Building certification criteria BNB

The Assessment System for Sustainable Building(BNB) evaluates the sustainability of the building holistically using various criteria and indicators. The most important building certification criteria for materials and building products for the BNB assessment are

 

• Ecological quality:
  • Environmental protection: Minimization of resource consumption and environmental impact.
  • Life cycle assessment: Assessment of the environmental impact over the entire life cycle of the building.
  • Energy efficiency: reducing energy consumption and using renewable energies.
• Economic quality:
  • Life cycle costs: Consideration of the costs over the entire life cycle of the building.
  • Value stability: Ensuring the long-term value retention of the building.
• Socio-cultural and functional quality:
  • User comfort: Ensuring thermal, acoustic and visual comfort.
  • Accessibility: Designing the building for use by all people, including people with disabilities.
  • Design and aesthetics: High design quality and aesthetic standards.
• Technical quality:
  • Construction quality: Ensuring craftsmanship and technical execution.
  • Adaptability: Flexibility and adaptability of the building to changing usage requirements.
  • Safety aspects: Ensuring the safety of building users.
• Process quality:
  • Planning process: Integration of sustainability aspects into the planning and construction process.
  • Quality assurance: Measures to ensure construction quality and the achievement of sustainability goals.
• Location quality:
  • Transport connections: Good accessibility by public transport.
  • Infrastructure: Access to important facilities and services nearby.
  • Environmental quality: Quality of the surroundings and the urban planning context.

These criteria help to holistically assess and improve the sustainability of buildings in order to take equal account of ecological, economic and social aspects.