A Swedish environmental rating tool for buildings
Paper i proceeding, 2011

In 2003, a joint effort between the Swedish government, a number of companies in the building and construction sectors, some municipalities, insurance companies and banks set a target that by 2009, all new buildings and 30% of existing Swedish buildings should be rated using a voluntary environmental rating tool. In a major research programme finished in 2008, a tool was developed to be used in this context. The tool covers three assessment areas: Energy, Indoor environment and Material & Chemicals. These areas are split into 11 aspects with one or a few indicators. Rating criteria are specified for each indicator, stipulating requirements for a rating Gold, Silver, Bronze and Rated. Indicator results can then be aggregated to aspect, area and a single raring for building level for enhanced result communication. The tool builds on previous experiences regarding environmental building rating tools and therefore includes some special characteristics which aim to tackle some of the criticism directed towards the first generation of such tools. At the time of writing, the first buildings have received official ratings and an independent stakeholder group is promoting broader implementation of the tool.

Environmental rating tool

Buildings

Environmental assessment

Författare

Tove Malmqvist

Mauritz Glaumann

Åsa Svenfelt

Per-Olof Carlson

Martin Erlandsson

Johnny Andersson

Helene Wintzell

Göran Finnveden

Torbjörn Lindholm

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Installationsteknik

Tor-Göran Malmström

Energy

0360-5442 (ISSN) 18736785 (eISSN)

Vol. 36 4 1893-1899

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Styrkeområden

Building Futures (2010-2018)

Energi

Ämneskategorier

Annan naturresursteknik

DOI

10.1016/j.energy.2010.08.040

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2017-10-08