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Application of tools
Name der Fallstudie
Green Diploma, certification for sustainable building operation
Green Diploma, Zeugnis/Auszeichnung fΓΌr nachhaltiges Bauen
Name of tool
Green Diploma
Description of tool - character
The diploma is achieved by the department on the basis of a scheme that states the actual state of different environmental issues of the department, and on the planned goals and initiatives in the following period. The following points have to be made to achieve the diploma: <br>
⢠Formulate an Environmental Management Plan (defining focus and goals for the environmental efforts)<br>
⢠Publish Green Accounts<br>
⢠Communicate the results to the residents</p>
<p>For each of these four points, minimum demands are defined in the Green Diploma manual. To achieve the Green Diploma, the housing department has to fulfil these demands. The department can also calculate a total score for its sustainability (the "Green Points"), which makes it comparable to other departments, but this is voluntary. </p>
<p>To apply for the Green Diploma, the department fills out an application, with the necessary information. This is sent to the administrator of the diploma (Danish Centre for Urban Ecology, DCUE), who decides if the department should have the diploma. After the achievement (which lasts for 2 years), the department might be subject to a random check, to see if the initiatives described, are being followed. </p>
Description of tool - availability
Free
Description of tool - existing
It is newly elaborated, but the Green Diploma is based on experiences from other tools. Existing certification tools as ISO 14000 was seen as too ambitious and comprehensive for housing departments. The green accounts in the diploma is inspired by the green accounts developed by DBUR (see WP2 for a description), but this concept is regarded as too difficult to manage. Most housing associations and departments do not know how many residents live in the departments (which is necessary to know to use DBURâs Green Accounts). This information has to be collected from the national register, and here the register supervision has limits for how precise the information can get. Also the housing association has no access to the private electricity consumption, which is settled between consumer and supplier. Collection of these data makes DBURâs concept of Green Accounts too heavy to use, according to DCUE. Therefore, the concept of green accounts in the Green Diploma is more moderate in the requirements for data. As positive models for a labelling system, the Green Key (for hotels) and the Swan (a Nordic label for products) were used in developing Green Diploma.
Description of tool - adaptation
To be implemented in a local housing department, it is required that local inspectors, chairmen or others fill in the required information, and formulates environmental goals.
Welche Tools wurden verwendet, um Nachhaltigkeit zu beurteilen?
Weiterführende Informationen (nur auf Englisch):