HQE Certification
AMO NF HABITAT HQE – BET NF HABITAT HQE – BE NF HABITAT HQE
TERAO intervenes as HQE AMO, HQE BE, HQE BET, HQE Auditor. We carry out HQE™ certification support from the Feasibility and Environmental Programming phase, through Design, Construction and Commissioning, to Delivery and Operational Monitoring.
For TERAO, certification is a virtuous process that catalyzes, frames and guarantees the achievement of high environmental performance objectives. However, we do not consider standards as an end in itself but as a means, and we make sure that they are the vectors of a greater intelligence of the Projects, by privileging profiles and useful and shared environmental and technical-economic trade-offs in the service of the global objectives of our Customers.
The “HQE™ Bâtiment Durable” certification was released in 2016 and succeeds the “NF HQE™ Bâtiments tertiaires en Construction ou en Rénovation” standard that has existed since 2006. It applies to a very wide variety of tertiary buildings. This High Environmental Quality Building certification is generalist and multi-criteria.
THE 14 TARGETS OF HQE™ (TO HQE™ TERTIARY BUILDINGS 2015)
- relationship of the building with its immediate environment
- integrated choice of products, systems and construction processes
- low environmental impact construction site
8. hygrothermal comfort
9. acoustic comfort
10. visual comfort
11. olfactory comfort
4. energy management
5. water management
6. activity waste management
7. maintenance – sustainability of environmental performance
- relationship of the building with its immediate environment
- integrated choice of products, systems and construction processes
- low environmental impact construction site
The HQE™ certification for tertiary buildings also applies in operation (“NF HQE™ Tertiary Buildings in Operation” certification). This certification is based on a technical reference system in two parts: The SMO (Operation Management System)
The EQB (Environmental Quality of the Building)
The HQE™ certification postulates in particular that the Environmental Programming of the Building must be based on a relevant Site Analysis, and that the Management of the Operation, i.e. the involvement and the rigorous identification of the responsibilities of each actor of the projects, is a fundamental condition to define and reach ambitious objectives.
Advantages of HQE
A demanding but qualitative and contextual approach
The Environmental Management System provides leverage on the organizational dimension of projects
HQE™ gives an important part in the health and comfort of users (50/50 with the Environment)
Flexibility to reach the TP levels (means requirements)
HQE™ SUSTAINABLE BUILDING
Complete overhaul of the standard: 4 commitments (Quality of life, Respect for the environment, Economic performance
Performance, Responsible Management), translated into 12 objectives
Introduction of territorial impacts & a detailed analysis of the building’s overall cost, CSR & responsible management
management, biodiversity, mobility, circular economy
The prerequisites correspond to the regulatory requirements
A demanding but qualitative and contextual approach
The Environmental Management System provides leverage on the organizational dimension of projects
HQE™ gives an important part in the health and comfort of users (50/50 with the Environment)
Flexibility to reach the TP levels (means requirements)
