A Collective Initiative for a New Culture of Built Environment in Europe

1. A Collective Initiative for a New Culture of Built Environment in Europe

2. EU context The relevance of buildings Challenges to sustainability Plethora of building regulations Regional level National level EU level 80 building assessment systems Confusion among actors Fragmented market Low application rates • Cornerstone of EU policy targets • Europe 2020: Smart, Sustainable, Inclusive growth • Roadmap to a resource efficient Europe • Quality of life • Most of our lifetime is spent inside buildings How to respond to the sustainability challenge for the European built environment?

3. responding to EU sustainability challenge through the CESBA Vision A Europe where a high quality living in a sustainable built environment is the common standard practice

4. Goals of CESBA • Create a collective, holistic approach towards European building and neighborhood assessment through harmonized indicators • Support initiatives for user friendly incentive systems, regulations and laws on regional, national and European level • Impact the construction market with a mass approach, reaching out through certifications harmonized by CESBA • Disseminate CESBA to all involved users through certification, training, services

5. CESBA users CESBA is for all people involved in sustainable buildings: • End-users • Architects and designers • Construction SMEs and workers • Builders and developers • Legislative bodies and policy makers • Public administration • Energy institutes and providers • Universities and research institutions • Sustainable building experts

6. CESBA principles 1. The user first! • Main actor of sustainable building • Design, build, operate buildings that meet the users’ requirements CESBA helps harmonize assessment approaches through nine principles: The user first! Sustainability Regional contextualization Comparability Mass-oriented Simple to use Open source Co-creation Transparency

7. CESBA principles 2. Sustainability • Harmonized, complete assessment • Three pillars of sustainability CESBA helps harmonize assessment approaches through nine principles: The user first! Sustainability Regional contextualization Comparability Mass-oriented Simple to use Open source Co-creation Transparency Environment Economy Society

8. CESBA principles 3. Regional contextualization • Local applicability • Reflect context features CESBA helps harmonize assessment approaches through nine principles: The user first! Sustainability Regional contextualization Comparability Mass-oriented Simple to use Open source Co-creation Transparency Building culture Climatic conditions Local legislation Benchmarks

9. CESBA principles 4. Comparability • Transnational Key Performance Indicators • Building signature CESBA helps harmonize assessment approaches through nine principles: The user first! Sustainability Regional contextualization Comparability Mass-oriented Simple to use Open source Co-creation Transparency

10. CESBA principles 5. Mass-oriented • Deep market reach • Wide stakeholder adoption CESBA helps harmonize assessment approaches through nine principles: The user first! Sustainability Regional contextualization Comparability Mass-oriented Simple to use Open source Co-creation Transparency

11. CESBA principles 6. Simple to use • Simplicity fosters dissemination • Balance simplicity and scientific/technical value CESBA helps harmonize assessment approaches through nine principles: The user first! Sustainability Regional contextualization Comparability Mass-oriented Simple to use Open source Co-creation Transparency Easy to use Rigorous

12. CESBA principles 7. Open source • Bottom-up initiative • Low cost, accessible tools • Transnational wiki platform • Knowledge transfer • Networking • Free to use CESBA helps harmonize assessment approaches through nine principles: The user first! Sustainability Regional contextualization Comparability Mass-oriented Simple to use Open source Co-creation Transparency

13. CESBA principles 8. Co-creation • Many diverse actors from Europe cooperating on development • Wiki grows together with the development of the CESBA initiative • New tools and services CESBA helps harmonize assessment approaches through nine principles: The user first! Sustainability Regional contextualization Comparability Mass-oriented Simple to use Open source Co-creation Transparency

14. CESBA principles 9. Transparency • Common, public guideline • External independent control • Online wiki, open and free CESBA Sprint Workshops CESBA helps harmonize assessment approaches through nine principles: The user first! Sustainability Regional contextualization Comparability Mass-oriented Simple to use Open source Co-creation Transparency

15. Harmonizing assessment: methods • How to define indicators? • Use indicators to characterize performance with respect to criteria • Choose quantitative or qualitative indicators • Harmonizing through comparable approach on: • Characterization • Normalization • Aggregation

16. Harmonizing assessment: KPI • CESBA Key Performance Indicators • Create a common EU base for sustainable building assessment • Can be adopted in existing and new assessment systems • Facilitate comparability of performance results • Completed by Reference Performance Indicators, for further harmonization • Holistic CESBA approach works on: • Building scale • Neighbourhood scale • European macro regions scale

17. CESBA generic tool • Based on Key and Reference Performance Indicators • Adaptable to different regions • Used as: • Guideline for the harmonization of existing assessment tools • Research tool, beyond regional standards, facilitating exchange and comparison • Starting tool with low entry barrier for regions without existing tools

18. CESBA stamp for harmonization • Creating a common approach to sustainable building assessment • Receiving the CESBA stamp: • Compliance of the assessment system with CESBA goals and principles • Implementation of CESBA KPI in the assessment tool • Integration of the Building Signature in the certificate or label

19. CESBA building signature Immediate readability and comparison of results

20. The CESBA cycle CESBA harmonized indicators • Core of the CESBA cycle • Applicable to all building assessment tools harmonized with CESBA

21. The CESBA cycle CESBA tools and services • Application of the indicators in the whole life cycle • Service packages e.g. for municipalities • Open source training material on the wiki • Low-cost, mass oriented, public certification systems

22. The CESBA cycle CESBA building life cycle • Whole life cycle • Purpose and target • Design tendering • Planning process • Procurement • Implementation • Commissioning • Monitoring and usage until a new definition of goals

23. Dialogue with Society • The EU society influences CESBA • Needs and values • From CESBA to institutions • CESBA influences the society • Explaining and discussing national, EU policies and laws • Medium: CESBA wiki • Combination of top-down and bottom-up

24. CESBA Wiki • Transnational knowledge hub on assessing sustainability of the built environment • Expert exchange, cooperation, interaction • Free to join multi-lingual platform • Key contents • CESBA philosophy and process • Performance indicators, existing assessment systems • Training materials, service packages • EU projects deliverables, partners, ideas www.cesba.eu

25. CESBA events and Sprint Workshops • CESBA furtherdevelopment • Free events, open to all • Anyone can organize • Annual workshops to share results

26. CESBA structure Seven levels of commitment Where do you fit on the CESBA pyramid?

27. www.cesba.eu Join us!