championing quality certification to advance sustainable building
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Championing quality certification to advance sustainable building. | What we do. SBA is the premiere resource for the sustainable building certification schemes operators industry. We champion quality certification and its role for the development of sustainable buildings. | How we do it. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Championing quality certification to advance sustainable building
SBA is the premiere resource for the sustainable building certification schemes operators industry.
We champion quality certification and its role for the development of sustainable buildings.
| What we do
| How we do it
Provide guidelines for transparency and quality assurance for certification systems
Offer market feedback to the European Commission when new regulations are being developed
Advise the European Commission and national governments on the role certification can play to advance sustainability in construction and the built environment
Facilitate industry-wide collaboration towards a common understanding of how regulations, information and the certification process may be harmonized
Lead partnerships for research on innovations in tools supporting the construction market for sustainable buildings
| Our members
Our full members are all certification bodies
Our associate members bring together all parties interested in sustainability and the quality of certification
| Our work on common metrics
Developing and testing of SBA common metrics
Integration with IFC BIM
Enabling building designers to better understand the impact of individual products on the overall environmental performance of a building and product manufacturers to better advertise the sustainable performances of the solutions they offer
| Our work on green value
SBA is an active contributor to the UNEP Finance Initiative’s Property Working Group
| Our work with the European Commission
| Our events and networking
June 2013 conference, Paris, France200+ attendees
Frank Hovorka, SBA Chairman presents on Green Value at
ExpoReal, October 2013
| Join us
Get direct access to the world’s premier network of sustainable building certification schemes operators
Gain in-depth understanding of the different certification schemes and their future developments
Secure immediate information about European Commission work on sustainable buildings issues
Become part of the leadership team driving SBA direction and policy
