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The initiative came from the building industry itself. The industry felt a strong need for promoting the concept of sustainability quantification and assessing buildings unequivocally in a manner that is accepted internationally. The original five ’Founding Partners’ have already been joined by more than 200 other ‘Participants’ representing almost all industry sectors. And since the first label for New Buildings has become operational on the first of October 2009, this number is still growing consistently.
The DGBC is supported by a large number of participants which all have an ambition for sustainable development.
The choice for BREEAM
After consulting the participants regarding their criteria on a practical sustainable certification DGBC concluded they were looking for a system that provides international comparability, is adaptable to the local situation and standards (climate, building regulations, etc), is open and transparent, allows for a good balance between price and quality and provides for independent assessments. Having examined various international options for benchmarking buildings, the DGBC choose to use the English BREEAM methodology as the basis for their sustainability label.
The ‘Environmental Assessment Method’ of buildings was originally developed by the Building Research Establishment (BRE), a British research organization, hence the name BREEAM. BRE has had more than 100,000 buildings certified and operates in 15 different countries.
BREEAM
The ‘Environmental Assessment Method’ of buildings was originally developed by the Building Research Establishment (BRE), a British research organization, hence the name BREEAM. BRE has had more than 100,000 buildings certified and operates in 15 different countries. See also http://www.breeam.org/
The DGBC translated the original English version into Dutch. In April 2008, the council worked out the first adaptation of BREEAM-NL New Buildings to the local situation in the Netherlands. Five working groups comprised of retail, residential, office, industrial and regional constituents offered their feedback in May, and this input was used to form an optimal rating scheme for each building type and region. The next step was to implement what the Dutch GBC had learned.
13 Pilot projects commenced in February 2009. In March 2009 DGBC launched the beta version of BREEAM-NL New Buildings. The addition ‘NL’ makes clear that this is the Dutch version. The beta version was designed to be used for testing. Besides the thirteen official pilots many other organizations and individuals downloaded and tried the beta version. A dedicated Wikipedia page was opened to allow for anyone to assist in the development. Their findings, comments and questions contributed to the completion of BREEAM-NL.
The DGBC also has an Advisory group which has a lot of knowledge and experience with sustainable development. They advise the DGBC board. All credits and parts of the label must be judged by this Advisory Group.
BREEAM-NL
The following BREEAM-NL labels are currently being developed:
- BREEAM-NL Nieuwbouw New
- BREEAM-NL Bestaande Bouw In Use (Wiki under construction)
- BREEAM-NL Gebiedsontwikkeling Area development (Wiki under construction)
Wiki
This WIKI provides the development environment for the BREEAM-NL labels. In the discussion pages you can give feedback about the credits, editing the real credit pages is limited to BREEAM-NL Experts..
Maintaenance Wiki
You can reach us for any questions or remarks at helpdesk@dgbc.nl.
