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Decision making process
Name of the case study
Green Diploma, certification for sustainable building operation
Decision making process - stages
The Green Diploma concerns the operation of the buildings
Decision making process - levels
It includes both technical and political levels.
Decision making process - sources of information
It is up to the local housing department on how to inform the residents (see above for the examples)
Decision making process - who are the decision makers
In the Departments, it is the local board that decides whether the department should apply for the green diploma. Some departments decided it on a meeting with the residents, in other the board decides it after having asked the residents and the staff first.
Decision making process - who made the final decision for project implementation
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Name of tool
Green Diploma
Decision making process - tools in decision-making process
The Green Diploma is implemented in the operation phase, by the local Housing Department Board. The tool has been implemented differently, and with different outcomes as a results of the tools output.
There are quantitative goals and benchmarks included in the Green Diploma, in terms of the green accounts that the department has to make, and on the point-system that weights together different aspects of the departments environmental status (see .pdf above). The point-system is a way to make a total score of the environmental state of the department. To get the diploma, the department has to fill in the information that will enable the calculation of a total score on the environmental status. However, the score does not affect whether the department will get the diploma or not. This has been decided due to the different preconditions and contexts of the housing department. The score-system has however been maintained because some housing associations found a total score it attractive, in spite of its shortcomings. In practice, the score-system can be used by the individual departments to compare their score from year to year.
The demands regarding the Green Accounts are that they are made every year, and distributed to the residents. There are, however, no demands that they should be compared with other departments green accounts, to benchmarks, best practice or to last year´s account. The intention is that after some years the data from the introduction period of the Green Diploma will be used for benchmarking and defining a demanded minimum-score for departments applying for the Green Diploma.
The diploma is used to define the environmental goals in the housing departments, and to make environmental problems and possible solutions visible.
Decision making process - how was the information for the dmp disseminated
The Green Diploma has been promoted by DCUE (Danish Centre for Urban Ecology) and the National Organisation for Housing Associations in journals, newspapers, on meetings, on web-sites etc.
Decision making process - how was the public involved
In the Departments, it is the local board that decides whether the department should go for the green diploma. Some departments decided it on a meeting with the residents; in other departments the board decides it after having asked the residents and the staff first. To achieve the Diploma, a plan for the information of the residents has to be completed, which means that the residents will be continuously informed as long as the department holds the green diploma.
Decision making process - was there public discussion over the project
See information on public discussion.
What tools were used to assess sustainability?
More information