DGNB International Board
Ensuring quality. Across the globe.
The DGNB International Board was established first and foremost to ensure the quality of the DGNB certification system in its adaptations for other countries. The board is composed of members of the DGNB (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen e. V.) and its international partner organizations. In addition to quality control, their responsibilities include system maintenance and development, and working to ensure that target, reference and limit values of the system are comparable across all countries.
Well-organized. Clearly regulated.
Every DGNB partner organization is allowed a maximum of two representatives on the DGNB International Board. A prerequisite for the right to vote is an established Cooperation Contract. Organizations which have signed a Memorandum of Understanding so far may participate in board meetings, but are not able to vote.
Regular Exchange. The DGNB International Board's meetings.
The International Board´s meetings take place at least twice per year, at a time and place chosen by the chairperson of the International Board. The chairperson will be elected for a term of two years by the members of the board, and will be supported at board meetings (as well as in other duties) by the DGNB Office in Germany. The same applies to the chairperson’s representative. Below is a chronological overview:
- April 9th, 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany at the DGNB Office: Constructive discussions were held about the objectives of the International Board and the structure of the international adaptation of the DGNB certification system.
- June 23rd, 2010 in Stuttgart, Germany at the international congress and trade fair, the Consense: During this meeting the quality safeguards was introduced and mutual operational support was discussed and agreed upon.
- October 21st, 2010 in Stuttgart, Germany at DGNB Office: Important aims of this meeting were to review past key actions, to introduce the basic principles of the DGNB International System and its regional adaptation to individual country during the pilot phase, to report on the Status Quo of every partner country, to discuss common challenges and next steps of the DGNB Partner Network.
- May 23rd, 2011 in Wien, Austria organized by the ÖGNI: Focus of this meeting was the long-term development of the DGNB Partner Network.
- September 30th , 2011 in Sofia, Bulgaria organized by the BGBC: Focus of this meeting was on the status quo of partner organizations, the establishment of a Quality Assurance System, and the further development of the DGNB Partner Network.
Members of the International Board
- BGBC (Bulgaria): Georgi Kolarov
- DGNB China: Lu Qiu
- DGNB Germany: Dr. Christine Lemaitre, Johannes Kreissig, Dr. Peter Mösle
- DGNB Hungary: László Szekér
- DK - GBC: Mikael Koch, Dr. Harpa Birgisdottir
- ÖGNI (Austria): Philipp Kaufmann
- SGNI (Switzerland): Stefan Jäschke, Karlheinz Bernegger
- TASC (Thailand): Stefan Hoffmann