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Better buildings for better living

The building sector has a strong potential to help protect the environment and increase life comfort and well-being.
Sustainable buildings meet the challenges of the three sustainability pillars (People, Planet, Profit) throughout their entire lifecycle. At every stage, a building designed, built or renovated in a sustainable way helps to improve comfort and wellbeing, minimize the consumption of natural resources including energy, reduce the environmental footprint and improve the project’s financial viability.

Buildings and construction works have the largest single share in global resource use and pollution emission. In OECD countries the built environment is responsible for around 25-40% of total energy use, 30% of raw material use, 30-40% of global greenhouse gas emissions and for 30 to 40% of solid waste generation.
 
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Demand for sustainable buildings is rising and this can notably be seen through the development of building ecolabels all over the world. The number of certified m2 has been increasing a lot over the past 10 years. Standards, policies and regulations are developing with an increasing emphasis on the “lifecycle approach” designed to take into account the whole building lifecycle: from the raw material extraction to deconstruction and recycling.
 
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The building industry as a whole is moving towards more sustainable construction. A majority of architects, engineers, contractors, owners and consultants worldwide anticipate that a huge proportion of their work will be “green” in the future, and this is not restricted to a geographic area or level of development. Stakeholders have numerous expectations and the market demands evidence of alleged “sustainable” performance. Organizations such as the World Green Building Council (WGBC) are helping to accelerate the pace, in both mature and emerging countries. With over 100 countries, the WGBC is the largest international organization striving to move the market forward.




 

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How ISOVER solutions contribute to achieve best levels of certifications.

BREEAM® with ISOVER insulation solutions for a Sustainable Habitat
BREEAM® with ISOVER insulation solutions for a Sustainable Habitat
BREEAM® with ISOVER insulation solutions for a Sustainable Habitat
Contribution des laines minérales ISOVER dans la Démarche HQE®
Contribution des laines minérales ISOVER dans la Démarche HQE® (in French only)
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Green Building Assessment initiatives

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology), first published by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in 1990, is the world’s longest established and most widely used method of assessing, rating, and certifying the sustainability of buildings. Buildings are rated and certified on a scale of ‘Pass’, ‘Good’, ‘Very Good’, ‘Excellent’ and ‘Outstanding’. 
LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design started in 1993 in the US and is now popular worldwide. There are points to achieve and four levels of certification (certfied, silver, gold and platinum) - the number of points a project earns determines the level of LEED certification that the project will receive. 
HQE or Haute Qualité Environnementale (High Quality Standard) is a French initiative that started in 1996. Not as widely adopted as LEED or BREEAM, HQE is still committed to common aims including reducing energy and water use, minimal environmental impact on surroundings, a healthy internal environment and the full life-cycle of a building.
The DGNB Certification System was established in 2008. Around 40 criteria from the quality sections environmental, economic, sociocultural and functional aspects, technology, processes and site are incorporated into the assessment. The DGNB System assesses the entire life cycle of the building. The Certificate is awarded in gold, silver or bronze. 

BROCHURE: ISOVER glass wool for comfortable and sustainable living places

ISOVER glass wool for comfortable and sustainable living places

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