Our life cycle assessment experts

The building sector is responsible for almost 40% of global CO2 emissions and over 50% of global resource consumption. We know that buildings made from renewable raw materials store CO2 in the construction and therefore immediately serve as a CO2 sink.The life cycle assessment is a central part of the planning process at Partner and Partner Architects and represents an important tool for selecting ecologically suitable, climate-friendly building products and constructions. In addition, the life cycle assessment is the basis for sustainability certification of buildings, such as the Sustainable Building Quality Seal (QNG ) or the Federal Sustainable Building Assessment System (BNB).Through sustainable management, new resources grow that bind further carbon and maintain biodiversity. We have enough renewable energy available to operate buildings in a climate-neutral manner throughout their entire life cycle. The negative effects of construction can be reversed using this approach - the ecological problem caused by the construction and operation of buildings becomes an active contribution to climate protection and part of the solution. We can build and operate buildings using recyclable raw materials in such a way that resources can be permanently preserved in cycles during conversion and dismantling. In this way, we substitute CO2-intensive primary building materials and avoid waste and land use caused by the mining and disposal of finite raw materials. In this way, we ensure the value of the resources used and contribute to raw material security and intergenerational equity in the future. In the integral planning process, we develop buildings that offer the respective users healthy, functional and identity-forming spaces that are of high quality and can be used for a long time and with pleasure. We demand politically approved innovation clauses in addition to current regulations in order to promote sustainable construction in the short term and accelerate the necessary change. We also demand a CO2 and material pass over the life cycle, in which the raw materials contained in the buildings are transparently proven. With every new building and every renovation, we create facts that will have an impact for decades to centuries. With our work, we are committed to helping to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5 degrees and counteract the drastic shortage of resources. We are working intensively with all those involved in each individual project to achieve the 1.5 degree goal. We stand up for our responsibility towards the future of our planet. We must and can act decisively. For 1.5 degrees – transform the building sector in a way that is resource- and climate-friendly.