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Reducing operating costs - for the benefit of all

Building products create real added value - over the entire life cycle of the building. They can reduce maintenance, disposal and energy costs - and thus increase building quality in the long term.

You can exert influence right from the start - and, for example, carefully select products for the building envelope or the technical building equipment - and take longevity into account for materials that require intensive use or maintenance.

Bürogebäude in Hybridbauweise shopware AG

Award:DGNB Certificate in Gold
Usage profile:New Construction Offices, Version 2018
Project location:Schöppingen, Germany
Applicant:Brüninghoff Bausysteme GmbH & Co. KG
Building owner / Investor:SH Besitz GmbH & Co. KG
DGNB Auditor:Rosen, Anja for: energum GmbH
Brand, Carina for: energum GmbH
ENV2.2 Potable water demand and waste water volume

Our aim of the criterion "Potable water demand and waste water volume" is to preserve the natural water cycle and reduce the demand for drinking water by recycling waste water and using local resources.

ECO1.1 Life cycle cost

Our aim of the criterion "Life cycle cost" is a sensible and conscious use of economic resources over the entire life cycle of a building. The conception and planning phases for the realisation of a building contain the essential optimisation potential for later economic management. Those involved in planning should regularly and already in early planning phases deal with possible consequential costs of their design and implementation variants.

PRO1.5 Documentation for sustainable management

Our aim of the criterion "Documentation for sustainable management" is to optimise the building's operation immediately after completion and to turn the planned performance of the building into reality with as few deviations as possible from the planning. For this, it is necessary that all relevant information for the owner, the tenant and the operator is available in a structured way.

TEC1.3 Quality of the building envelope

Our aim of the criterion "Quality of the building envelope" is to minimise the energy required for the space conditioning of buildings, while at the same time ensuring a high level of thermal comfort and avoiding structural damage.

TEC1.5 Ease of cleaning building components

Our aim of the criterion "Ease of cleaning building components" is the implementation of structural and technical measures to reduce the effort of cleaning.