Building certifications
Scanspac's products can contribute to good results in the environmental certification of buildings according to the criteria for BREEAM, LEED, DGNB, Miljöbyggnad and Nordic Swan Eco Label. Listed below are some examples of this. Detailed information for each criterion is available at Saint-Gobain's website Green Buildings International
BREEAM
Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) is the world’s longest established method of assessing, rating and certifying the sustainability of buildings. It is an international standard that can be locally adapted. Since 2013, the Sweden Green Building Council manages the Swedish version, BREEAM-SE
Find out more:
About BREEAM https://bregroup.com/products/breeam/
About BREEAM-SE https://www.sgbc.se/certifiering/breeam-se/
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is an American green building certification program. To be LEED certified, building projects have to meet certain prerequisites and earn points to achieve different levels of certification.
Find out more:
https://www.usgbc.org/leed/v4
https://www.greenbuilding.saint-gobain.com/certification/leed-v4
Miljöbyggnad
Miljöbyggnad is a certification system for Swedish conditions for new and existing buildings. Energy, indoor environment and materials are assessed here.
Find out more (Swedish):
https://www.sgbc.se/certifiering/miljobyggnad/
DGNB
DGNB stands for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen and is a voluntary certification scheme within sustainable construction. DGNB not only evaluates a building or an urban area based on how environmentally sustainable it is, but also based on how socially and economically sustainable it is.
Find out more
https://www.dgnb-system.de/en
