Certification systems
2023
Green Building Council Iceland published the reports: 1) The impact of building materials and energy efficiency on the carbon footprint of buildings - Comparison of the carbon footprint of building materials and energy consumption in BREEAM certified and non-certified buildings (Áhrif byggingarefna og orkunýtingar á kolefnisspor bygginga - Samanburður á kolefnisspori byggingarefna og orkunotkunar í BREEAM vottaðri og óvottaðri byggingu) and 2) Stakeholder experiences with certification systems - Interviews with the construction industry (Reynsla hagaðila að vistvottunarkerfum - Viðtöl við byggingariðnaðinn).
The reports were written in cooperation with the Housing and Construction Authority (HMS), with a grant from the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate, and are a part of action 5.2.1 in Vegvísir að vistvænni mannvirkjagerð 2030 (roadmap to sustainable construction): Analysing the benefit and cost of environmental certifications.
Click on the reports below to read.
2019-2020
GBCI worked together with the Icelandic Civil Engineering Agency (Mannvirkjastofnun) on a research project on the certification system of buildings. Two certification systems were chosen for research - BREEAM and Swan. The project goal was to carry out tests and instructions on the systems and to study how they adapt to the conditions in the Icelandic construction market.
The reports can be read below.
BREEAM certification scheme for buildings - Brochure (in Icelandic)
BREEAM 2016 Energy requirements and the experience of meeting them in Icelandic projects (in Icelandic)
BREEAM - Visual comfort (in Icelandic)
BREEAM quality and environmental management - The requirements and how they have been met in Iceland (in Icelandic)
The experience of the environmental certification Swan for buildings - Part I General review
(in Icelandic)
BREEAM In-Use (in Icelandic)
BREEAM Construction materials and waste
- The requirements and how they have been fulfilled in Iceland (in Icelandic)
Transport and land use requirements in BREEAM international 2016 (in Icelandic)
BREEAM Building materials
- Introductory brochure on the requirements
(in Icelandic)
The experience of the environmental certification The Swan for buildings - Part II The rating system (in Icelandic)
The annexe can be found here (in Icelandic).
Environmental certification system for buildings - analysis of the feasibility and adaptability of foreign certification systems for the Icelandic construction market
(in Icelandic)