HQE Residential certification for residential buildings applies to housing under construction, renovation and operation.
Certification is awarded following audits covering :
- Project Management and Governance
- the Quality of Services and Information offered by the builder to purchasers,
- the building's environmental performance (assessed on the basis of 3 commitments), quality of life (safety, indoor air quality, water quality, resilience, functional spaces, hygrothermal comfort, acoustic quality, visual comfort, services and transport, connected building), respect for the environment (energy, water consumption, land use, material resources, waste, climate change, low-nuisance building sites, biodiversity) and economic performance (upkeep and maintenance, responsible consumption and production).
What are the benefits of HQE Residential certification ?
9 benefits of an HQE Residential-certified project
- Reducing operating costs
- Controlling energy, water and waste
- Control of quality, costs and deadlines through the management system
- Improving quality of life for residents
- Reducing health risks and sometimes insurance costs
- Increased asset value and longevity of the project
- Optimisation of sale and rental terms
- Promoting the project developer as a responsible player in the eyes of local authorities, landlords, purchasers, residents and shareholders (as part of a CSR policy, for example).
- Use of the French HQE brand, which represents world-renowned expertise.
HQE Residential certification is the best way to demonstrate that one or more buildings in a development are exemplary, and to meet the major challenges of sustainable housing.
