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Environmental and health related criteria for buildings - ANEC

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IBO - <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>and</strong> Health <strong>related</strong> Criteria <strong>for</strong> Buildings<br />

4.8. DGNB Certification System (DGNB - German Sustainable Building Council)<br />

One of the youngest building assessment systems is the method of the German Sustainable<br />

Building Council called DGNB (Deutsches Gütesiegel für nachhaltiges Bauen) which was<br />

developed by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) together with the Federal<br />

Ministry of Transport, Building, <strong>and</strong> Urban Affairs (BMVBS) in 2008. The overall objective is<br />

to point out <strong>and</strong> advance paths <strong>and</strong> solutions <strong>for</strong> sustainable building. This includes the<br />

planning of <strong>buildings</strong>, but also their construction <strong>and</strong> operation. The basis <strong>for</strong> the system was<br />

developed on the building type “New Construction of Office <strong>and</strong> Administration <strong>buildings</strong>”, the<br />

first Sustainable Building Certifications took place in 2009. The adaptation of the assessment<br />

system to different building types is ongoing. The main features <strong>for</strong> residential <strong>buildings</strong>,<br />

hotels <strong>and</strong> hospitals were presented on the Consense, the international congress <strong>and</strong> trade<br />

fair <strong>for</strong> sustainable building in Stuttgart which took place in June 2010 (http://www.dgnb.de).<br />

The basis of the evaluation, which was developed with a wide consensus, is a list of topics<br />

<strong>and</strong> the <strong>criteria</strong> <strong>for</strong> sustainable construction that are included within that list. These <strong>criteria</strong><br />

are weighted differently, depending on the building type to be evaluated. Thus, each variation<br />

of the system, or each building type, has its own evaluation matrix.<br />

The following 3 main issues are considered <strong>for</strong> certification (Ecological, Economic <strong>and</strong> Socio-<br />

Economic und Functional Quality), with Technical <strong>and</strong> Process Quality as cross-cutting<br />

elements. The site quality is not included in the final grade but is presented separately.<br />

Table 7: Weighting of Evaluation Areas – DGNB (Source: German Sustainable Building<br />

Certificate: Structure – Application – Criteria. Ed. DGNB, Stuttgart, 2 nd English Edition, March<br />

2009)<br />

Outst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>buildings</strong> are awarded the categories bronze (50%), silver (65%), or gold (80%).<br />

Final Report 37 31 03 2011

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