Development of sustainable building standards: Next steps towards climate-friendly buildings in the City of Graz

The City of Graz, Austria, has successfully implemented a methodology to integrate sustainability and climate protection criteria into architectural competitions for public buildings. This approach enables the city to evaluate and rank building concepts based on their climate friendliness using a developed evaluation algorithm. Applied in a real competition, the method demonstrated its effectiveness by ensuring that all participants met the required sustainability aspects while allowing external experts to assess the works accurately. The City of Graz aims to adopt this methodology universally for future competitions, advancing sustainable procurement practices for buildings.

Scherz, M., Maierhofer, D., Passer, A., & Kreiner, H. (2022). Development of sustainable building standards: Next steps towards climate-friendly buildings in the City of Graz. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1078(1), 12051. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1078/1/012051