“La Haute Qualité Environnementale” or HQE® (High Quality Environmental standard) is a standard for green buildings in France.
HQE® is an approach that leads to a certification that approves the consideration of environmental issues in the construction of a building. This approach is divided into 14 targets distributed in 4 families and each target decomposes itself into a number of sub-targets, bringing the number of treated topics up to 52, with as many questions to be asked.
14 TARGETS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF BUILDINGS |
Controlling the impacts on the outer environment |
Create a satisfactory internal environment |
ECO-CONSTRUCTION :
· The harmonious relationship of the building with its direct environment
· Choice of integrated products and building materials
· A site with low pollution |
COMFORT :
· hygrometric
· acoustic
· visual
· olfactive |
ECO-MANAGEMENT :
· energy
water
· activity waste
· preservation and maintenance |
HEALTH :
· sanitary condition of the space
·the air quality
· the water quality |
