På Sveriges fastighetsmarknad har man de senaste åren kunnat urskilja ett allt högre fokus på miljön från dess aktörer. Miljödebatten i Sverige har snabbt fått fäste och allt fler företag förstår värdet av att fokusera på sådana frågor. Att utvecklingen fortsätter att gå framåt är viktigt då fastigheter och dess tillhörande byggnader står för nästan en tredjedel av världens utsläpp av växthusgaser och bara byggandet och driften står för cirka fyrtio procent av den globala förbrukningen av råvaror och energi. Prioritering av miljöfrågor blir således viktiga vid fastighetsförvaltande och nyproduktion. Tidigare forskning visar att det finns en mängd incitament för att bygga och förvalta grönt. Även hyresgästerna har incitament för att hyra gröna lokaler. Vidare visar internationella studier att det inte alltid krävs stora åtgärder för att uppnå bra resultat vad gäller fastigheters energiförbrukning och hållbarhet över tid. Trots detta går marknaden segt i Sverige och det finns inte många studier som visar vad aktörerna på den svenska marknaden egentligen tycker om miljöbyggnader eller om man redan vidtagit åtgärder för att utveckla fastighetsbeståndet av gröna byggnader. Syftet med uppsatsen är att ge läsaren en bild av hur fastighetsmarknaden resonerar kring miljöbyggnader och vad de anser statens roll i utvecklingen bör vara. I vårt arbete använder vi oss både av primärdata och sekundärdata. Primärdata har vi fått genom intervjuer med branschrelaterade företag medan sekundärdata har vi hämtat från litteratur, artiklar och vetenskapliga publikationer. / The Swedish property market has in recent years been able to notice an increasing focus on the environment from its actors. The environmental debate in Sweden has quickly taken hold and more and more companies understand the value of focusing on such issues. ! That trend continues to move forward is important as real estate and its associated buildings account for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions and only the construction and operation accounts for about forty percent of the global consumption of raw materials and energy. Prioritization of environmental issues is thus important for property management and new construction. Previous research shows that there are a variety of incentives to build and manage green, also tenants have an incentive to rent green space. As shown in international studies, it is not always required great measures to achieve good results in terms of properties' energy consumption and durability over time. Despite this, the market is tough in Sweden and there are not many studies that show what the players on the Swedish market really thinks about green buildings, or if any actions has already been made to develop the property portfolio of green buildings. The purpose of this paper is to give the reader a picture of how the real estate sector reason about environmental buildings and what they believe the role of the government to be in this development. In our work, we use both primary and secondary data. Primary data we have gained through interviews with industry-related companies, while secondary data was obtained from literature, articles and scientific publications.

The intent of this report is to distinguish the significance of interiors to obtain social sustainability in office environments as well as identifying selected environmental rating systems’ weaknesses and strengths concerning the inclusion of social criteria. To conduct the study an extensive literature study and several interviews have taken place. The study has resulted in 45 different criteria, which all are significant to obtain in a social sustainable office environment. To make the results easier to understand and interpret they are presented graphically with a custom designed tool, titled Duis Socialis. Using this tool, the criteria for social sustainability are presented along with the results from the review of the environmental rating systems. The results of this study shows that the environmental rating systems have a predominance towards the technical criteria in comparison with the criteria concerning sociology, culture and equality. This trend is most likely a consequence of the technical criteria being easier to quantify as well as containing distinguishable exposure-response relationships. The one criterion that could be identified in all of the environmental rating systems was Toxic-free materials. This is most likely because it is easy to quantify and is an important criterion seen from an environmental point of view. Six criteria were not identified in any of the systems: Power structures, Gender neutrality, Open spaces, Orderliness, Physically attractive interiors and Viable technology. None of the reviewed environmental rating systems do a clear attempt to include social sustainability, with the exception of WELL Building Standard. WELL Building Standard: New and Existing Interiors and WELL Building Standard: New and Existing Buildings were the environmental rating systems that fulfilled the most criteria. This may be because WELL Building Standard focusses on health and well-being instead of being a pure environmental rating system. Also, WELL Building Standard has been used to help identify the social criteria used in this study. The system that fulfilled least criteria was BASTA, it only fulfilled Toxic-free materials. This is because BASTA has a clearly stated focus on toxic-free materials and nothing else. The results of this study aim to increase the awareness of social sustainability and are by the authors of this report seen as a first step in the process. In the future the authors believe in the introduction of sustainability rating systems and sustainability certifications in which the economic, ecologic and social dimensions of sustainable development are included.

