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 approach that catalyzes, frames and guarantees the achievement of high environmental performance objectives. However, we do not consider standards as an end in themselves but as a means, and we ensure that they are the vectors of a greater project intelligence, by favouring useful and shared environmental and technical-economic profiles and trade-offs in the service of the global objectives of our Customers.
The “HQE™ Sustainable Building” certification was released in 2016 and succeeds the “NF HQE™ Tertiary Buildings under Construction or Renovation” standard that has existed since 2006. It applies to a very wide variety of tertiary buildings. This High Environmental Quality of Building certification is general and multi-criteria (it covers many aspects of the environmental performance of buildings).
The 21 themes of the HQE are divided into 4 commitments
- Indoor air quality
- Water quality
- Electromagnetic waves
- Hygrothermal comfort
- Acoustic comfort
- Visual comfort
- Accessibility
- Transportation
- Services
10. Energy
11. Water
12. Waste
13. Carbon
14. Adaptation to climate change
15. LCA
16. Biodiversity
17. Charges and costs
18. Contribution to the dynamism of the territories
19. Adaptability
20. Project
21. Commissioning
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
Disadvantages of HQE
Complexity of the scope of application (programmatic entities)
Applicability of requirements sometimes subject to interpretation
Complexity of the HQE™ Sustainable Building 2016 rating system
High administrative costs
HQE™ Sustainable Building 2016 requires additional studies compared to HQE™ 2015
