On July 17, Bureau Veritas Certification awarded Novarc Group AS a certificate of compliance with the environmental management system standard ISO 14001:2015. The scope of certification covers architectural design, consulting engineering and expert assessment of design and buildings.
Our own environmental footprint as a company is modest. However, the decisions we make that determine a building’s energy consumption, carbon footprint of materials, and waste generation over its entire lifetime are made during the design phase – long before construction begins.
The certificate confirms that these considerations are systematically incorporated into our work. Environmental and energy efficiency requirements are agreed with the client already in the terms of reference, the energy efficiency of solutions is assessed during the design process, and the life cycle of products and environmental declarations are taken into account when selecting materials. The results are measured by specific indicators, such as the proportion of projects with A-energy class and energy simulations.
The environmental management system’s compliance with the requirements of the standard will further be checked annually.