Environmental and health related criteria for buildings - ANEC

IBO - Environmental and Health related Criteria for Buildings
4.11. IBO ÖKOPASS - Austria
The „IBO Ökopass“ is an assessment system specially developed for residential buildings in
urban context by IBO (Austrian Institute for Healthy and Ecological Buildings) in cooperation
with a developer in 2001. Indicators with high importance for the future leaser or owner of the
flats are assessed by means of calculations and measurements in a two-step assessment
(preliminary and final assessment). The highly user-oriented indicators focus on the one
hand on well-being (thermal comfort, indoor air quality, noise, daylighting/winter sun,
electromagnetic fields) and on the other hand on ecology (environmental quality of building
materials, total energy and water demand). The classification of the indicators assessed
ranges in a four-part scale from “passed” (this award confirms compliance with the IBO
ÖKOPASS requirements which exceed building regulation requirements) to “excellent” (in
this case, ambitious solutions promise excellent comfort and low operating cost to the future
residents). Unlike other systems, there is no aggregation to an overall result (e.g. total
score). If a building fails in one category the documentation is nevertheless published via
internet thus encouraging developers or contractors to improve the performance of the
building. Transparent information available to consumers takes top priority within the IBO
ÖKOPASS.
The largest IBO ÖKOPASS project (more than 800 flats on one construction site) was
completed in April 2008 in one of the largest urban development zones of Vienna called
“Kabelwerk”. Because of the special target group and the high user orientation of the IBO
ÖKOPASS the set of criteria could be limited to a minimum. As compact as possible it is the
assessment system with the highest market penetration in Austria (about 8,000 units
assessed). More than 20 developers all over Austria have already successfully certified
projects.
The primary objective of development was an instrument for marketing and quality assurance
for the funded and privately financed housing sector. Key figures from audit reports are also
translated into a non-technical language understandable by the end-users who obtain a quick
overview of the most important key data of their future apartment.
All assessment results are available under http://www.ibo.at/de/oekopass
4.12. La Casa Clima più (ClimateHouse plus) - Italy
“Casa Clima” (ClimateHouse) is the Italian climate protection initiative for buildings to
improve the energetic and environmental performance of buildings. The principles of a
ClimateHouse are compact construction, highly insulated building envelope, low-e glass, airtightness,
avoidance of thermal bridges, use of solar energy and optimized construction
methods.
There are three classes of ClimateHouse depending on the heating energy demand:
ClimateHouse Gold, ClimateHouse A and ClimateHouse B.
- ClimateHouse Gold: heating energy demand