Registry for C2C Inspired Elements in Buildings
"The Registry is a celebration of the big beneficial footprint of building developments. I hope you enjoy the wonderful examples being introduced in this Registry and I encourage everybody to send their best achievements. There is great diversity among the millions of buildings globally so it is unfair to rank them against each other. Instead of ranking, our aim is to accelerate the numbers of actively beneficial structures by celebrating their outstanding C2C-inspired Elements."
Framework
Cradle to Cradle® for the Built Environment is described in many publications. However, the C2C Chair created a defined framework of easy-to-read practical publications describing C2C® philosophy, principles and tools for building developments. 'The Registry' of Cradle to Cradle-Inspired Elements for Building Developments is part of this framework.
1. Cradle to Cradle criteria for the built environment
Douglas Mulhall & Michael Braungart, Cradle to Cradle Criteria for the Built Environment, Dutch translation (supported by Rijkswaterstaat). Published by Duurzaam Gebouwd Magazine, 2012. English language version available on request to michiel.kulik@tum.de.
2. Guide for Cradle to Cradle-inspired added value in building developments
How To Plan A Big Beneficial Footprint; Guide To Innovation Tools For Cradle To Cradle-Inspired Value In Building Developments. Published with Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University, Delft Technical University, and Technische Universität München. Authors Douglas Mulhall, Michael Braungart & Katja Hansen, 2013, 59 pages.
The Guide focuses on generating added value for stakeholders with a flexible menu adaptable to diverse building types and development processes everywhere. Input is invited to this consultative version.
Users wishing to print more than five copies can request a high resolution version from michiel.kulik@tum.de.
3. Registry
'The Registry' of Cradle to Cradle-Inspired Elements for Building Developments is a new international award-based mechanism to celebrate Cradle to Cradle-inspired innovation in buildings and area developments. 'The Registry' welcomes everybody with a qualified building development to celebrate outstanding Elements.
Aim of the Registry
Target audience
Due to the success of Cradle to Cradle there are growing demands for a universally accessible and affordable mechanism to celebrate beneficial elements in building developments. Green building standards like BREAAM, LEED and ASHRAE are important but tend to focus on minimising negative impacts more than supporting beneficial impacts that add value. Due to costs of those processes only a few thousand buildings were awarded those rankings over the past decades.
To solve this, 'The Registry' is designed for owners, architects and other building stakeholders everywhere who would like to have the outstanding positive elements in their buildings recognised in an affordable peer-reviewed international forum. 'The Registry' provides stakeholders with a claim to be recognised for beneficial innovation and quality in the marketplace based on quick, easy and affordable but also peer-reviewed evaluation. Stakeholders who are recognised in the program will benefit from more than just recognition; they will be participating in the acceleration of best practices for C2C-Inspired Elements.
How to apply?
'The Registry' is a web-based operation with minimal bureaucracy and low admission and use fees.
Applications for recognition are through registration application that includes submission of basic factual project data along with supporting materials such as: submission of narrative, photographs, video, data as available and as verified by the registrant. The application form can be downloaded from this page upper right. Meanwhile you are encouraged to send your own entries in your own words, using the attached brochure as a guide.
Entry to 'The Registry' is awarded by the Academic Chair, Cradle to Cradle for Innovation and Quality by Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, with support from an advisory group of C2C-trained specialists and based on the publication Cradle to Cradle Criteria for the Built Environment.
Cradle to Cradle® and C2C® are registered trademarks of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry LLC.
Shared Link:http://www.rsm.nl/research/departments/technology-and-operations-management/research/cradle-to-cradle-for-innovation-and-quality/registry/