Green Labels for Buildings and Infrastructure
Green buildings and infrastructures labels offer a transformative opportunity to develop sustainable and climate-resilient smart cities, while also improving the operation, maintenance, and retrofitting of existing structures.
Bureau Veritas provides comprehensive building and infrastructure certification services around global standards such as and not limited to LEED, BREEAM, EDGE, HQE, and WELL. Our experts guide real estate and infrastructure projects to meet rigorous certification criteria, ensuring adherence to green building principles and validating their sustainability efforts.
- Green Building Label focuses on the design, construction, and operation of individual buildings. Bureau Veritas seasoned auditors will evaluate the structure's energy efficiency, water conservation, indoor air quality, sustainable material use, waste management, site selection, and construction and operational practices to promote more environment-responsible and occupant-centric buildings.
- Green Infrastructure Label focuses on the planning, design, construction and operation of larger-scale projects. Bureau Veritas seasoned auditors will assess a range of system-wide sustainability metrics, including energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water management, sustainable transportation, waste circularity, climate resilience, ecosystem protection, community engagement, and life-cycle performance, to enable the development of more sustainable and resilient projects and urban networks.
Sectors:
- Real estate and facilities.
Geographies:
- Globally.
CHALLENGES
The building and construction industry is a major driver of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, responsible for a substantial 37% of total emissions worldwide, according to data from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Furthermore, high energy consumption, resource depletion, waste generation, water pollution, biodiversity loss and urban heat island effects underscore the need for more sustainable approaches.
Green building and infrastructure labels promote the design, construction, and operation of environment-friendly, resource-efficient, and occupant-centric premises, thereby minimizing the sector's environmental impact and enhancing people’s quality of life.
WHY BUREAU VERITAS?
As the premier partner for sustainability services globally, Bureau Veritas stands out with its high-quality green label certifications for building and infrastructure projects. Backed by extensive real estate sector experience across diverse regions, our rigorous validation process ensures sustainable practices meet the highest environmental standards.
Partnering with Bureau Veritas empowers real estate and infrastructure entities globally to forge a competitive advantage, leveraging enhanced credibility, incentives, and marketability to spearhead the development of efficient, resilient, and environment-responsible projects that collectively shape a more desirable future.
SUCCESS story
Bureau Veritas enabled Starbucks' state-of-the-art Coffee Innovation Park in Shanghai to achieve multiple green building certifications in 2024. Our experts guided the project through LEED, WELL, China 3-Star Green Building, and RESET Air & Materials certification processes. This groundbreaking facility exemplifies sustainability best practices, promoting energy efficiency, healthy indoor environments, and responsible material selection. Bureau Veritas' comprehensive services helped Starbucks realize its vision for an innovative, high-performance building.
In 2024, Bureau Veritas secured a major tender, winning the framework contract for verifying the Blue Dot network infrastructure project's sustainability. Leveraging its global expertise and rigorous green certification process, Bureau Veritas validated the project's sustainable practices, ensuring it met stringent environmental standards.