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Building assessment

 

Comprehensive building and housing estate assessments document criteria such as energy consumption, comfort and quality of life and also take into account the efficiency of lifecycle related resources and costs. Certifications provide builders and communities with a tool which can be used for both quality assurance and marketing. They also offer customers and investors a quick, objective rating of the quality of the home or building.

With these systems established on the market, all building types can be assessed – from renovations, new constructions and shell constructions to existing buildings and specific facilities. Either the choice of assessment system or the criteria for inspection depends heavily on the nature of the project. We can offer you support in such matters with our extensive expertise:

Consulting services:

  • Audit support for national and international building assessments
  • Carrying out pilot certifications
  • Complete energy strategy for buildings and housing estates (energy-plus, energy self-sufficiency)
  • Building product management and ecological tender optimisation
  • Development of specifications for general planner, general contractor or total contractor tenders
  • Dismantling and recycling suitability of buildings
  • BIM (simulation, monitoring, sustainability)

Calculations/simulations:

  • Lifecycle costs (LCC)
  • Building lifecycle assessments (LCA)
  • Disposal indicator EI/EI10
  • Building physics calculations
  • Thermal building simulation

Measurements:

  • Measurement of indoor air quality/comfort
  • Harmful substance inspections in existing buildings
  • Mould measurements and moisture simulation
  • Energy monitoring
  • Optimisation, simulation and measurement of daylight
  • Soundproofing and room acoustics
  • Airtightness

ÖKOBAUDAT

The ÖKOBAUDAT platform is provided as an online database with life cycle assessment datasets by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community. In the framework of research projects as part of the innovation programme Future Building (Zukunft Bau), the IBO is involved in the development of ÖKOBAUDAT.

ResearchLifecycle assessments and lifecycle costs

With LCA expertise, the work processes of ÖKOBAUDAT are scientifically monitored and critically analyzed. This comprises the

  • analysis and further development of the data format and the processes
  • conception and updating of documents (e.g. ÖKOBAUDAT Manual)
  • ongoing maintenance and updating of the website www.oekobaudat.de
  • analysis of relevant activities and standards in Europe and Germany
  • review of datasets to be included in the ÖKOBAUDAT.

In recent years, the focus has been on the internationalisation of ÖKOBAUDAT. To this end, a network of international LCA databases and their data stocks was designed and demonstrated.

Research projects:

Project team

Oliver Kusche Research & Consulting, Karlsruhe (project lead)

IBO – Österreichisches Institut für Bauen und Ökologie GmbH

Completion

January 2014

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