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SUSCON

LIFE05 ENV/GR/000235

Sustainable Construction in Public and Private Works through IPP approach

LIFE ENVIRONMENT—SUSCON

Prof. M. Loizidou
Unit of Environmental Science and Technology
School of Chemical Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
9, Heroon Polytechniou Street,
157 73, Zographou Campus
Tel.: +30 210 7723106
Fax: +30 210 7723285
Web site: www.uest.gr
E-mail: mloiz@orfeas.chemeng.ntua.gr

National Technical University of Athens

SUSCON

SUSCON project helps Greek and Cypriot construction industries, public authorities and other stakeholders get familiar with environmental aspects of construction, evaluate the environmental performance of specific works, promote more environmentally friendly products and services and introduce environmental benchmarking in the construction sector.

Ecodesign Criteria

Economic Performance is defined by five (5) main parameters as well, which include the contribution to the Local Economy, the Efficiency, the Adaptability, the Operational Costs and the Capital Costs.

Software

The tool is designed in a way that it can be easily adapted to the specific environmental and socioeconomic status of the area in which the assessed building or construction occurs. The evaluator can define the significance of each assessment parameter in relevance to the local or national conditions and the specific environmental or economic goals which have been set. The tool is a decision making tool that can assist the evaluator grossly estimate the performance of a construction. The assessment is based on two main axes: (1) the Environmental and (2) the Economic. The Environmental axis is devided into five (5) main environmental issuses which implicate Natural Resources (Land, Energy, Material and Water Resources) and Health & Safety which enters the sphere of Social Performance of a building.

LIFE ENVIRONMENT—SUSCON

LIFE ENVIRONMENT—SUSCON

LIFE ENVIRONMENT—SUSCON

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SUSCON