The German Sustainability Building Council - or Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen e.V. (DGNB) - worked together with the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS) to develop the certificate.
It rewards examples of green architecture and sustainable development by recognising planning that defines at an early stage the aims of sustainable construction. Buildings can be awarded gold, silver or bronze certification after being judged on the following areas:
- Ecological quality
- Economical quality
- Socio-cultural and functional quality
- Technical quality
- Quality of the process
- Quality of the location
Each of these categories is then divided into several criteria. For instance, the energy consumption, acoustic quality, or land consumption are considered for the evaluation of a building and points are assigned for compliance to each.
Our products could help architects improve their scores in the following areas:
- Criterion 06 - Risks for the local environment
- Criterion 16 - Life-cycle costs related to the building
- Criterion 20 - Indoor hygiene
- Criterion 21 - Acoustic comfort
- Criterion 28 - Conversion ability
- Criterion 40 - Ease of cleaning and maintenance of the structure
- Criterion 42 - Deconstruction, recycling friendliness, friendliness of disassembly
Visit the DGNB website for more information about the certificate.