New buildings
Criteria
Prices
The product group includes offices, educational buildings (schools, kindergartens, and day-cares) and residential buildings such as small houses, apartments, row houses, student housing and homes for the elderly or for persons with disabilities. The product group also includes homes for the elderly and nursing homes, health centers and clinics, hotels, or other accommodation – and buildings accommodating conference centers.
The Nordic Swan Ecolabel is a strong tool for constructing buildings that are better choices for the environment, the climate, and the occupants. The requirements promote resource efficiency, reduced climate impact, a non-toxic circular economy and conservation of biodiversity. They also promote buildings with a good indoor climate and of a high quality.
Furthermore, the criteria are aligned with the technical screening criteria for substantial contribution in the EU taxonomy Annex 1 for construction of new buildings.
The requirements include, among others:
- Low energy demand (use stage) of minimum 10 % better than NZEB (near zero energy buildings).
- A climate calculation for all buildings that are covered by mandatory or voluntary requirements in the building legislation. The climate calculation must comply with a threshold limit (10,5 Kg CO2 eq/m2) stricter than the legislation (12 Kg CO2 eq/m2).
- Moisture control, daylight requirements and minimize exposure to harmful substances.
- Environmental properties and health properties of chemicals used in both construction materials and chemical building products.
- A material logbook to ensure traceability of the building components.
- Measures to preserve and improve biodiversity at the building site.
- Control of construction process.
Find more information on licence structure and how to obtain a licence here.
Suppliers of the type of building products that are required in the criteria for Nordic Swan Ecolabel New Buildings must declare selected items in the Nordic Ecolabel database: Supply Chain Declaration Portal (SCDP).
<For questions, please send an email to hus@ecolabel.dk.
All licences have the following fees: "Application fee" and ”Annual licence fee”. In addition to this some licences may involve extra fees.
The application fee is paid in connection with applying for a licence to a project or for a basic licence.
Annual licence fee for a project must be paid when licence is granted. An account fee is to be paid based on submission of the expected project. When the project is completed, an adjustment of the account fee is made, if necessary, eg. if the project or plan has changed during the process.
The various fee types are described below. A separate fee is paid for each building category.
National fee
Valid from 01-01-2024
Publish date: 25-09-2023
| Application fee (phase-project)* | |
| For one project (first stage-project) within the Nordic region | 7,044 € |
| For more than one stage within the Nordic region | 2,167 € |
| Annual licence fee per project - general settlement based on technical value of the buildings (contract sum):** | |
| For contract sum between 0-10 mio. € (excl. VAT) | 0.30% |
| For contract sum exceeding 10 mio. € (excl. VAT) | 0.10% |
| Minimum licence fee for projects in Denmark | 6,502 € |
| Fixed annual fee - alternative settlement:****** | |
| Fixed fee per year regardless of number of building start-ups or deliveries | 72,036 € |
| Normal application fee should be paid for each project incl. any additional fees. |
| Application and renewal fees | |
| Application fee for a basic licence**** | 3,251 € |
| Renewal fee for a basic licence***** | 1,625 € |
| Additional inspection visit (per visit):******* | |
| Additional inspection visits within the Nordic region | 541 € |
| Extension or changes of existing licence: | |
| Fee for first stage (phase project) extension | 3,824 € |
| Fee for several stage extensions - per stage or stage project | 2,979 € |
* Includes: application fee, usual inspection visits (2 inspection visits) and 3 follow up cases, which are divided as follows:
Review of documents from the inspection visits.
Case handling of the closure documentation.
Review of the Material list.
** Technical value/contract sum covers all tasks carried out in connection with a Nordic Swan Ecolabel construction project. The amount is the total amount a developer pays for the project (excluding land value and public road). Including, but not limited to; land/sewage, building maturity, consultancy, civil works, construction and all material and labor costs, etc.
*** If a project contains more than one phase-project, each additional phase-project costs 2,167 € + VAT which includes one extra inspection visit (541 € + VAT) and case handling of follow up projects in connection with each phase-project (1,625 € + VAT).
**** Application fee for a basic licence only covers the basic licence and not associated projects.
***** Renewal fee is associated with a new requirements. The renewal fee only applies if the application has been signed and submitted before end of the validity of the licence. Else the normal application fee will apply.
****** If a contractor or developer continuously have more than two certified buildings per year, it could be an economic advantage to enter into a strategic cooperation agreement with Ecolabelling Denmark.
