Environmental Certification
Today, to reduce negative environmental impact, efforts are made to create urban environments and buildings that are as sustainable and environmentally conscious as possible. This is especially important in new districts such as Ártúnshöfði and Elliðaárvogur, which are in close proximity to delicate ecosystems and are located right by the city’s major outdoor recreational area. Therefore, efforts will be made to secure a BREEAM environmental certification for the Ártúnshöfði and Elliðaárvogur land use plans.
Setting this standard is intended to help the designers, developers and planning officials to improve, assess and independently verify a neighbourhood’s sustainability during the design and planning stages.
These five classifications stipulate standards for a variety of factors that are assessed during the planning process. They take into account factors such as public consultation, green and open areas, transportation, ecology, energy usage, pollution, health and wellbeing, land use and the processing of waste and surface waters – to name a few examples.
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Ólöf Kristjánsdóttir
transportation engineer M.Sc., professional director of transportation at Mannvit (BREEAM
Communities assessor)
transportation engineer M.Sc., professional director of transportation at Mannvit (BREEAM
Communities assessor)
Environmental certification BREEAM
Environmental certification for planning is processed in steps.
Environmental certification for planning is processed in steps.
A BREEAM Communities assessed land use plan also lends support to BREEAM building assessments – should an assessment be sought for specific buildings in the future.
For more information on BREEAM go to BREEAM hér.
BREEAM subject categories
When the environmental certification is processed, these five subject categories are reviewed and the planning graded.
When the environmental certification is processed, these five subject categories are reviewed and the planning graded.