United Metric Certification Platform

Evidence, made decisive.

A secure working environment for organisations and assessment teams to organise sustainability evidence, apply controlled frameworks and manage independent review with clarity.

Built by United Metric Association to support measurable progress, responsible practice and credible sustainability decisions.

About United Metric

Turning sustainability commitments into measurable, accountable action.

United Metric Association is an Austrian non-profit organisation with an international focus on sustainability and ESG transformation. It supports organisations across industry, services, public administration and civil society with frameworks, indicators and practical tools.

Its work brings environmental, social and economic considerations into decision-making, helping organisations establish a clear baseline, identify priorities and follow progress over time.

What United Metric Does

Frameworks, assessment and learning in one operating model.

United Metric develops sector-aware guidance and metrics, supports evidence-based assessment and provides professional learning pathways for sustainability practice.

01

Frameworks & metrics

Guidelines and indicators help organisations understand relevant sustainability topics, set measurable objectives and structure their evidence.

02

Assessment & recognition

Evidence-based review helps establish a documented current position, identify strengths and define priority areas for improvement.

03

Product sustainability

SPD provides a framework for documenting, assessing and registering product sustainability information across value chains.

04

Professional learning

Training programmes support sustainability, ESG, lifecycle thinking, product assessment and responsible value-chain practice.

The UMCP Platform

A controlled space for complex sustainability work.

UMCP brings project scope, evidence, authorised criteria, review packages and decisions into one traceable workspace. It is designed to make collaboration easier without weakening the separation between preparation, independent assessment and formal decision-making.

Metrilize is United Metric’s digital environment for evidence-led sustainability information and controlled project workflows. Explore Metrilize ↗

  1. Register evidenceCapture a document once with its source, owner, version and permitted project scope.
  2. Apply controlled methodsMap evidence only to released criteria, rules and assessment versions.
  3. Review independentlyFreeze the assessment package and retain a clear record of findings, responses and decisions.

Programmes & Pathways

Different sustainability questions need different routes.

ESG Trust Mark

An evidence-based review route for organisational ESG practices, with a professional report on current position, strengths and priority improvements.

Sustainable Product Declaration

A professional framework for documenting, assessing and registering product sustainability information.

Project workspaces

Controlled digital workspaces for project evidence, assessment preparation and review coordination.

Governance & Trust

Clear authority at every stage.

Access is role-based. Evidence preparation, independent review, platform administration and certification decisions are deliberately separated. Every controlled action can be recorded against the relevant project, person and version.

A platform workspace supports the assessment process; it does not by itself create a certification outcome or public claim.

Khatam · Controlled workspace

Project overview

UM

Khatam project workspace

Khatam Educational
and Technology Campus

Sustainable Building · DGNB System

A controlled environment for project scope, evidence, coding and independent assessment throughout the design phase.

Registered with United Metric11 June 2025Ref. No.UM-DGNB-REG-2025-0611-KU-047
View preliminary assessment →
Khatam Pasargad Strategic Management Institute

Project areas

Explore controlled project areas

Open Site, Shared Infrastructure or an individual building to review its registered documents and evidence readiness.

Document viewing is read-only. Criterion requirements remain controlled until the authorised matrix is released.

Select an area

Project areas

Select Site, Shared Infrastructure or a building to view the controlled document list.

Coding logic

Controlled document coding reference

Part One · document-management system, coding and control rules

This controlled reference follows Part One of the approved Khatam guideline. It defines how project documents, source documents, DGNB evidence, DGNB reports and assessment submissions are identified, registered, revised, retrieved and linked to the applicable criterion.

Formal document IDB03-TEC1.4-RPT-001-R00Building code – DGNB criterion code – document type – sequence number – revision
B03Building code

The official controlled-area code from the Building Master Register. Building codes may only be created or changed with client approval.

TEC1.4DGNB criterion

The applicable official DGNB criterion code, taken from the DGNB Criteria Master Register and the project documentation matrix.

RPTDocument type

The controlled type of record. It is selected only from the approved Document Type Register.

001Sequence number

A three-digit serial assigned consistently for the relevant document type to prevent duplicate identifiers.

R00Revision

R00 is the initial issue. R01, R02 and later numbers record successive controlled revisions.

Documentation levels

Project Core Documents are held once for the campus. Shared Technical Documents cover common systems. Building-Specific Documents are controlled in the dossier of each building.

SCP Site Core Package · STP Shared Technical Package · BSP Building-Specific Package

Document groups

Project Management Documents · Source Design Documents · Assessment Working Documents · DGNB Assessment Documents · Submission Documents

Source information is registered once and referenced wherever needed; it is not duplicated for several criteria or buildings.

Discipline register

ARC Architecture · STR Structure · MEC Mechanical services · ELE Electrical services · FIR Fire protection

LAN Landscape · CIV Civil · SUS Sustainability · BIM Building information modelling

Document type register

DRW Drawing · REP Source Design Report · RPT DGNB Assessment Report · CAL Calculation · SPC Specification

SCH Schedule · MAT Material Information · BOQ Bill of Quantities · BIM BIM Model · EVD Evidence · REG Register · CHK Checklist · COR Correspondence · MIN Meeting Minutes · APP Building Appendix

Document status register

REQ Requested · REC Received · REV Under Review · GAP Additional Information Required

APR Approved for Assessment · SUP Superseded · ARC Archived

Assessment status register

NS Not Started · IP In Progress · WR Waiting for Information · RV Under Technical Review

QC Under Quality Control · CMP Completed · SUB Submitted

Responsibility register

CL Client · ARC Architecture consultant · STR Structural consultant · MEC Mechanical consultant

ELE Electrical consultant · SUS Sustainability consultant · ASS Assessor

Control boundary

A unique ID remains the same even where one record supports several criteria. The record is referenced, not recoded.

