Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen DGNB

Existence of the certificate of DGNB increases capitalization, market value and marketing attractiveness of a commercial real estate, gives additional benefits in attraction, both domestic, and international tenants. For the last following to regulations of sustainable development of the company is "de facto" the corporate standard, and certification of the building on the DNGB system can become extremely an attractive factor.

The system of certification of DGNB considers all last innovations in the construction sphere, including financial and economic evaluation of the building. At certification characteristics of an object throughout all term of existence are considered: from design before dismantling. In the DGNB system there are more than 50 evaluation criteria which for convenience were grouped in six categories:

• quality of the environment;
• economic Efficiency;
• welfare and functional qualities;
• technical equipment;
• quality of design process and construction;
• quality of a location.

The certificate of DGNB meets construction safe criterions for the environment and society. Besides, an opportunity to estimate quality of the building on set of criteria for all lifecycle in 50 years, essentially distinguishes DGNB from other systems of certification. Such systems as LEED (The management in power and ecological design) or BREEAM (The valuation method of environmental efficiency from the Research institute of construction), more serve for assessment and classification, but do not consider the amount of factors for all lifecycle of the building. — Maxim Kobert, the head of the Russian community DGNB notes.

In Russia according to the DGNB system of the first the Austrian development company of Raiffeisen Evolution certified the building. The choice of this certification was caused by a tendency of special attention of customers to environmental efficiency of the building that often becomes the serious factor influencing the choice of the tenant. For most the modern companies the "green" building is not only a question of image and social responsibility of business, but also an economic benefit. Among the companies whose offices are in the buildings certified according to the DGNB system brands of organic cosmetics are known: "Recipes of the grandmother Agafya" and Natura Siberica.