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  4. Renovation 102

Renovation 102

The Nordic Swan Ecolabel is a strong tool for renovating buildings that are better choices for the environment, the climate, and the occupants. The requirements promote resource efficiency, reduced climate impact and a non-toxic and circular economy.

Furthermore, the criteria are aligned with the technical screening criteria for substantial contribution in the EU taxonomy Annex 1 for renovation of existing buildings (7.2).

The requirements include, among others:

  • Mapping and handling of harmful substances in the existing building.
  • Mapping of components and materials suitable for reuse.
  • Low energy demand or a significantly reduced total demand for primary energy compared to before the renovation.*
  • Moisture control of existing structures and in the renovation process.
  • Environmental properties and health properties of chemicals used in both construction materials and chemical building products, for example glue, paint, building panels.
  • A material logbook to ensure traceability of the building components.
  • Effective sorting of demolition and construction waste to promote reuse, recycling and other kinds of material recovery.
  • Control of renovation process.

* Except for protected buildings and buildings worthy of preservation covered by the exemption in O7.

The product group includes renovation of office buildings, educational buildings (schools, kindergartens, and day-cares), hotels and conference facilities and residential buildings such as small houses, apartments, row houses, student housing and homes for the elderly or for persons with disabilities.

  • Welcome to apply for a Nordic Swan Ecolabel licence!

    This is how you do:

    1. Read the application guide.
    2. Log in to the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal.
    3. Start your application.

     

    If this is the first time you are applying, the authorized signatory must fill in your company information and approve the application conditions. In this way, you get login to the portal and the right to assign access to other colleagues.

     

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    To the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal

    Some special cases can not be done in the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal. Contact your advisor for such cases. More information can be found on "Application step by step".

  • Valid from 1/1 2025

    Amount excluding VAT

    Application fees

    		  
    Application for a new licence 3 348 EUR
    Application for renewal 1 673 EUR

    Licence fees

    The licence fee for the Nordic Swan Ecolabelled renovation, paid per project, is a one-time fee that is based on its costs.

    Half the fee is charged when the renovation project starts and will not be repaid should the project not be finalized. The rest is charged when the renovation project is finished.

    Up to 10.3 million EUR. 0.15% of the renovation costs
    More than 10.3 million EUR. 0.05% of the renovation costs
    Minimimum fee per renovation project 6 696 EUR
    Minimum fee when there is no active renovation project during the year 2 232 EUR per year
       

    Extension/change of licence

    		  
    Extension (new renovation projects) 1 673 EUR

    Fee for extension / change of licence

    One on-site inspection in the Nordic countries is included when applying for a new or renewed licence. Extra fees for additional inspections might come into question, for example, when visiting suppliers of prefabricated materials.

    Up to 4 hours 418 EUR
    4-8 hours 836 EUR
    8 or more hours 1 673 EUR

    Fee for on-site inspections

    One on-site visit within the Nordic region is included in the application for a new or renewed licence.

    Additional on-site inspection within the Nordic region 557 EUR per visit
    On-site inspection outside the Nordic region, but within Europe 1 673 EUR per visit
    On-site inspection outside Europe 2 790 EUR per visit
    Additional fee for on-site inspections lasting longer than one day 1 115 EUR per day

     

    For clarification of fees, click here.

    Ecolabelling Sweden AB has no financial profit purpose and is financed through the fees above along with an annual government grant. The company is however liable for VAT according to article 56 of the European Council Directive 2006/112/EC.

    Invoicing is made in SEK with the exchange rate from the first banking day of the year.

    When both the applicant and the manufacturer are micro-enterprises, the application fee is reduced by 50%. A micro-enterprise is in this context defined as an enterprise with less than 10 employees and an annual turnover (of both ecolabelled and not ecolabelled products) below 2 million EUR.

     

    Fee regulations PDF
    General info about fees

  • 2.0 ⇛ 2.1: Adjustment of requirement

    On February 20, 2024 Nordic Ecolabelling decided to extend the scope of the product group definition to include additional building types. As a consequence, requirements O1, O13 and O15 have been updated with requirements and alternatives for these building types and the definitions Homes for the elderly and Homes for persons with disabilities have been removed. Editorial changes were made in O29. The new version of the criteria is 2.1.

    2.0: New criteria generation

    Version 2 of Nordic Ecolabelling's criteria for Renovation has been published. The criteria are valid until September 30, 2027.

    1.4 ⇛ 1.5: Adjustment of requirement and prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    Adjustment of requirement O16 where the energy classes have been updated according to the new energy directive. Several exceptions have also been introduced or changed in O18, O19, O22, O26 and O27, and clarifications have been made in requirements O25, O32, O33 and O34. In addition, the validity of the criteria has been extended by 24 months.

    The new version is called 1.5 and is valid until 30 June 2025.

    1.3 ⇛ 1.4: Adjustment of requirement

    Adjustment of requirement O19 where exemptions for TiO2 and TMP were introduced.

    1.2 ⇛ 1.3: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The criteria has been been prolonged with 18 month. The new version, 1.3, is valid until 30 June 2023.

    1.1 ⇛ 1.2: Adjustment of the criteria

    The criteria has been adjusted in requirement O14 (renovation class for Denmark) and requirement O22 (D4, D5 and D6 were excluded as residues from the production of silicone polymers of 1 000 ppm each). The new version, 1.2, is valid until 31 December 2021.

    1.0 ⇛ 1.1: Adjustment of the criteria

    The criteria has been adjusted in requirement O16 and Appendix 8. The new version, 1.1, is valid until 31 December 2021.

    1.0: Adoption of criteria

    The Nordic Ecolabelling Board decided to adopt criteria for Renovation on the 9 November 2017. 

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