The Diffusion of Green Building Certifications in Europe - A preliminary descriptive analysis

This paper provides a preliminary descriptive analysis of the spatial and temporal diffusion of green building certifications in Europe. The analysis is preliminary because it does not include all the major green building certification schemas in Europe; just BREEAM and LEED. The main aim of this analysis is to show that there is a strong diffusion process of green building certifications in Europe and that this process has marked spatial and temporal dynamics. The paper also aims to
demonstrate that this process can be analyzed at different spatial scales from countries to NUTS3 regions to municipalities.