An annual start-up meeting is held in December at the latest, where projects for the coming year are planned. At the beginning of each year (January), 69,000 € + VAT is invoiced, regardless of how many buildings are handed over and/or started up.
In addition, you only have to pay the application fee for each project and any additional fees.
******* Where inspection visits require more than one day away from the office including travelling Ecolabelling Denmark can invoice an additional fee of 1,083 € + VAT per extra day. Other extraordinary costs induced by the inspection visit can also be invoiced the applicant. For subcontractors: If an inspection visit is carried out, the the licensee will be invoiced.
All fees are exclusive of VAT. All information related to fees is subject to a disclaimer for errors and omissions.
The recipient is liable for the VAT according to article 56 of the Council Directive 2006/112/EC
All licences have the following fees: "Application fee" and ”Annual licence fee”. In addition to this some licences may involve extra fees.
The application fee is paid in connection with applying for a licence to a project or for a basic licence.
Annual licence fee for a project must be paid when licence is granted. An account fee is to be paid based on submission of the expected project. When the project is completed, an adjustment of the account fee is made, if necessary, eg. if the project or plan has changed during the process.
The various fee types are described below. A separate fee is paid for each building category.
National fee
Valid from 01-01-2023 til 31-12-2023
Publish date: 29-09-2022
| Application fee for a new building (phase-project)* | 6,747 € |
| Annual licence fee per project - general settlement based on technical value of the buildings (contract sum): | |
| For contract sum between 0-10 mio. € (excl. VAT) | 0.30 % |
| For contract sum exceeding 10 mio. € (excl. VAT) | 0.10 % |
| Minimum licence fee for projects in Denmark | 6,228 € |
| Fixed annual fee - alternative settlement:***** | |
| Fixed fee per year regardless of number of building start-ups or deliveries | 69,000 € |
| Normal application fee should be paid for each project incl. any additional fees. |
| Application and renewal fees | |
| More than one inspection visit within the Nordic region** | 2,076 € |
| Application fee for a basic licence*** | 3,114 € |
| Renewal fee for a basic licence**** | 1,557 € |
| Additional inspection visit (per visit):****** | |
| Additional inspection visits within the Nordic region | 519 € |
| Extension or changes of existing licence: | |
| Case handling < 4 thours | 389 € |
| Case handling < 8 hours | 778 € |
| Case handling ≥ 8 hours | 1,557 € |
| Fee for first stage (phase project) extension | 3,663 € |
| Fee for several stage extensions - per stage or stage-project | 2,854 € |
* Includes application fee, usual inspection visits (2 inspection visits). And 3 follow up cases, which are divided as follows:
Review of documents from the inspection visits.
Case handling of the closure documentation.
Review of the Material list.
** If a project contains more than one phase-project, each additional phase-project costs 2,076 € + VAT which includes one extra inspection visit (519 € + VAT) and case handling of follow up projects in connection with each phase-project (1,557 € + VAT).
*** Application fee for a basic licence only covers the basic licence and not associated projects.
**** Renewal fee is associated with a new requirements.
***** If a contractor or developer continuously have more than two certified buildings per year, it could be an economic advantage to enter into a strategic cooperation agreement with Ecolabelling Denmark.
An annual start-up meeting is held in December at the latest, where projects for the coming year are planned. At the beginning of each year (January), 69,000 € + VAT is invoiced, regardless of how many buildings are handed over and/or started up.
In addition, you only have to pay the application fee for each project and any additional fees.
****** Where inspection visits require more than one day away from the office including travelling Ecolabelling Denmark can invoice an additional fee of 1,038 € + VAT per extra day. Other extraordinary costs induced by the inspection visit can also be invoiced the applicant.
All fees are exclusive of VAT. All information related to fees is subject to a disclaimer for errors and omissions.
The recipient is liable for the VAT according to article 56 of the Council Directive 2006/112/EC
How to apply for a certification
This product group is not digitized.
You will find the application form and tools to get started with your application under the CRITERIA tab on this page.The application form must be completed, signed and submitted together with the documentation to application@ecolabel.dk.
You can read more about the application process here:
For suppliers and manufacturers of building materials
Has one of your customers applied for certification with the Nordic Swan Ecolabel? You can help your customer by registering the product or item properties in our Supply Chain Declaration Portal. We can then use the information in processing your customers application.
You can declare products and materials such as for example wood raw materials, insulation, plastic cladding and pipes and cables.
If you have any questions please contact hus@ecolabel.dk
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