Sostenibilità ambientale

Management and Government, Green, Innovation, Environmental sustainability

La sostenibilità nasce dalla filiera

28 January 20260

La sostenibilità nasce dalla filiera: il confronto tra istituzioni, imprese italiane e imprese slovacche.

Non è il risultato di una scelta isolata, ma di un dialogo continuo tra tutti gli attori della filiera. La sostenibilità nasce quando tutta la filiera inizia a parlare la stessa lingua.

È questo il senso dell’incontro sul tema dei green building che si è svolto oggi a Roma, presso la sede di Ponzio Aluminium Design, insieme alla delegazione dell’Ambasciata della Repubblica Slovacca.

Dalla condivisione di alcuni dei nostri progetti di green building realizzati a Roma, LauraScrimieri e Cinzia Polesini hanno voluto valorizzare il grande contributo che l’Italia sta compiendo nel raggiungimento degli obiettivi di sostenibilità nel settore delle costruzioni, grazie al ruolo sempre più centrale della sostenibilità certificata.

Una visione che mette al centro collaborazione, qualità e responsabilità istituzionale: perché la transizione sostenibile diventa davvero efficace quando tutta la filiera, insieme alle istituzioni italiane ed europee, sceglie di costruire un percorso condiviso e di lungo periodo.

gruppo di imprenditori del gruppo ogb e di ponzio alluminium su fondo nero

Design, Green, Innovation, Environmental sustainability

Rome Future Week, the official event in our new headquarters

26 September 20240

At Rome Future Week, OGB STUDIO is among the organizers

During the Rome Future Week, we were among the organizers of an event that saw great participation and enthusiasm.

To make the event interactive and engaging, we created two hands-on experiences:

The first, Your Carbon Footprint, invited participants to give a value to their impact in three different areas, subsequently showing how much our daily life produces in terms of CO2.
The second interaction asked participants to assign priorities, in the different intended uses (home, office, school, shopping centers, hospitals, etc.) to fundamental parameters such as natural light, thermal comfort, air quality, inclusion, aspects related to sustainability.

The event was intended to be a starting point for reflection on how sustainable practices not only improve the environment, but also create economic and social value. Sustainability, in fact, is not limited to protecting the planet, but also promotes inclusion and well-being within organizations.

more info: https://romefutureweek.it/event/green-buildings-corporate-sustainability/?_gl=1*18h3vay*_up*MQ..*_ga*NjcwMTkyNTg5LjE3MjczNDQ1ODg.*_ga_Q22FXB0X91*MTcyNzM0NDU4NS4xLjEuMTcyNzM0NDYzNS4wLjAuMA.

Consulting, Green, Environmental sustainability

Press review, our advice on Corriere della Sera

8 March 20240

Rome launches new sustainable Super Hotels

Luxury hotels increasingly sustainable. Just like many new buildings in the capital. Indeed, environmental sustainability in architecture is now the first of the requirements that investors and real estate companies are looking for. The proof also comes from three 5-star hotels that are about to open in Rome: the first is the Radisson Collection in via delle Botteghe Oscure, pure rationalist architecture, which will be inaugurated on March 28.

«We have now gone well beyond the deceptive stereotypes that wanted the “eco-sustainable” building to be aesthetically lacking, expensive and with slower construction times», say the two architects who in Italy, among the first, promoted a new approach to the design and construction of buildings pursuing the objective since the early years of activity of «OGB STUDIO», Laura Scrimieri and Riccardo Hopps. Their offices are in Rome and Milan, and they base their consulting philosophy on the themes of environmental sustainability and healthiness of the environments, as well as on standards recognized throughout the world, such as LEED, BREEAM and WELL.

Other significant projects in the capital such as the Corinthia and the Rosewood, both historic buildings that offer unique panoramic views, respectively of the Chamber of Deputies and Via Veneto. These join a series of prestigious restorations, including the Deloitte building and the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti offices. In parallel, innovative projects such as the “Green Island” and the transformation of the former Poligrafico dello Stato highlight a growing commitment to urban sustainability, with particular attention to achieving important environmental certifications such as LEED.

More info about the project:

Radisson Hotel Collection Ancient Rome

Read the full article here:

https://www.corriere.it/pianeta2030/24_marzo_07/roma-lancia-nuovi-super-hotel-sostenibili-cominciando-via-botteghe-oscure-62894464-db9a-11ee-96be-d6d12839d1dd.shtml

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Consulting, Green, Environmental sustainability

Greentopia our podcast on Radio Activa

9 January 20240

Greentopia

Environmental sustainability is not a fad, it is not a luxury. It is a necessity. For this reason it must constitute the irreplaceable starting point and the constant reference of every architectural project.

Through five episodes, it aims to give substance to this statement starting from the experience and commitment of OGB STUDIO, a leading consulting firm in the application of procedures, technologies and materials best suited to building and certifying buildings in compliance with concrete environmental strategies. Events, residences, retail, workplaces and construction sites are the topics we will deal with. Regular guest Laura Scrimieri, Co-Founder of OGB STUDIO, supported by experts for each specific sector. Five episodes to discover how we can concretely transform the world in which we live and work, building Green Buildings capable of harmonizing business needs with true sustainability.

Spazio Domal: the new LEED certified showroom

20 September 20230

The Domal exhibition space has obtained LEED Certification

When the priority objective is the sustainability of the places where people live, even a showroom can become green: the new Domal space in Milan has obtained the GOLD level of the LEED v4 ID+C certification. The prestigious goal, specific for interiors and retail spaces, was achieved after a long and delicate work of support and coordination of the entire certification procedure conducted by OGB STUDIO.

