scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Green Building Rating Standards for Improvement Opportunities

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Chakkrit Luangcharoenrat ◽  
Singh Intrachooto
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Evaluation Standard ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Development Concept ◽  
Social Side ◽  
Proactive Measures ◽  
Reactive Management

The development of economy and society has resulted in an unstoppable and growing consumption of natural resources and the degradation of the environment. Social problems and environmental degradation are the result of these developments. Balancing social, environment and economic is the goal of sustainable development. Many countries have developed environmental assessment standards to support sustainable development concept. This paper presents a comparative study of nine (9) green building evaluation standards from both developed and developing countries to find similarities and differences in order to make future improvement on each standard to fulfill sustainable development concept. The comparison is done by reorganize criteria listed in those standards to match BREEAM evaluation criteria for ease of study. The study found that most building evaluation systems focuses mainly on environment and then economic while pay less attention on social side and most criteria gives higher emphasis to energy and environmental mitigation issues with "proactive" measures. The future development of evaluation standard, social impact need to be improved and minimization of building material use need to be preventive more than reactive management. "This paper is the revised version of the paper that has been published in the proceedings of the Creative Construction Conference 2018 (Luangcharoenrat and Intrachooto, 2018)."

Implementing Sustainable Management in Construction Industry

2011 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 85-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Hong ◽  
Shun Wang ◽  
Ze Zhou Wu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Evaluation Standard ◽  
Consumption Situation ◽  
Tremendous Amount ◽  
Current Energy

The construction industry consumes a tremendous amount of energy and resources each year in China. It is imperative to implement sustainable management in this industry in order to reduce the depletion of energy and resources. To conduct a sustainable development, this paper firstly describes the current energy consumption situation in China. The urgency for conducting sustainable management is emphasized. Afterward, evaluation standard for a green building in China is described. By using a life cycle method, specific measures which can be implemented to construct a green building are issued. It is concluded that as more and more attentions are being paid on this topic, sustainable building in China will get a rapid development in the coming years.

Study on the Green Building Evaluation Standard

2013 ◽  
Vol 724-725 ◽  
pp. 1693-1697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Li Jun Jiao ◽  
Su Zhen Li
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Evaluation Standard

In recent years, green buildings have been paid more and more attention. However, in the application, China's green building evaluation criteria still has some flaws. The paper aims at giving a summary of the definition and properties of green building. It is to analyze the characteristics of the current situation of the green building rating standards in our country and in view of our countrys bottlenecks and difficulties in the field of applicability at present, a countermeasure analysis will be made and relevant solutions put forward.

How to Lead Green Construction’s Sustainable Development by Low Carbon Ideology

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 6427-6432
Author(s):  
Xiao Li Fan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Sustainable Buildings ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Overall Design ◽  
Green Building Materials

From energy conservation to green building to low carbon building, the construction industry’s sustainable development research has been undergoing and exploring continuously. The future sustainable buildings will focus more on reducing carbon emission, energy conservation, green and environmental protection. This article will analyze several paths to realize low carbon architectures from different aspects like green building materials, energy conservation, overall design, and green construction and evaluation systems.

scholarly journals Impacts of Green Office Projects in Thailand: An Evaluation Consistent with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Sayam Aroonsrimorakot ◽  
Meena Laiphrakpam ◽  
Warit Paisantanakij
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Economic And Social Impacts

This study aims to evaluate the environmental, economic, and social impacts of a green office project in Thailand, that is consistent with sustainable development goals (SDGs), to analyze and present the result of the study of the environmental, economic, and social impact of green office, and to evaluate satisfaction in the green office project operation. Evaluated the operating steps of green office projects, using new green office evaluation criteria, under Department of Environmental Quality Promotion (DEQP), by collecting preliminary data through questionnaires from 73 agencies, by monitoring and analyzing the project operation of participating organizations to certify as green office standard during 2015 to 2017. Besides, qualitative data were collected through the in-depth interview from 25 representative agencies, selected on the criteria of readiness to provide information and to evaluate their satisfaction in the green office project’s operation. The value of the green office project was 299 million Baht for all participant organizations equal to 1.4 million Baht/office/year. And this could be divided into economic compensation, (262.5 million Baht), social compensation (28.5 million Baht), and environmental compensation (7.55 million Baht). Evaluation of satisfaction found that most agencies (79.45%) have high satisfaction to certification on the evaluation result of national auditors, benefit on staffs’ knowledge, understanding, and observation of the importance of green office operation (86.63%), and the advantage of green office operation in their office (90.41%). The study further suggests that green office projects should be supported as a national policy to all agencies for continuous enhancement or development of the standard, to be an international level according to sustainable development goals (SDGs).

The Comparative Research on International Low Carbon Sustainable Residential Assessment Systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 744-746 ◽  
pp. 2267-2270
Author(s):  
Ling Feng Ji
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Research ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Evaluation Standard ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Appraisal Systems

The low carbon sustainable residential evaluation system devotes to saving energy, reducing emission, and optimizing the living environment, which plays a key role in coping with global warming and the sustainable development of human. It was introduced and analyzed comprehensively the most representative international residential appraisal systems—British Code for Sustainable House, American LEED, Japanese CASBEE, Chinese Evaluation Standard for Green Building and Chinese Ecological Residential Assessment Manual from the aspects of development process, evaluation content, evaluation software, evaluation system marketization, public education and so forth. It was also analyze the advantages and limitations of those residential evaluation systems, and put forward the problems of the present Chinese low carbon sustainable residential assessment system and the measures to improve the future low carbon sustainable residential evaluation systems.

A Model of Application of Green Construction Techniques - HVAC Project of China's Scientific Development Concept Exhibition Hall

2012 ◽  
Vol 193-194 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Pu Jie Huang ◽  
Yi Na Xu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Exhibition Hall ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Development Concept ◽  
Scientific Development Concept

Take HVAC project of China's Scientific Development Concept Exhibition Hall in Taizhou for example. Based on the rules and requirements of energy saving and using in the Green Building Evaluation Criteria, explore the green building realization model which adopts the low-cost energy saving technology and minimizes the environmental pollution in the entire life cycle of the building. It is desirable that the hall, with a blend of geographical features, be a comfortable, healthy and environment-friendly cultural building of international influence.

INCLUDING SOLAR PANELS ON PARKING AREAS IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT. WIND EFFECTS

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2255-2262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Axinte ◽  
Georgeta Vasie ◽  
Elena-Carmen Teleman ◽  
Victoria-Elena Ro.ca ◽  
Andrei-Octav Axinte
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Wind Effects ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Concept

scholarly journals A Methodological Framework for Sustainable Office Building Renovation Using Green Building Rating Systems and Cost-Benefit Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6156
Author(s):  
Nataša Šuman ◽  
Mojca Marinič ◽  
Milan Kuhta
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Benefit Analysis

Sustainable development is a priority for the future of our society. Sustainable development is of particular importance to the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, both for new buildings and for the renovation of existing buildings. Great potential for sustainable development lies in the renovation of existing office buildings. This paper introduces a new framework for identifying the best set of renovation strategies for existing office buildings. The framework applies selected green building rating system criteria and cost-effective sustainable renovation solutions based on cost-benefit analysis (CBA), and thus provides a novelty in decision-making support for the sustainable renovation of office buildings at an early-stage. The framework covers all necessary steps and activities including data collection, determination of the required level of renovation, selection of the green building rating system, identification of impact categories and criteria, and final evaluation and decision-making using CBA. The framework can be used in conjunction with different systems and according to different regional characteristics. The applicability of the addressing procedure is shown through a case study of a comprehensive renovation of an office building in the city of Maribor.

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