A revised record receives the next revision; the superseded issue is retained and the latest approved issue becomes the valid project version.

Mandatory control rules

Registration and file handling

  • Use English letters and numerals, no spaces or unauthorised symbols, and include the revision in the file name.
  • Use only codes from the approved master registers. No informal building, criterion, type or status code may be introduced.
  • Each record must remain traceable to its project, building or package, DGNB criterion, document type, sequence, revision, status and storage location.
  • A document link records evidence receipt; assessment acceptance requires the separate QA/QC decision.

Portal note: the current `KHT-...` labels in the local pilot are provisional intake labels. The formal controlled identifier is the five-part ID shown above and should be applied when criterion-level coding is confirmed.

Registered evidence—Documents in controlled register
Project scope2119 buildings + site + shared infrastructure
Controlled criteria29 / 29Responsibility matrix and checklists active
AssessmentStage 2Evidence readiness and QA/QC in progress

Project context

Khatam Educational and Technology Campus

Planned as an integrated academic, research and technology campus in Phase 4 of Pardis Technology Park, east of Tehran, Iran. The development brings teaching, research, innovation and student-support functions into one coordinated environment.

Indicative campus location35.72861° N · 51.82583° EPardis Technology Park, Tehran Province

Active project

Sustainable Building Khatam

One controlled project workspace, established for evidence intake, scope management and staged assessment preparation.

19 buildings01 site01 shared infrastructure

Project timeline

A phased path to final assessment

Weekly control follows evidence readiness, not a fixed order of client-document receipt. Each criterion package may move forward as soon as its controlled evidence is ready.

Phase 1Completed

Registration and preliminary assessment

11 Jun 2025 — 30 Sep 2026

Includes the completed pilot preliminary assessment and its independent feedback record.
Phase 2In progress

Rolling secondary assessment and final consolidation

From 1 Oct 2026 · 20-week programme

Documentation, secondary assessment, comment closure, final integration and final assessment.
Oct 2026NovDecJan 2027Feb

Selected scope

Whole project

Waiting for registered evidence.

Control alert

Evidence requests can be issued only after the controlled catalogue and rule version are released.

Control schedule

Programme position

Comparison of planned weekly criterion streams with evidence actually registered in the selected scope. This is a delivery-control indicator, not a DGNB score or an automatic judgment on the client.

Awaiting baseline

Professional registered course

Sustainable Building Assessment, Documentation and Operation Based on the DGNB System

CPD Certified

Delivered 19–23 September 2026 as a five-day specialist programme. The learning stream supports the project’s evidence-readiness work; it is not an assessment result or a certification outcome.

Completed Five-day programme · 19–23 Sep 2026In progress Case study defence · 18 Oct 2026Scheduled Formal examination · 22 Oct 2026
View course modules and case studies
  1. Sustainable buildings and the DGNB assessment pathway
  2. Site assessment, project scope and context
  3. Project brief, sustainability objectives and integrated planning
  4. Energy, climate action and low-carbon building pathways
  5. Water, wastewater and water-resource management
  6. Building materials, product evidence and responsible resource use
  7. Health, comfort and user experience
  8. Building envelope, technical systems and smart controls
  9. Durability, adaptability, life-cycle cost and resilience
  10. Tendering, construction, quality control and sustainable construction
  11. Commissioning, monitoring and readiness for operation
  12. DGNB documentation, gap analysis and assessment-readiness workshop

Case studies

Comprehensive life-cycle cost and project adaptability problem-solvingComprehensive water problem-solving

Evidence intake

Document register

Controlled records · 10 records per page

Controlled records

Document register

DocumentScopeStatusVersionActions
No documents registered yet. Begin with the first controlled record.

Controlled requirements

29-criterion responsibility matrix

The responsibility structure is approved. Client inputs, sustainability deliverables, accountable owners and due dates will now be transcribed into the controlled requirement register.

Structure approved0 of 29 requirement lists activated

Control boundary: registering a document does not complete a criterion. Evidence requests and progress percentages activate only after the detailed requirement list, named owners and acceptance rules are approved.

Team & access

Project team register

Messages

Project correspondence

Controlled project correspondence.

Audit trail

Controlled record trace

Current record-control states · 10 records per page

Current record-control states are shown for every registered document. Open a row to review the relevant controlled area.

External assessment

Assessment pathway

Independent review is sequenced alongside evidence readiness so findings can inform the design-stage process without waiting for the full campus package.

Completed

Preliminary assessment

26 April 2026 · Week 0

Completed for B04 · Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment as the pilot building. The controlled report is available in Reports.

Rolling review

Secondary assessment

Weeks 4–16 · In progress

Criterion packages may be issued to external assessors as they become evidence-ready. Separate interim findings and reports are recorded progressively.

Scheduled

Final assessment

Week 19

Final consolidated assessment follows documentation closure, review of outstanding findings and completion of the design-stage evidence package.

Reports

Published project records

Released records are available for controlled viewing. The preliminary assessment is the current published external-assessment record.

External assessmentPreliminary DGNB assessment reportOpen controlled viewer and download options →