MIPIM 2023 Digital Edition

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In addition, Huber adds that certificates for
existing buildings have limited validity, and
you have to keep renewing them, whereas in
new construction, they are valid indefinitely,
even if standards change in ten years.
Renewed assessment after ten years
Deinhammer takes a critical view of this: „It
would make sense, due to the volatility of the
specifications, to also check new buildings
again after ten years and to certify them again
to gold, platinum or crystal with update measures.“
Sardy-Rauter raises the question of whether
it is not enough to build according to the criteria
of the EU taxonomy or whether it is not
possible without certificates. Herbek thinks
certifications make life easier in the long
run because only one document is needed to
show that the taxonomy has been followed.
„It‘s more efficient for all parties involved in
providing proof. In new construction, it‘s important
to have the documents handy. In this
context, you should also consider the topic
of digitization and look at how BIM, certification,
documentation, etc., can be brought
together,“ says the department head.
Making work easier
Deinhammer intercedes and finds linking
certificates and BIM interesting for the
auditors‘ workflow. „It‘s similar to digital
„In valuation, we can
only represent what
the market rewards.“
Wolfgang Fessl,
Reinberg & Partner
construction permit applications to the city.
It makes the work easier and makes it comparable.
The fact that you can look up the EU
taxonomy yourself is undisputed, but a certificate
issuer or an auditor is not an integral
part of the project team; that‘s someone from
the outside, like a referee, who ideally accompanies
the entire planning process and improves
the process quality. It‘s already easier
if you can refer to a scheme or use the swarm
intelligence of a certificate if you want to
achieve platinum, for example.“ Huber sees it
the same way. „An independent review is important
when you want to sell the property.
Any buyer would question a self-assessment.
In addition, it also makes it easier for the
project team, and it simplifies the process.
Furthermore, the DGNB is already working
on an integration to be able to assess the EU
taxonomy compliance together with certification
in the future.“ Deinhammer also sees
it as a case of mapping the EU taxonomy in
the certificate. „Across Europe, a data frame
is being considered, and the data will have
to come from external auditors. Regarding
content, we are preparing to collect as little
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