DIN EN 15643-3:2012-04

This European Standard contains the specific principles and requirements for the assessment of social performance of buildings taking into account technical characteristics and functionality of a building. The assessment of economic sustainability measures the contribution of the assessed buildings from the economic perspective to achieve sustainable buildings and sustainable development. Assessment of social performance is one aspect of sustainability assessment of buildings under the general framework of EN 15643-1. The framework applies to all types of buildings, both new and existing, and it is relevant for the assessment of the social performance of new buildings over all stages of their life cycle, and of existing buildings to their end of life. The social dimension of sustainability concentrates on the first generation of standards on the assessment of impacts of a building in relation to its habitants and on other users and is expressed with quantifiable indicators. The social performance measures will be represented through indicators for the following social performance categories: - health and comfort; - accessibility; - maintenance; - safety/security; - loadings on the neighbourhood. Valuation methods, levels, classes or benchmarks may be prescribed in the requirements for environmental, social and economic performance in the client's brief, building regulations, national standards, national codes of practice, building assessment and certification schemes, etcetera. The rules for assessment of social aspects of organisations are not included within this framework. However, the consequences of decisions or actions that influence the social performance of the object of assessment are taken into account. The committee responsible for this standard is NA 005-01-31 AA "Nachhaltiges Bauen" (Sp ISO/TC 59/SC 17 und CEN/TC 350) ("Sustainability in building construction") (Mirror Committee of CEN/TC 59/SC 17 and CEN/TC 350) at DIN.