Waste reduction final report -4 - Test Input

viewpoint of sustainable development, as well as monitoring (MONET) and controlling over
the course of the current action plan. The MONET system of national indicators offers indepth
insights into sustainable development in Switzerland. Meanwhile, synthetic indicators
such as the ecological footprint provide an appropriate basis for more general statements and
for international comparisons.
Out of the measures portfolio, measures 4-1 (Integrated Product Policy) and 4-2 (Sustainable
Building), each covering several sub-measures, have importance in view of sustainable
construction. They are listed in the appendix [ARE 2009].
In the course of the SDS, a new regulation on the management of immovables and the
logistics of the federal state came into effect in January 2009, following principles of the
strategy (Verordnung über das Immobilienmangement und die Logistik des Bundes VILB).
Life cycle costing should be taken into account as well as sustainable thinking
(articles 2 and 9) [VILB 2009].
Please consult the following links of the government for further information (documents to
some extent available in English):
- http://www.are.admin.ch/themen/nachhaltig/index.html?lang=en
- http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/themen/21.html
Building strategies
Eco-bau requirements for sustainable building www.ecobau.ch (d/f)
‘Eco-bau’ is a common platform of the public building departments from federal, cantonal,
and city governments with recommendations for sustainable planning, building and
maintaining of buildings and systems. Eco-bau offers checklists and other instruments for
sustainable material decisions, mainly for tenders. For example, information is integrated in a
cost planning software named eco-devis as additional component. The aim of those additional
components is to graphically represent ecologically advantageous performances. This helps
planners to integrate considerations about sustainability in building projects and material
decisions. The information given primarily directed towards designers assigned by the public
building departments. The requirements are already being used at many building
departments, for example in the cantons of Zurich and Bern as well as in the City of Zurich
(Amt für Hochbauten) [CIB 2008].
SNARC (SIA D 0200)
SNARC stands for “System for an environmental sustainability assessment of architecture
projects”. It can be downloaded on www.ecobau.ch (d/f).
It is a tool for assessing a project during an architecture competition. It is a systematic
approach aimed at facilitating an impartial assessment of a project’s fulfilment of
environmental objectives. The ten evaluation criteria cover important aspects like resource
demand and embodied energy in construction and flexibility for later refurbishment. The
evaluation is made with the help of graphs and information in tables, e.g. on energy use in
giga joules [CIB 2008].
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