Minergie and SNBS adopt labels for 2000-watt areas
The landscape for sustainable building labels is simplified. The label for 2000 watt areas will disappear. It is replaced by the Minergie area and the Swiss Sustainable Building Standard (SNBS) for areas. The building energy certificate of the cantons (GEAK) will remain in place.
The label for 2000-watt areas will disappear at the end of 2023. According to a statement from the Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), the suppliers of labels for sustainable buildings in Switzerland have agreed on this. The label was previously offered by the SFOE Swiss Energy program.
In return, the Minergie association will in future also offer a Minergie area label for areas that comply with climate protection. The Swiss Sustainable Building Network , as the sponsor of the Swiss Sustainable Building Standard (SNBS), will create the SNBS-Areal label for the sustainability of sites in all their dimensions.
At the building label level, there will also be the cantonal building energy certificate (GEAK), the various Minergie categories and the SNBS.
The bearers of the various labels want to achieve a greater impact by pooling resources. “Sustainable real estate makes a major contribution to climate protection. The trend is positive, but the potential is far from being exhausted,” Marc Mächler, District President of the Canton of St.Gallen and President of the Minergie Association, is quoted as saying in the statement. “The labels complement each other, are better coordinated with each other and builders and planners can find out more easily which label meets their needs.”