Check against the limit values, and what next?
Purpose
Section titled “Purpose”Understand whether your project meets the building regulation’s limit value (§298), and what you can do if it doesn’t.
Prerequisites
Section titled “Prerequisites”You’ve read the result on the Overview page.
- Check the Passes or Exceeds badge under “Climate impact vs. BR requirements (§298)”.
- If the project exceeds the limit, click through to the Limit values card for details: how far over the limit the project is, and which §298 category applies to your building.
- If the project has mixed usage, note that the limit value is area-weighted: if heated floor area is missing on even one usage, the area-weighted limit can’t be calculated at all.
The status bar on the left
Section titled “The status bar on the left”At the bottom of the project menu sits Limit values with two small pills: Total GWP vs. BR requirement for the building, and Construction process for A4+A5. Each pill shows the project’s figure over the limit, e.g. “7.4 / 10.5”. If the limit is exceeded, the figure is shown on a red plate, so you can see it without opening the Limit values page.
If the project exceeds the limit
Section titled “If the project exceeds the limit”Go back to Hotspot by building element and Materials on the Overview page to find the biggest contributors. From there, the typical levers are:
- Choose a building product with a lower climate footprint for the building elements that contribute the most.
- Check whether a more specific EPD exists than the generic value you’ve used.
- Reconsider quantities and lifespans: a shorter lifespan triggers more replacements (B4) and therefore a bigger contribution.
What next?
Section titled “What next?”Once the result looks right:
- Share the project with a colleague, or give the whole organization read access.
- Once the project is ready for documentation, the version can be locked and archived: this creates a permanently locked copy, which you can use e.g. for conformity check at the Danish Green Building Council, while you continue in your own version.
That’s the end of “Getting started”. The rest of the guide is reference material as needed: How-to for specific tasks, Reference for what each field means, and Background for the underlying theory.