BREEAM is used in more than 70 countries, with several in Europe having gone a stage further to develop country-specific BREEAM schemes operated by National Scheme Operators (NSOs). There are currently NSOs affiliated to BREEAM in:
* Netherlands: the Dutch Green Building Council operates BREEAM NL
* Spain: the Instituto Tecnológico de Galicia operates BREEAM ES
* Norway: the Norwegian Green Building Council operates BREEAM NOR
* Sweden: the Swedish Green Building Council operates BREEAM SE
* Germany: the German Institute for Sustainable Real Estate (DIFNI) operates BREEAM DE.
Schemes developed by NSOs can take any format as long as they comply with a set of overarching requirements laid down in the Code for a Sustainable Built Environment. They can be produced from scratch by adapting current BREEAM schemes to the local context, or by developing existing local schemes.