New buildings that contain a minimum level of bio-sourced materials can claim to receive regulatory label Biosourced building launched since 2012. The Ministry of Ecological Transition now considers it necessary to update the thresholds of this label. The goal is to harmonize them with the requirements ecological regulations RE 2020 of new buildings, which applies from 2022. In this regard, the ministry consults the public (1) until June 11, 2024, on the new draft regulation that will repeal the one of December 19, 2012.
Draft regulation (2) will refer to the requirements for designating the project holder, which will take place from 1this one September 2024. The new benchmark foresees compliance with a minimum amount of biogenic carbon stored per square meter for wood and building products from biological sources used in new buildings, according to calculations RE 2020. This text also defines the necessary rates for each category of building (residential building, industry-storage-traffic, other purposes), according to the three levels of achievement of the mark (bronze, silver, gold). Therefore, each level of the Building with biological sources label requires that the building includes building products with biological sources that contain a minimum amount of biogenic carbon stored per unit area, expressed in kgC/m² of the reference area. The minimum amount of stored biogenic carbon depends on the main purpose for which the building is intended.
Article published on May 22, 2024