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
La Asociación Ecómetro adopta el esquema de certificación LCBI como estándar europeo unificado
La Asociación Ecómetro adopta el esquema de certificación LCBI como estándar europeo unificado Read Press Release in Spanish July, 6th 2026 Ocho meses después de unir fuerzas con la Low Carbon Building Initiative(LCBI), la Asociación Ecómetro da un paso decisivo al retirar su propia certificación en [...]
Asociación Ecómetro Adopts LCBI Certification Scheme
Spanish Asociación Ecómetro Adopts LCBI Certification Scheme as a Unified European Standard Read Press Release July, 6th 2026 Eight months after joining forces with the Low Carbon Building Initiative (LCBI), Asociación Ecómetrotakes a decisive step and retires its own certification in favor of the LCBI label. [...]
LCBI Expands to Renovation: A Unified European Standard for Low-Carbon Buildings
The Low Carbon Building Initiative (LCBI) has announced a major step forward in its mission to decarbonise Europe’s real estate sector: extending its low-carbon certification to renovation projects. This new framework, aligned with LCBI’s existing new construction methodology, will provide a unified, comparable carbon metric for offices, residential buildings, 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 to conduct data analysis, benchmarks, and 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 the pilot phase. The LCBI certification scheme for new construction is available in 8 European countries.
September 2024: First LCBI certified buildings
March 2025: Launch of LCBI Logistics project
