Environmental and health related criteria for buildings - ANEC

IBO - Environmental and Health related Criteria for Buildings
10. CONSTRUCTION SITE MANAGEMENT
The following examination will focus on environmental as well as health-related aspects of
construction site activities and their implementation in the analysed assessment systems EU
Ecolabel (3 rd draft), SBTool, CSH (Code for Sustainable Homes), LEED for Homes, DGNB,
and TQB.
The main topics are construction waste management, noise and dust attenuation, social
responsibility with respect to all groups affected by construction site activities (including
health protection and safety measures and avoidance of accidents, etc.).Transports to and
from site and the related emissions to air are dealt with in chapter “Energy and CO 2 -
emissions” 67 .
10.1. EU Ecolabel (3rd draft)
(Construction) Waste Management
The main focus of waste management strategies within the Third Draft of EU Ecolabel lies
explicitly on the operation and demolition of the building. Construction-site related waste is
only considered within the optional Section B which means that measures undertaken to
reduce construction waste may contribute to achieve the EU Ecolabel, but are not obligatory.
Mandatory waste management criteria are only referring to the use stage (Crit 16) and to the
demolition stage of the building.
Waste management strategies referring to the construction phase are optional criteria. To
gain 3 additional points within category “Planning – Project – Construction” it is required that
“at least 75% of construction and demolition wastes generated during the construction phase
shall be reused or recycled”. Verification refers to the waste management plan and relative
documentation showing compliance with the criterion.
In order to be awarded with the EU Ecolabel, the building must score a minimum of 6 points
for optional criteria within the sub-sections “Documentation”, “Planning-Project-Construction”
and “Impact on site issues”.
Compliance is demonstrated by process-related assessments (concerning waste
management during construction as well as other design and construction topics), e.g.
- experience of the designers with environmental building design (32.) in terms of energy
and water efficiency, waste reduction, etc.. At least two relevant projects carried out in
the last five years are required for verification. (2 points)
- QMS (33.): “Companies in charge of the construction of the building shall have a Quality
Management System according to the ISO 9001 standard.” (2 points)
- EMS (35.): “Companies in charge of the construction of the building shall have an
Environmental Management System according to EMAS regulation (2 points) or ISO
14001 standard (1 point)”
67 Transport of materials and products from factory gate to the building site including intermediate storage and
distribution are taken into account. Transport of construction equipment (cranes,…) to and from site are not
considered.
Final Report 104 31 03 2011