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When green marketing meets reality: selected facts about sustainable house building
Author(s) -
Pohl Sebastian
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mauerwerk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1437-1022
pISSN - 1432-3427
DOI - 10.1002/dama.201800007
Subject(s) - sustainability , architectural engineering , apartment , engineering , german , key (lock) , sustainable design , civil engineering , construction engineering , computer science , geography , ecology , computer security , archaeology , biology
Since 2012, Life Cycle Engineering Experts ( LCEE ) have carried out a series of comprehensive studies into the sustainability of market‐relevant (also potentially) construction methods in German housing ([1] to [4]). The methodical basis was a systematic application of the sustainability assessment approach of the Deutsches Gütesiegel Nachhaltiges Bauen ( DGNB ) applied to representative model buildings from the detached house and apartment building sectors (see Figs. 1 and 2). The key findings have been compressed into themed fact sheets intended to ensure appropriate knowledge and information transfer to various recipients. As a contribution to less marketing and more reality, the following paper outlines the lessons learnt from selected example fact sheets concerning sustainable housing.