At its current meeting in February 2025, the IBU Advisory Board (SVR) appointed Anne-Caroline Erbstößer as a new member of the board.
Anne-Caroline Erbstößer is a graduate engineer in interior design and architecture. Since September 2022, she has headed the Sustainability Department at the Hauptverband der Deutschen Bauindustrie e.V. (German Construction Industry Federation).
In previous years, she was a research associate responsible for the topics of smart city, smart home, urban production and intelligent neighbourhoods, and has managed and supported projects in the areas of renovation and preservation of historical monuments on a freelance basis. In addition, she worked as an expert in building assessments, building damage and environmental reports and taught at various universities in the fields of facility management, preservation of historical monuments, building history and building construction.
The IBU Advisory Board: independent experts ensure quality
As the highest technical authority, the SVR ensures the quality of IBU’s work. The members of the SVR are experts from the fields of science and standardisation, building and environmental authorities, and nature conservation associations, among others. They work on a voluntary basis to monitor compliance with standards and ensure the quality of the verification procedure in IBU’s EPD programme. The SVR is responsible for reviewing the Product Category Rules (PCR). LCA issues are also discussed at the SVR meetings, for example, in relation to specific EPD projects. The SVR applies strict standards when selecting and appointing independent verifiers to ensure the verification of EPDs.
The members of the IBU Advisory Board:
- Frank Werner, Environment & Development Zurich (Chairman)
- Tanja Brockmann, BBSR Berlin
- Anne-Caroline Erbstößer, HDB Berlin
- Dr Arno Frühwald, Universität Hamburg
- Dr Bruno Hauer, TH Nürnberg
- Hans-Carsten Kühne, BAM Berlin
- Johannes Kreißig, DGNB Stuttgart
- Eva Schmincke, DNR Tübingen
- Dr Mario Schmidt, Hochschule Pforzheim
- Markus Taubert, UBA, Dessau