Sustainable buildings in Denmark Lau Raffnsøe, technical consultant, Green Building Council Denmark
Sustainability according to Brundtland Social Environment and Ressource Economy The building industry is important
How do you measure this?
Certifications, environment and sustainability
Why DGNB in Denmark? Sustainability Future-proof (European standards for sustainability) Freedom of method Performance
DGNB and other schemes DGNB is the only scheme with Life Cycle Cost DGNB is the only scheme with Lice Cycle Analysis
DGNB 1000+ projects globally
DGNB DGNB launched in Germany in 2008 DGNB International launched in 2010 DGNB Denmark launched in 2012
Green Building Council Denmark Association created in 2010 Office established in March 2012 Independent and non-profit organisation 220 members representing all stakeholders from the building industry Develop and adapt tools for certification of buildings Education of 330 DGNB consultants and 19 auditors KPMG Domicil, 3XN DGNB Sølv
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GBC Board Kriterie-gruppe Mikael Koch Ida Garre Harpa Birgisdottir Charlotte Micheelsen Michael Pedersen Redaktion Harpa Birgisdottir Teknikgruppe Materialer og LCA Teknikgruppe Energi og vand Teknikgruppe Indeklima Teknikgruppe Økonomi EKJ Ninkie Bendtsen Cowi Linda Høibye Kalk og Tegl Tommy Bisgaard SBi Klaus Hansen Rockwool Anders Ulf Clausen Velux Lone Feifer SHL Torsten Sack-Nielsen SBi Søren Aggerholm Arkitema Lars Kvist Cowi Morten Buus Isover Susanne Højholt Rambøll Niels Radisch Aarhus kommune Karen M. H. Madsen DTU Geo Clausen Grontmij Carl Bro Christoffer Borgwardt Delta Dan Hoffmeyer SBi Asta Logadottir Window Master Lennart Østergaard White Charlotte Falstrup ATPE Thomas Anfinn Joensen SBi Kim Haugbølle MT Højgaard John Sommer Rambøll Kristian Buur Rockwool Jens Rahbek D&S Juliane Münch CFMøller Gonzalo Guddat Region Syd Poul Andersen Teknikgruppe Proces Teknikgruppe Omgivelser Teknikgruppe Design og disponering AA Vibeke Grupe Larsen Niras Karoline Geneser NCC Svend Mertz EKJ Morten Zimmermann SBi Claus Bech MOE Henning Backe BechBruun Jesper Kaltoft NS Marie Lindberg Tefre Cobe Rune Boserup Jacobsen MOE Bente Mortensen CF Møller Mette Nymann KWOL Knud W.Ø. Larsen Alectia Per S Monby Niras Anne Sønderskov Nielsen Mtre Anne Sarto HLA Signe Kongebro AOA Ole Andersen
Adaptation process in general Funding Market demand Translation into Danish Technical committees Editor role Conformity check Rambøll Domicil, DISSING + WEITLING DGNB Bronze
Schemes available Office buildings (2012) Residential buildings (above 6 units) City districts Hospitals (pilot phase) Education buildings (pilot phase) Pakhuset Langelinie, Lundgaard &Tranberg DGNB Sølv
Office buildings Adaptation: April 2011 - October 2011 Pilot phase: November 2011 - April 2012 Certifications: May 2012 Danish market version: June 2012 Kamelen, Nordhav CCO Arkitekter DGNB Bronze
Residential buildings Danish market version: septeber 2014 Funding Technical groups Manual in Danish Large renovation project Social housing Vonsild Have
City districts Pilotphase - international version in 2012 National adaptation necessary Recruitment for technical groups Two projects from pilotphase move further? Others?
Hospitals Funding from all 5 regions Steering Committee and technical groups Both somatic and psychiatric hospitals Pilot manual ready 5 pilot projects so far
Educational buildings Funding, own financing Municipalities? Technical groups Experts from municipalities Manual in Danish 6 pilot projects: Kindergarten Public school Technical school Colleges Sosu Skolen Thisted, p+p arkitekter
Coming activities Pilot phase ongoing for hospitals Adaptation of tools for existing buildings: Hotel? Retail? Screening tool Certification of Buildings in Use FredericiaC
Achievements Office buildings 14 certifications 15 pre-certifications Residential buildings 6 pre-certifications 3 certifications City districts 4 pilotprojects Hospitals 5 pilotprojects Educational facilitets 6 pilotprojects Rambøll Domicil, DISSING + WEITLING DGNB Bronze
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Trends so far Market acceptance of certification of new office buildings Key stakeholder commitment, Pension Funds, developers Certification of high scale city districts Residential buildings above 6 units? Key stakeholder commitment, Social housing association Large renovation projects a major potential Educational buildings a large potential
Trends so far We have cleared a path forward: LCA-tool (Life Cycle Analysis) Official free Tool (LCAbyg) developed LCC-tool (Life Cycle Cost) Official free tool (LCCbyg) developed Voluntary sustainability classes Incorporated in Building Code Now we speak the same language and share a vision of sustainable construciontion
Status of sustainability in buildings Widespread focus on energy saving measures Initial stages of the holistic sustainable approach High interest in tools Involvement in measurability Still early days for certification of buildings A shift in paradigm is not done overnight
Thank you!