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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
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LEED AP BD+C | WELL AP | GBC HB AP
RATING SYSTEMS
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the world’s most popular green building certification system, developed and managed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The certification provides guidelines for the design and construction phases of highly efficient, sustainable buildings, generating environmental, social and governance benefits. Certified buildings play a key role in contrasting climate change and pursuing ESG goals for healthier and more balanced communities. Through a holistic approach, LEED evaluates the entire building-site context to create projects that reduce environmental impact while improving health and quality of life. Link
Why choose LEED?
- interdisciplinary approach in the design phase
- unified guidelines for efficiency according to international standards
- innovative design development models which delay the building’s obsolescence
- greater emphasis on reducing carbon emissions (decarbonisation)
- high level environmental and energy performance
- periodic reporting on the site to support the works management
- reduction of operating and maintenance costs of the building HVAC system
- pursuit of ESG environmental, social and governance objectives
- solid investment opportunities and above-average financial return
- real estate asset evaluation thanks to a globally recognized rating system
Developed by the International Well Building Institute (IWBI), WELL focuses on the quality of enclosed spaces with the aim of improving their impact on the health and psychophysical well-being of occupants. WELL certified spaces and buildings aim to create environments that can improve human life through various factors related to nutrition, mental well-being, physical fitness, air quality, etc.
As in other rating systems, the concepts are divided into prescriptive and performance features: while the former compete for the implementation of measurement tools, field tests, design strategies and corporate policies, the latter contribute to obtain measurable results on the basis of specific, objective and measurable thresholds to be met. Measurement activities include field tests to assess air, water pollutants, indoor light quantity, noise levels and thermal comfort. Link
Why choose WELL?
- promoting health and well-being in the process of building requalification and new construction
- centrality of human well-being to increase the production performance
- concepts based on universally recognized scientific sources
- benefits from investing in employee well-being
- improvement of cognitive functions for employees and reduced absenteeism
- healthy workplace with significant savings in health care costs
- versatile standard and continuous updating according to monitoring activities and reports
- real estate asset evaluation policy through the strengthening of corporate policies
GBC Historic Building is a voluntary rating system for historic buildings that represent "material evidence of civilization". For the purpose of its application, the building must have been built before 1945 for a portion of at least 50% of the existing technical elements. The protocol applies in the case of restoration, requalification or recovery operations, even partial integration, but in any case in the context of major renovations, measures involving relevant elements of air conditioning systems and the renovation or functional reorganisation of internal spaces, evaluating possible solutions for improving the performance of the building envelope, compatible with the preservation of the typological and constructive characteristics of the existing building. Among the registered and certified projects are real estate of the Agency of the State, buildings protected by the provisions of D.Lgs. 42/2004 and fine artifacts dating back to the eighteenth century. Link
Why choose GBC Historic Building?
- preservation of historical and artistic heritage according to the LEED requirements
- renovation of protected buildings with improved energy performance
- enhancement of the historic real estate asset with certified and guaranteed value
- promotion of high-quality buildings in the benchmark for energy efficiency
- sustainability criteria tailored on building new development projects
- refunctionalization of abandoned properties for regeneration of neighborhoods and cities
- innovation in restoration using sustainable strategies and reduced environmental impact products
Recently promoted in its second version, SITES aims to go beyond the limits of traditional sustainability standards that aim to focus only on the building. For projects located in areas with or without buildings (parks, botanical gardens, streets, squares, commercial areas, offices, campuses, neighborhoods or residential complexes, educational or institutional complexes, museums, hospitals, etc.) The protocol can be adopted without any restrictions in order to promote sustainable landscape design that is not only environmentally responsible but also socially and economically beneficial. Adopting a holistic approach, SITES promotes sustainable land development with positive impacts on both the environment and human health of residents. Link
Why choose GBC Historic Building?
- numerous synergies with LEED and WELL protocols for a simplified approach
- Integrated sustainability through conservation, water management and energy efficiency
- climate change mitigation, welfare benefits and building operating costs
- Performance measures to reward design flexibility and adaptability
- development of unique solutions to adapt to the specific site and its context
- investment incentives and increase in the value of surrounding real estate
- Increased collaboration with local communities for urban regeneration policies
The so-called CAM (Criteri Ambientali Minimi) in Construction are minimum environmental criteria meant to be fundamental component of the tender documentation for public competitions. According to Green Public Procurement, they are environmental requirements defined for the various stages of the purchasing process, aimed at identifying the best design solution, product or service from an environmental point of view throughout the entire life cycle, taking into account the availability of national market. The reference standard is the decree 23 June 2022 n. 256, published in 6 August 2022. Link
The DNSH (Do Not Significant Harm) principle is based on what is specified in the taxonomy for sustainable finance adopted to promote private sector investment as well as contributing to the objectives of the Green Deal; this standard identifies six criteria for determining how each economic activity contributes substantially to the protection of the ecosystem, without harming any of the environmental objectives. Link
Why comply with CAM and DNSH?
- basic requirement for access to public procurement
- objective reduction of the ecological footprint for all building activities
- design and construction services for improved performance
- preference of an improved tender proposal over other equivalent ones
- energy and environmental performance according to national standard in force
- compliance with the award criteria for higher scores in public procurement