<p>The examination has been performed at Bjerking AB, which is an architectural and engineering company. Bjerking AB has the ambition to be a member of Green Building.</p><p>The Green Building program developed in year 2005 by The European Commission, the program is an environmental system with the aim to improving energy efficiency within the sectors of non-residential buildings. The minimum requirements to participate the program are following: in new-built buildings the calculated energy consumption must be 25 % lower than the requirements in the BBR (Building regulations) and in refurbishment the reduction must be 25 % lower than before the optimization.</p><p>The aim of this study has been to examine and review the company Bjerking AB's energy efficiency work in the project of building the school/kindergarten S:ta Maria Alsike, where the goal is to get this building Green Building classed. A description of requirements to become a member of the Green Building has also accomplished in the thesis.</p><p>The methods performed in this study are literature review, searches on the Internet, studies on the project database for facts/values, calculation of energy consumption and interviews of members of the Green Building. </p><p>The following issues have been dealt with in the report;</p><p>-          Did the building in the project manage the requirement to achieve an   energy consumption that is 25% lower than the requirements in BBR?</p><p>-          What technical measures/system was selected in the building?</p><p>-          What kind of cooperation was the project based on?</p><p>-          What is required for consultancy companies and real estate owners to become members of the Green Building?</p><p>The study of the project and calculation of estimated energy consumption in the building, give the result 47 kWh/m², year. This is 60 % lower than the requirements of BBR. The Green Building requirement is that the building's energy consumption should be at least 25% less than the requirements in BBR. The building fulfills this requirement by a significant margin. It can therefore be concluded that the technical solutions carried out in the building are energy efficient. The project consisted of the cooperation shape “partnering ", which can be assumed to be a good form of cooperation in order to achieve an energy efficient building. The consultancy company Bjerking AB and the landlord Knivsta Pastorat has the potential to become members of Green Building, as Green Building Endorser respective Green Building Partner.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> energy efficiency, requirements of BBR, technical systems, cooperation, consultancy companies, real estate owners, estimated energy consumption, partnering, Green Building Partner, Green Building Endorser.</p> / Utbildningsprogram: Civilingenjör i samhällsteknik, 180 p (270 hp).

The examination has been performed at Bjerking AB, which is an architectural and engineering company. Bjerking AB has the ambition to be a member of Green Building. The Green Building program developed in year 2005 by The European Commission, the program is an environmental system with the aim to improving energy efficiency within the sectors of non-residential buildings. The minimum requirements to participate the program are following: in new-built buildings the calculated energy consumption must be 25 % lower than the requirements in the BBR (Building regulations) and in refurbishment the reduction must be 25 % lower than before the optimization. The aim of this study has been to examine and review the company Bjerking AB's energy efficiency work in the project of building the school/kindergarten S:ta Maria Alsike, where the goal is to get this building Green Building classed. A description of requirements to become a member of the Green Building has also accomplished in the thesis. The methods performed in this study are literature review, searches on the Internet, studies on the project database for facts/values, calculation of energy consumption and interviews of members of the Green Building.  The following issues have been dealt with in the report; -          Did the building in the project manage the requirement to achieve an   energy consumption that is 25% lower than the requirements in BBR? -          What technical measures/system was selected in the building? -          What kind of cooperation was the project based on? -          What is required for consultancy companies and real estate owners to become members of the Green Building? The study of the project and calculation of estimated energy consumption in the building, give the result 47 kWh/m2, year. This is 60 % lower than the requirements of BBR. The Green Building requirement is that the building's energy consumption should be at least 25% less than the requirements in BBR. The building fulfills this requirement by a significant margin. It can therefore be concluded that the technical solutions carried out in the building are energy efficient. The project consisted of the cooperation shape “partnering ", which can be assumed to be a good form of cooperation in order to achieve an energy efficient building. The consultancy company Bjerking AB and the landlord Knivsta Pastorat has the potential to become members of Green Building, as Green Building Endorser respective Green Building Partner. Keywords: energy efficiency, requirements of BBR, technical systems, cooperation, consultancy companies, real estate owners, estimated energy consumption, partnering, Green Building Partner, Green Building Endorser. / Utbildningsprogram: Civilingenjör i samhällsteknik, 180 p (270 hp).