Framework for Climate Adaptive Buildings
How do you determine the physical climate risks at the building level? For a specific building, how great is the risk of heat stress, subsidence due to drought, flooding as a result of heavy precipitation or even inundation? These are complex questions that are often answered differently, depending on the applied approach. Reporting on climate risks of existing properties is becoming more common, partly because of the EU Taxonomy. Standing still is no longer an option for building owners, housing corporations, investors, and governments. Acting on identified risks is urgent and necessary. But how do you identify these risks?
There used to be no standard methodology for assessing climate risk at the building level. The Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC) has therefore worked in a broad alliance of financial institutions, knowledge institutes, consultants, and governments on developing a Framework for Climate Adaptive Buildings, which provides an unambiguous method for determining physical climate risks at the building level.
The Framework consists of three modules:
- a methodology for determining climate risk at the area level
- a methodology for determining climate risk at the building level
- a methodology for identifying adaptation measures and including these measures in risk assessments