Certifications
Reliable orientation for sustainable performance
Sustainability certificates have established themselves as a recognized quality and transparency standard in the real estate industry. They make it clear at a glance how sustainable a building is in terms of energy efficiency, user quality, operation and long-term value retention - and therefore provide an important basis for decision-making in an increasingly regulated and sustainability-driven market environment.
For owners and project developers, these certificates are reliable proof of the quality of an asset over its entire life cycle. Among other things, they document the energy standard, user comfort and the efficiency of operation and management. Asset and investment managers benefit from comparable, structured key figures that help to identify risks at an early stage, safeguard investment decisions and assess the long-term value stability of portfolios.
Sustainability certificates are also playing a growing role in the financing environment. Banks and lenders increasingly expect comprehensible documentation of the sustainability quality of properties. Certified properties can offer advantages in terms of access to capital and financing conditions. At the same time, they strengthen marketability and lettability: users and tenants increasingly value efficient, healthy and sustainable buildings. A recognized certificate signals quality, transparency and future security.
Our expertise
For over 15 years, agradblue has been supporting real estate companies in the sustainable development and evaluation of buildings - both at individual property and portfolio level. A particular focus is on the implementation of demanding portfolio certifications with high quality requirements and a high degree of achievement across entire portfolios.
For asset and investment managers in particular, portfolio certifications provide an efficient way of consistently anchoring sustainability standards, creating transparency across large real estate portfolios and deriving strategic management impulses. We provide support in structuring portfolios, defining suitable target levels and prioritizing measures in order to achieve ambitious certification targets economically and realistically.
In doing so, we combine a sound technical understanding of real estate with extensive experience in established systems such as DGNB, LEED or BREEAM. We collect and structure relevant building data, evaluate ecological, economic and user-related criteria and coordinate all the necessary verifications. Thanks to our structured and practical approach, we identify optimization potential at an early stage and ensure that high quality standards are not only defined, but also implemented in a measurable and reproducible manner. In this way, we ensure that real estate portfolios are documented in a comprehensible manner, strategically developed and led to a high certification rate in a targeted manner.
We also support resilience and sustainability certifications such as WiredScore, SmartScore and WELL, which assess the digital infrastructure, technological performance, health and user comfort of properties in particular, thereby making an important contribution to the long-term competitiveness of assets.
Our services include:
- New building certifications (DGNB & LEED)
- Portfolio certifications incl. portfolio certifications (DGNB, LEED & BREEAM)
- WELL certification
- SmartScore certification
- WiredScore certification