{"id":6761,"date":"2025-08-25T12:25:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbim-knowledgebase.org\/docs\/chapter-8-4-digital-building-logbook-dbl\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:42:11","slug":"chapter-8-4-digital-building-logbook-dbl","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/openbim-knowledgebase.org\/en\/docs\/chapter-8-assessment-of-the-environmental-performance-of-buildings\/chapter-8-4-digital-building-logbook-dbl\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 8.4 &#8211; Digital Building Logbook (DBL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-table-of-content-wrap{background-color:var(--global-palette7, #EDF2F7);}.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-table-of-contents-title-wrap{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top:0px solid transparent;border-right:0px solid transparent;border-bottom:0px solid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;}.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-table-of-contents-title{font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-family:var( --global-heading-font-family, inherit );font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;}.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-table-of-content-wrap .kb-table-of-content-list{font-weight:regular;font-style:normal;margin-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-toggle-icon-style-basiccircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:after, .kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-toggle-icon-style-basiccircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:before, .kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-toggle-icon-style-arrowcircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:after, .kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-toggle-icon-style-arrowcircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:before, .kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-toggle-icon-style-xclosecircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:after, .kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-toggle-icon-style-xclosecircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:before{background-color:var(--global-palette7, #EDF2F7);}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-table-of-contents-title-wrap{border-top:0px solid transparent;border-right:0px solid transparent;border-bottom:0px solid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id1945_865165-20 .kb-table-of-contents-title-wrap{border-top:0px solid transparent;border-right:0px solid transparent;border-bottom:0px solid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Digital Building Logbook (DBL<sup>)50<\/sup> is a common repository for all relevant building data. This is intended to improve transparency, trust, informed decision-making and information sharing within the construction and real estate industry, particularly between building owners and users, financial institutions and authorities, and to promote the circular economy. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A DBL is a dynamic <sup>tool51<\/sup> with which a variety of data, information and documents can be recorded, retrieved, enriched and organized according to specific categories. It covers the most important events and changes in the life cycle of a building, such as changes of ownership, possession or use, maintenance, renovation and other interventions. It also provides information on the environmental friendliness of products, such as durability, reparability, recycled content or availability of spare parts.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data stored in the logbook can be static or dynamic in nature. The latter usually originate from intelligent devices and must be updated automatically and regularly. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has not yet been defined which data from BIM models will flow into DBLs and which interfaces will be used. However, it is foreseeable that the integration of data from models into DLBs will be highly relevant in the future. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-7-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>50<\/sup> Development of a harmonized EU model for a digital building logbook<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-7-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>51<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/en\/publication-detail\/-\/publication\/40f40235-509e-11eb-b59f-01aa75ed71a1\/language-en\">Study on the Development of a European Union Framework for Digital Building Logbooks FINAL REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-theme-palette-7-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Copyright<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike<br\/>For more information see: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bau_Zirku_Fig25.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons\"\/><\/figure> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6825,"menu_order":38,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_is_vendor_doc":"0","footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6761","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Digital Building Logbook (DBL)50 is a common repository for all relevant building data. 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