More LIFE 2 Level(s)

Certification Systems and Level(s)

The More LIFE 2 Level(s) project takes advantage of the DGNB-System and VERDE Certification System (GBCe Environmental Certificate), both of which are already Level(s)-compliant.

Both, DGNB- and Verde System have been the first two certification systems whichadapted to include the Level(s) indicators as well as other European reference strategies for sustainability, such as the Taxonomy Regulation.

In the European context, The DGNB-System is one of the most widespread GBRS. The certification has also been adapted to other countries such as Denmark, Spain, Croatia and others. In total, since 2009, more than 8.869 buildings / or new building / renovation construction projects have been certified according to DGNB (status 06/2022) in 18 different European countries and 114 buildings with VERDE in Spain.

Level(s) is a voluntary reporting framework providing a common language for assessing and reporting on sustainability performance of buildings. It aims to promote life cycle thinking. It can be used to report on and improve the performance of a new build and major renovations projects.

Overall, Level(s) provides a set of indicators and common metrics for measuring the sustainability performance of buildings along there life cycle, assessing:

• environmental performance
  
• health and comfort
• life cycle cost and value and
• potential risks to future performance

These GBRS share with Level(s) two common goals: to build sustainably and to foster resilient buildings and societies. Sustainability, resilience, and circularity metrics of buildings are constantly pushed to better performance benchmarks and quality reporting protocols.

While GBRS are offered to assess, rate, and certify competitive and complex sustainability targets with immediate marketing exploitability, the Level(s) Framework offers so far, a more condensed reporting toolkit with direct usability to assess other European strategies for a green transition (i.e: EU-Taxonomy, Energy Performance Building Directive, European Climate Law, …) By joining forces, GBRS and Level(s) can accelerate the accomplishment of sustainability, resilience, and circularity in buildings, as well as reach difficult stakeholders such as the society and the public bodies, who would then become better equipped and more eager hence to a seamless integration of the Level(s) Framework.