HYPOTHESIS
Standardizing building-level datapoints can simplify ESG reporting procedures
Standards Decompostion
Transforming guidelines, standards and certificates into Collectible information requirements
Datapoints Alignment
Mapping datapoints for sustainable reporting and effective implemenation of building passports
Building Passport Connectivity
Establishing seamless data Integration and sustainable reporting against regualtions
DATAPOINTS DASHBOARD
ABOUT
The adoption of digital methods for capturing and transferring building-level information presents a promising avenue for addressing the challenges of ESG reporting. Digital building passports serve as tools to compile pertinent building-level data for stakeholders. However, these passports are typically tailored bottom-up for specific purposes and jurisdictions, raising concerns about their ability to fulfill the information requirements of all stakeholders across the real-estate value chain.
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Our work aims to fix this disconnect by identifying and aligning the primary data points needed to meet the requirements of four major sustainability reporting schemes. By developing a data dictionary and an ontology, using this top-down approach we can provide building passport developers with a comprehensive set of building-level data points that can be captured to meet multiple reporting requirements.​
This work is all about FAIR research and development. It aims that Knowledge in Motion: Inspiring Practice through Academic Research. The project is led by Dr. Kell Jones and supported by Dr. Karim Farghaly from UCL, funded by the Circular Building Coalition and managed by UCL Consultants.
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VISION
Our co-created vision sees Digital Building Logbooks (DBLs) as enablers of seamless and secure information flows across the entire real estate value chain – from the foundry to finance.
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By developing a shared language to integrate diverse information tools and containers (e.g., energy performance instruments and material passports) with evolving data demands (e.g., financial sector requirements), DBLs can play a pivotal role in reducing compliance costs, streamlining data management, and improving decision-making.
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Realising this vision will accelerate the green and socially just transition of the built environment. It all begins with aligned needs, shared requirements, and a clearly defined common vocabulary – which is why the Building Passport Alignment Project is vital.
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