In particular, attention was paid to the choice of materials free of VOCs (volatile organic compounds), highly toxic elements for those who live in indoor environments, often present in furnishings and building materials. In the project, in fact, it was preferred to select natural materials and introduce green elements to re-establish direct contact with nature even in closed spaces.

Great attention has also been paid to the aspect of energy efficiency thanks to the activation of an Advanced Commissioning process useful for verifying and testing the functionality of all systems to guarantee maximum energy performance; the installation of high-efficiency ventilation filters and heat recovery will ensure a healthy indoor environment throughout the year.

Webinar, LEED and the EU Taxonomy

9 February 20220

The EU taxonomy is concerned with establishing the global reference standards for determining whether an economic activity can be considered environmentally sustainable.

An ambitious attempt that introduces a new approach to “green” assessments focused on economic activities with the aim of encouraging sustainable investments and preventing greenwashing, the so-called façade of environmentalism.

An important path that could really make a difference for many sectors, including the construction sector. To support European policies in this process, as USGBC underlines in the document called Leeds and the EU taxonomy, is the international environmental certification protocol:

LEED is a useful operational tool that already allows for verification of the criteria established by the EU Taxonomy thanks to procedures, applicable calculation methods and comparison between the different metrics.

This was discussed on February 8th during the Webinar conducted by USGBC in which OGB STUDIO participated and which provided interesting technical input on the topic. During the meeting, the LEED V4 and V4.1 BD+C protocols were analyzed, both in the context of the Technical Screening criteria for climate change mitigation and the Do no significant harm criteria (DNSH).

To date, LEED is the most widely used and recognized operating system for performance analysis in green building in the world:

more than 110,000 projects and over 182 countries and territories. “LEED v4, LEED v4.1 and LEED Zero can help meet the established criteria of the European taxonomy and achieve the goals of the #GreenDeal flight to make the whole of Europe a net-zero emission society by 2050,” writes USGBC.

The system with which LEED operates is in fact perfectly aligned with the European objectives. In particular, both (EU and LEED) include objectives of:

Reduce climate change
Improving individual human health
Protect and restore water resources
Protect and enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services
Promote sustainable and regenerated materials
Building a Green Economy
Improving the quality of life of the community

To learn more, read the article on the USGBC website:

› https://www.usgbc.org/resources/leed-and-eu-taxonomy

Environmental sustainability

USGBC LEED in Motion Health Report

26 January 20220

LEED Certification: Not only good for the environment, but also for your health.

To underline the data in a particularly complicated moment due to the continuous rambling of the Covid 19 pandemic, the new LEED in Motion “Health” report conducted by USGBC researchers.

The buildings in which we spend a large part of our lives have a huge impact on the quality of our health and well-being, the study finds.

Decisions about their design, construction and operation have a much greater impact than you might think. Examples include monitoring indoor air quality, acoustics and sound absorption, materials used and the amount of “green” space present.

LEED certification offers easily analyzable standards regarding the greater healthiness of buildings and, moreover, the indexes can be applied to all types of buildings, not only those used for offices, but also for the commercial sector, schools, hospitals and common homes.

To truly understand the scope of a LEED certification, the report highlights how 65% of the prerequisites and credits that are achieved thanks to the certification protect and promote the well-being and health of the users of the analyzed site, 34% can benefit the entire surrounding community and 58% has a health relevance on a global scale (water efficiency, energy dissipated and produced, sustainability).

In the words of the famous African-American writer, James A. Baldwin, “We can't change everything that happens to us, but nothing can be changed unless it is faced.”.

In this sense we now have before us a challenge that must be seized as an opportunity for growth, both for the well-being of an improved version of architecture and for the individual.

For a complete reading of the report here is the link to the pdf:

› https://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/2021-USGBC-LEED-in-Motion-Health.pdf

Consulting, Building, Green, Environmental sustainability

WELL Building Standard

15 September 20200

A settembre 2020 IWBI (International WELL Building Institute) ha lanciato l'ultima versione dello standard WELL Building Standard: WELL v2 (link: https://v2.wellcertified.com/wellv2/en/overview).
Il nuovo standard WELL v2 è frutto di due anni di sviluppi, applicazioni e revisioni, che hanno visto nascere il più innovativo protocollo di certificazione per edifici sostenibili.

La nuova versione parte dalla novità segnata da WELL v2.pilot, standard lanciato nel 2018 e testato in più di 3300 progetti in più di 54 paesi del mondo.

Il sistema di rating è stato perfezionato attraverso un rigoroso processo di revisione e affinamento, processo che ha previsto anche un momento per ospitare i commenti pubblici e le revisioni formali degli stakeholder, feedback e riscontri da leader ed esperti nei settori della salute pubblica, medicina, gestione e governo, l'ambito del business e di tutto il mondo legato all'ingegneria e architettura, edilizia e design.

Lo standard è stato revisionato anche da una apposita task force sul tema COVID-19, per ottenere uno
strumento in grado di rispondere alle drammatiche esigenze contemporanee.
WELL v2 affonda le sue radici nelle più e comprovate ricerche scientifiche, si sviluppa con cure avanzate soluzioni tecniche che garantisce la massima sicurezza alla salute e al benessere degli occupanti.

Siete curiosi di come certificare un edificio seguendo il nuovo standard WELL v2?
Il team di OGB STUDIO è a tua disposizione, contattaci per saperne di più!