Small residential buildings

Many people spend a large part of their time in buildings – especially in residential buildings. Homes in particular fulfil a fundamental role: for people in a wide variety of life situations, they provide room for recreation and regeneration and offer space for private life. When planning and constructing sustainable residential buildings, the focus is therefore clearly on the comfort and well-being of the users. At the same time, the issue of conversion, low life-cycle costs and a long service life of the building is also central for private builders, who usually only build once in a lifetime. DGNB Certification of small residential buildings, such as detached and semi-detached houses and apartment blocks with up to twelve units, can help as a planning and quality assurance tool. In addition to ecological and economic aspects, one focus of the assessment is on user comfort, both in acoustic, thermal and visual terms, as this has a major influence on well-being.

For small residential buildings, the current DGNB System for the Renovation or New Construction of small residential buildings (up to 12 residential units), Version 2024, applies (registration possible from 1 July 2024). The previous DGNB System for New Construction of small residential buildings, Version 2013.2 (up to 6 residential units) can still be registered until 30 September 2024. Exceptions are projects that have already been pre-certified with a previous market version. These projects may also be registered for the certificate in the same version. For international projects, "New Construction of Buildings, Version 2020 International" applies.