Environmental and health related criteria for buildings - ANEC

IBO - Environmental and Health related Criteria for Buildings
- ClimateHouse B: heating energy demand < 50 kWh/m²a (“five-litres” building)
The highest KlimaHaus certification is La CasaClima più (ClimateHouse plus). Awarded to
residential buildings distinguished not only by energy-saving construction, but also by
ecological construction methods and use of renewable energy for heat production. To qualify
for KlimaHausplus certification, a building must fulfil the following criteria:.
- Heating energy consumption < 50 kWh/m²a
- Heating fuelled by renewable energy sources
- Use of environmentally-friendly, non-health-damaging building materials
- Inclusion of at least one of the following measures: A photovoltaic system, solar panels
for water heating and/or integrated with heating system, rainwater usage, green roof.
More than 2000 buildings have achieved the certification “ClimateHouse” in Italy and abroad.
In 2009 the new label for “ClimateHotel” was presented.
http://www.klimahausagentur.it
4.13. CEN TC 350
i. Documents
FprEN 15643-1 (2010-04): Sustainability of construction works – Sustainability assessment
of buildings – Part 1: General framework (Final Draft)
prEN 15643-2 (2009-04-01): Sustainability of construction works – Assessment of buildings –
Part 2: Framework for the assessment of environmental performance (Draft)
prEN 15643-3 (2010-05-15): Sustainability of construction works – Assessment of buildings –
Part 3: Framework for the assessment of social performance (Draft)
prEN 15643-4 (2010-04): Sustainability of construction works – Assessment of buildings –
Part 4: Framework for the assessment of economic performance (Draft)
prEN 15978 (2010-07-15): Sustainability of construction works – Assessment of
environmental performance of buildings – Calculation Method (Draft)
ii. Environmental indicators
Following the proposals of CEN/TC 350, environmental indicators are derived from
quantifiable impacts based on the result of the Life Cycle Assessment over the life cycle of a
building. “The following environmental indicators have been chosen on the basis that there is
agreed calculation method. In this first generation of CEN/TC350 standards other indicators,
for which there is no scientifically agreed calculation method within the context of LCA, e.g.
human toxicity, eco-toxicity, depletion of resources, biodiversity, land use, are not included”
(prEN 15643-2: 2009).
The indicators are varying from draft to draft. Environmental indicators under current
discussion are (FprEN 15804, 2011-02 and FprEN 15978, 2011-01):
Parameters describing environmental impacts
- Global warming potential, GWP (kg CO 2 equiv)
- Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer, ODP (kg CFC 11 equiv)
- Acidification potential of soil and water, AP (kg SO2 equiv)
Final Report 42 31 03 2011