Resource Efficient Buildings
7/06/2015
This project of the European Commission is about the development of a framework of core indicators for the assessment of environmental performance of buildings.
The aim of the study is to develop a common EU framework for building environmental performance indicators to drive improvements in both new and refurbished buildings.
The study responds to the need identified in the Communication ‘Resource Efficiency Opportunities in the Building Sector’ COM (2014)445 for a common European approach to assess the environmental performance of buildings throughout their lifecycle, taking into account the use of resources such as energy, materials and water.
Such an approach requires the existence of a framework of core indicators to be used when assessing the environmental performance of buildings, to be developed in this project.
This framework should be open source in the sense that it should be possible to use it: 1) directly by building professionals and their clients to prioritise their focus for making environmental improvements, as well as; 2) indirectly by assessment and certification schemes to ensure that their criteria reflect priority areas of focus for resource efficiency at a European level and to assure the comparability of data and results.
The Commission will lead the framework development but will do so in close co-operation with relevant stakeholders.
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