Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction Data Capture and Management Survey

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* 1. Name of organisation:

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* 2. Type of organisation:

Intergovernmental organisation

National Government (e.g. ministry)

Regional government

City level public authority

Owner-occupier

Tenant

Landlord

Financing institution / bank

Investor

Fund manager

Insurer

Built environment professional / professional organisation (e.g. architecture, sureveying, engineering, etc.)

Real estate advisory services provider

Developer / constructor

Materials supplier

Stakeholder platform

NGO

Research institution

Other (Please specify the type of your organisation in the box below)

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* 3. Geographical focus of organisation´s activities:

Europe

North America

Central and South America

Australia

Middle East & Africa

Asia

Global

Key country / countries:

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* 4. What type of physical building characteristics related information is your organisation currently collecting within the scope of its contruction and real estate related activities and decision-making? (you may choose more than one answer)

Quantity of buildings

Age of building stock

Floor area of buildings

Building construction data

Building renovation data

Building demolition data

Quantity of systems and equipment in buildings

Building embodied carbon

Other (Please specify in the box below what other type of physical building characteristics related information your organistion is collecting)

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* 5. What type of environmental building performance characteristics related information is your orgnisation currently collecting within the scope of its construction and real estate related activities and decision-making? (you may choose more than one answer)

Carbon emissions

Energy consumption (new buildings)

Energy consumption (existing buildings)

Water consumption

Waste generated during use and and operation

Efficiency of systems and equipment

Building resilience (e.g. in case of natural disasters)

Not applicable due to type of organisation

Other (Please specify in the box below what other type of environmental building performance characterics related information your organisation is collecting)

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* 6. What kind of real estate transaction and / or investment data is your organisation collecting? (you may choose more than one answer)

Real estate transaction data

Real estate transation cost data

Real estate transaction data linked to building performance data

Energy efficiency investment data

Not applicable due to type of organisation

Other (Please specify what other real estate transaction and / or investment data your organisation is collecting)

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* 7. Has your organisation set any carbon / energy reduction targets?

Yes (Please provide details about your targets in the box below)

No, my organisation has not set any targets yet.

Not applicable due to type of organisation.

Please provide details about your carbon / energy reduction targets below.

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* 8. If your organisation has set carbon / energy targets, are you tracking progress and also reporting on progress with regard to these targets?

Yes, my organisation is tracking progress on its carbon / energy targets. (Please provide detail on how your organisation is tracking progress in the box below)

Yes, my organisation is tracking progress and is also reporting on progress in relation to the carbon / energy targets it has set . (Please provide detail in the box below on how your organisation is tracking and reporting on progress, e.g. via GRI CRESS, etc.)

My organisation is not tracking progress and is not reporting as it has not set any carbon / energy targets yet.

Not applicable due to type of organisation.

Please provide detail in the box below on how your organisation is tracking and / or reporting on progress in relation to its carbon / energy targets.

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* 9. How can your organisation´s building data and information be accessed?

Open access - data is in the public domain

Restricted access - data availably upon request

No access - private data base

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* 10. Where does your organisation store the building related data and information?

In a national data base

In a regional data base

In a municipal data base

In a Building Information Management System

In the Facilities Management Department

My organisation has no data storage facilities

Not applicable due to type of organisation

Other (Please specify in the box below what other data storage locations your organisation is using)

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* 11. Does your organisation have any form of internal building data and information management system in place?

Yes (Please provide more detail in the box below)

Not applicable due to type of organisation

Please provide detail regarding your organisation´s building data and information management system in the box below.

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* 12. How often does your organisation collect / update its building data and information?

In real time

Every three months

Every six months

Once a year

Every two years

Every three years

Every five years

Not applicable due to type of oganisation

Other (Please specify other frequency of data collecting / updating in the box below)

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* 13. How often does your organisation use the data?

On a daily basis

Once a month

Once every quarter

Every six months

Once a year

Every two years

Every three years

Every five years

Not applicable due to type of organisation

Other (Please specify other frequency of data usage in the box below)

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* 14. What is the level of detail of the data your organisation is collecting and storing? (you may choose more than one answer)

Individual building / single asset level data (i.e.disaggregated data)

Investment portfolio level data (i.e. aggregated data)

Building typology level data (e.g. aggregated data for groups of buildings of similar age, size, surface area, number of storeys, location, climatic zones, use, etc.)

Individual building / single asset level sustainability certification data (i.e. aggregated certification rating result per building / asset, e.g. Energy Performance Certificate rating, LEED, BREEAM, Energy Star rating, etc)

Investment portfolio level sustainability certification data (i.e. aggregated summary of certification ratings results across whole investment portfolio)

"Raw" individual building / single asset level sustainability certification data (i.e. disaggregated individual data points that sit behind a sustainability rating, e.g. information on building systems and components)

Not applicable due to type of organisation

Please insert any comments you may have regarding the level of detail of the data you are collecting in the box below.

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* 15. Why is your organisation collecting building data and information? (you may choose more than one answer)

Because of reporting obligations

To support policy decision-making and policy tools

For investment decision-making purposes

For risk management / due diligence purposes

For strategic business decision-making puposes

For building maintenance purposes

For research purposes

To increase market transparency

To be more competitive in the market place

To use the data for commercial purposes

Other (Please list other reasons for collecting building data in the box below)

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* 16. Does your organisation have any data quality assurance / data check procedures in place?

Yes (Please provide detail regarding your quality assurance procedures, e.g. third party verification in the box below)

Not applicable due to type of organisation

Please provide detail on your organisation´s quality assurance / data check procedures, such as third party verification in the box below

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* 17. Does your organisation check reliability of the data source?

Yes (Please specify how your organisation checks the reliability of the data source in the box below)

Not applicable due to type of organisation

Please specify how your organisation checks the reliability of the data source.

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* 18. What are the most significant challenges facing your organisation regarding the collection and management of building related data? Please rank the importance of the challenges listed below on a scale from 1 (not important) to 8 (very important).

Data not available or only partially available

N/A

Lack of data and / or data source reliability

N/A

Data not accessible

N/A

Data too aggregated

N/A

Data too disaggregated

N/A

No centralised data storage location - data scattered across different locations / departments

N/A

No standardised data collection format

N/A

Too many different, non-harmonised data collection and reporting obligations

N/A

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* 19. Is your organisation participating in any building data capture intiative(s)?

Yes (Please provide detail about the building data capture initiave(s) in the box below)

No participation

Not applicable due to type of organisation

Please provide detail about the building data initiative(s) your organisation is involved in, i.e. name and focus, geographical scope as well as web references whereever possible.