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13.02.2023

Hi-Cons is a member of Green building Council!

What is Green Building Council?

Green Building Council - Denmark, is an organization that handles the DGNB certification process. 

DGNB is a German certification system that stands for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen, also known as German Sustainable Building Council. DGNB is a voluntary certification system that primarily focuses on bettering the sustainability of construction and buildings. The certificate can, therefore, be seen as being a sustainability certificate that puts sustainability at the forefront of the construction industry.

The certification builds upon the sustainability definitions as stipulated by the UN. It evaluates new builds based on the principles of the six main areas, which are: environmental qualities, economic quality, social quality, technical quality, process quality, and area quality. This can be seen through DGNB’s ranking system, as new builds can be evaluated and placed into one of the three rankings; Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Besides the three main rankings, it is also possible to gain an extra ranking such as Heart or diamond. These rankings mean that the construction industry can achieve a DGNB certification on their projects either new builds or renovations, by gaining points for every sustainable decision made during the entire process.

As written previously, buildings can achieve a DGNB certificate by fulfilling DGNB’s criteria for a sustainable building and thereby rank in one of the three sustainability levels created by DGNB, silver, gold, or platinum. Those three achievements are mainly assigned to new builds if they have reached a certain number of points. The points are achieved by implementing and fulfilling sustainability criteria established by DGNB. The certificate does not only apply to new builds, as DGNB has also taken into consideration ways old constructions can be considered for a certificate. With old constructions, the ranking above does not quite apply because a lot can have changed since the building was built. Therefore, for old constructions, DGNB has imposed an additional ranking: bronze.  

As mentioned it is possible for buildings to achieve an additional ranking: heart and/ or diamond. The heart is assigned to those projects who have had an extra focus on consumer well-being and the environment. It is only achieved by the buildings that reach approximately 75% of the criteria indicated as heart points and only if the building is already certified as DGNB. The diamond ranking is assigned to the buildings that focus on unique and aesthetically pleasing architectural work, and like the heart ranking, are simultaneously DGNB certified. 

 

Besides the certification, Green Building Council offers its members knowledge, guidance, and workshops in regard to sustainable construction in order to enlighten organizations on the importance of sustainability and show them how the organization and their constructions can become more sustainable than previously. 

Hi-Con is member of DGNB!

At Hi-Con, we are aware of the great importance of sustainable projects, materials, and resources are for our customers, our world, and our future.

Therefore, we have a clear objective to limit our environmental impact during the entire building process and we will continue to challenge and develop our UHPC to become better than before. This means, that our production, transportation, mounting, and overall use of UHPC elements as well as the resources we utilize must continuously be developed to limit the exposure and environmental impact present. We have a sustainable incentive, as we strive to be more sustainable than yesterday's concrete and we are proactively working to develop the products, elements, and resources that we utilize in the everyday life. Therefore, membership at the Green building Council is another step in the right direction, as Hi-Con now has the opportunity to obtain more knowledge about the sustainability aspect. Furthermore, Hi-Con has the opportunity to receive guidance on how to implement more sustainable initiatives.

We now have greater ambitions to become more sustainable and we will continue to maintain this ambition as well, to challenge ourselves, our organization, and our products to become even more sustainable than yesterday.

 

 

You can read more about the sustainable properties UHPC possesses here: 

Sustainability

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