BREEAM - door closers

Health and Wellbeing

Hea 06 Security (1 pt)

Providing secure and safe spaces with universal accessibility is a key focus point for ASSA ABLOY.

Our door closers ensure that doors close properly every time, maintaining building security.

Energy

Ene 01 Reduction of Energy Use and Carbon Emissions (up to 18 pts)

To minimise operational energy demand, primary energy consumption and CO2 emissions. 

Energy efficiency within buildings can be increased by maintaining a tight building envelope. ASSA ABLOY door closers ensure that doors close quickly and properly, which can lessen the load on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, increasing building energy performance.

Materials

Mat 02 Environmental impacts from construction products - Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) (1 pts)

Specify and incorporate construction products with EPDs into the building.

ASSA ABLOY aims to set long-term, science-based sustainability goals. Our door closers have EPDs, which are documents that provide material transparency information and denote the environmental impact across the product’s life cycle. All of our EPDs are third-party verified and are compliant with ISO 14025 and EN 15804 standards. All door closer products have product specific EPDs. Door closers also have a generic industry EPD through ARGE.

To access our full library of EPDs, please see here. 

Mat 05 Designing for Durability and Resilience (1 pt)

Select products that have a reduced need to be repaired and replaced.

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solution door closers are designed with high-quality materials and world-class engineering, leading to increased product lifetimes. Our door closers are made to meet a variety of vigorous performance and are built to withstand high-traffic areas.