In 2020, new housing players maintained the course of environmental quality

In a difficult market context, certified quality, particularly environmental, remained the priority of a large number of collective housing players in 2020: the NF Habitat HQE certification, which targets additional requirements in terms of compliance with the environment, quality of life and economic performance, recorded an increase of 14% for collective housing under construction. A trend in favor of sustainable housing which is also confirmed on the label side.

Focus on the main figures of the NF Habitat - NF Habitat HQE certification and associated labels in 2020, with CERQUAL Qualitel Certification, certification body of the QUALITEL Association.

NF Habitat - NF Habitat HQE & associated labels: what we can remember for 2020

In 2020, more than 141.000 housing units were committed to NF Habitat - NF Habitat HQE certification, under construction and renovation. On this overall volume, the certification activity was particularly strong for the collective, in the new segment.

Indeed, while certification requests for collective housing under renovation remain globally stable compared to 2019, under construction, they are up 10%. A trend which confirms the commitment of the actors of the new collective in favor of quality, a fortiori of sustainable housing:

With 47.890 housing units, NF Habitat grew by 5% in 20201;
NF Habitat HQE grew by 14%, with 61.891 housing units [1].

In terms of labels, associated with the NF Habitat - NF Habitat HQE certification, this is also true, with in particular:

Label E + C-: 17.947 new housing units (10.401 in 2019);
BBCA label: 3.200 housing units (672 in 2019);
Biosourced Building Label: 3.230 housing units (2.228 in 2019).

A large number of players in new collective housing have thus maintained the course of certified quality, and in particular environmental quality and low-carbon construction, despite an extremely complex situation in 2020.

“This shows, and this is good news, that for this type of housing, certified quality, in connection with the environmental and energy issues of housing, remains an essential benchmark. This is a good signal, a dynamic that must be maintained in the perspective of the future RE 2020. In this context, I have no doubt that the players in the single-family home will take the same path. "
Antoine Desbarrières, President of CERQUAL

"These increasing results, despite an anxiety-provoking climate, once again demonstrate the desire, carried high by collective housing professionals, to provide responses that meet aspirations, in favor of a better quality of life in urban areas. and improved environmental performance. "
Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert, President of the Alliance HQE-GBC and Member of the 10th constituency of Isère

NF Habitat - NF Habitat HQE: details of 2020 figures

Certification side

Label side

In 2020, in association with the NF Habitat - NF Habitat HQE certification, requests for environmental and energy performance labels concerned more than 107 housing units (+ 000% v / s 11):

89.277 under construction (E + C-, BBCA, Biosourced Building, RT 2012 -10% and -20% ...);
18.145 in renovation (BBCA, BBC Effinergie Rénovation, HPE Rénovation ...).

^[1]Certification requests