Consolidation in the Swiss label market
The certification for the "2000 watt area" will be lifted and areas will instead be certified according to SNBS or Minergie - at least according to the communication from the Federal Office of Energy BFE. As a result, this announcement made waves.
The handling of the Ecobau requirements, which sometimes formed the basis for the Minergie ECO label, has apparently not yet been finally clarified. As is well known, they have largely been included in the SNBS (Swiss Sustainable Building Standard), as they include topics that will become even more important in the future, namely the circular economy, gray energy, etc. – sustainable buildings are not just buildings that have been optimized in terms of operational energy .
And yet, this consolidation creates clarity in the market and is also a clear commitment to the SNBS, as a key benchmark in the Swiss construction and real estate market and an important instrument for implementing the Energy Strategy 2050.
Click here for the media release from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy