ABSTRACT
In ecodesign, the general contractor fulfils the same criteria as in standard practice. The general contractor will need to find a compromise taking in all of the points of view, and his choices will be influenced by considerations that are no longer purely financial. On a more general level, for an ecodesign, a general contractor’s responsibility to society will also put the emphasis on environmental criteria. In ecodesign, the relationship with end users is not fundamentally different, since their physical presence is also delayed until the project’s delivery. In ecodesign, the entire project is managed so as to respect expectations in terms of usage, ranging from comfortable temperature and acoustic protection to the level of lighting. In ecodesign, the programme manager writes up a document that is more specifically directed at end users, in as much as the specifications are drawn up with users in mind.
