Sensations – Strasbourg (67) France – 9.300 sqm
Bouygues Immobilier – KOZ Architecture, ASP Architecture
Label BBCA Excellence – New Built
© Bouygues immobilier
The LCBI Initiative
The real estate industry accounts for more than a third of global CO2 emissions. To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, all European countries need to reduce the carbon footprint of new, retrofitted and in-use buildings. Calculating carbon emissions at each stage of a building’s life cycle – construction, operations and end of life – is necessary to quantify the real carbon footprint of real estate.
The Low Carbon Building Initiative (LCBI), launched in 2022, unites major European real-estate stakeholders to promote low carbon buildings and reduce the CO2 emissions of European real estate by half (measured in a Life-Cycle Analysis). LCBI aims to create the first pan-European low carbon label measuring the carbon footprint of real estate based on a Life-Cycle Analysis.
News
L’empreinte carbone mesurée sur Roots, le projet de Belval
L’empreinte carbone mesurée sur Roots, le projet de Belval Read full article November 11th, 2024 Le futur bâtiment Roots, à Belval, a obtenu la nouvelle certification LCBI (Low Carbon Building Initiative). Lancée en 2022, l’initiative vise à harmoniser au niveau européen les méthodes d’évaluation de l’empreinte [...]
Impact Magazine – Our role is to increase the value of low-carbon real estate
Cécile Dap interview, LCBI : ‘Our role is to increase the value of low-carbon assets in Europe’ Read full article October 2024 The lack of a unified method to measure and compare the carbon footprints of buildings across Europe threatens net-zero deadlines. Impact talks to the [...]
The LCBI low-carbon label awarded to the CityWave development in Milan and the Roots development in Luxembourg
The LCBI low-carbon label awarded to the CityWave development in Milan and the Roots development in Luxembourg Read full press release October 9th, 2024 Two European real estate developments – CityWave, developed by Generali Real Estate in Milan, and Roots, developed by BPI Real Estate and [...]
Bureau Veritas,
preferred certifier
From Arnaud Regout
President of LCBI Advisory Committee, Chief Investment Officer BPI Real Estate (CFE Group)
President of LCBI Advisory Committee, Chief Investment Officer BPI Real Estate (CFE Group)
Association BBCA
The French association BBCA provides the technical support needed for the initiative.
Stanislas Pottier
President of BBCA
Timetable
March 2022 : LCB Initiative is launched with nine major European real-estate stakeholders as sponsors
April 2022 : A scientific Committee is set up in order to conduct data analysis, benchmarks, expert reviews across Europe
March 2023 : LCBI Methodology is revealed in its first version, V0.1
May to November 2023 : Pilot phase – LCBI V0.1 is tested on 16 projects across 7 European countries to gather feedback.
January 2024 : Launch of LCBI V1.0, updated thanks to pilot phase. LCBI certification scheme is available in 8 European countries, for new construction.
