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Green Building System

This document describes several major building rating and certification systems that are used around the world to promote sustainability. It outlines the type of standard (single or multi-attribute), managing organization, and key issues or assessment areas covered for each system. Major systems discussed include Energy Star, LEED, Green Globes, Living Building Challenge, BREEAM, CASBEE, Green Mark Scheme, and Green Star SA. The systems assess buildings in areas like energy and water use, materials selection, indoor environmental quality, sustainable sites, and more.

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Green Building System

This document describes several major building rating and certification systems that are used around the world to promote sustainability. It outlines the type of standard (single or multi-attribute), managing organization, and key issues or assessment areas covered for each system. Major systems discussed include Energy Star, LEED, Green Globes, Living Building Challenge, BREEAM, CASBEE, Green Mark Scheme, and Green Star SA. The systems assess buildings in areas like energy and water use, materials selection, indoor environmental quality, sustainable sites, and more.

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Building

Rating or
Certification
System

Single- Type of Standard or Managing


or
Certification
Organization
MultiAttribut
e

Issues / Areas of
Focus

Energy Star

SingleGovernment
U.S. EPA and
Attribute certification using a
U.S. DOE
benchmarking method

Building energy and


water use

Leadership in
Energy and
Environmental
Design (LEED)

MultiGreen building rating


Attribute and certification
system through
independent thirdparty verification for:

Performance in:

U.S. Green
Building
Council

Water Efficiency
Energy &
Atmosphere
Materials &
Resources
Indoor
Environmental Quality
Locations &
Linkages
Awareness &
Education
Innovation in
Design
Regional Priority
through a set of
prerequisites and credits

New
Construction (NC)
Existing
Buildings, Operations
& Maintenance (EB
O&M)
Commercial
Interiors (CI)
Core & Shell
(CS)
Schools (SCH)
Retail
Healthcare
(HC)
Homes
Neighborhood
Development (ND)
Green Globes

MultiGreen building
Attribute guidance and
assessment program
for:
Existing
buildings
New
construction

Sustainable
Sites

Green Building Environmental


Initiative in the assessment areas to
U.S.
earn credits in:
BOMA Canada
Energy
Indoor
Environment
Site
Water
Resources
Emissions
Project/Environ
mental Management
No prerequisites

Living Building
Challenge

MultiPerformance-based
Attribute standard, and
certification program
for:

International
Living Future
Institute

Performance areas
include:
Site
Water

Landscape
and infrastructure
projects
Partial
renovations and
complete building
renewals
New building
construction
Neighborhood
, campus and
community design

Energy
Materials
Health
Equity
Beauty
All areas are
requirements.

International Programs
Beam
(Hong Kong)

MultiComprehensive
Business
Attribute standard and
Environment
supporting process
Council
covering all building
types, including mixed
use complexes, both
new and existing to
assess, improve,
certify, and label the
environmental
performance of
buildings

BREEAM
Multi(UK, EU, EFTA
Attribute
member states,
EU candidates,
as well as the
Persian Gulf)

Certification system is BRE Global


a multi-tiered process
with pre-assessment,
third-party consultant
guidance through an
assessment
organization for:
New
Construction
Communities
In Use
Buildings and
EcoHomes

CASBEE
(Japan)

MultiBuilding assessment
Attribute tools for
Pre-design
New
Construction
Existing
Building and

JSBC (Japan
Sustainable
Building
Consortium)
and its
affiliated subcommittees

Performance and
assessment in:
Site aspects
Material aspects
Water use
Energy use
Indoor
environmental quality
Innovations and
additions
Assessment uses
recognized measures of
performance, which are
set against established
benchmarks in:
Energy and
water use
Internal
environment (health and
well-being)
Pollution
Transport
Materials
Waste
Ecology and
Management
processes
Assessment areas
include:
Energy
efficiency
Resource
efficiency
Local

Renovation

environment, and
Indoor
environment

Green Mark
Scheme
(Singapore)

MultiBenchmarking scheme Building and


Rates buildings
Attribute that aims to achieve a Construction
according to five key
sustainable built
Authority (BCA) criteria:
environment by
incorporating best
Energy
practices in
efficiency
environmental design
Water efficiency
and construction, and
Environmental
the adoption of green
protection
building technologies.
Indoor
environmental quality,
and
Other green and
innovative features that
contribute to better
building performance.

Green Star SA
(South Africa)

MultiGreen building rating


Attribute system for:
Office
Retail
Multi-unit
residential

Pearl Rating
System for
Estidama
(UAE)

MultiGreen building rating


Attribute system for:
Community
Buildings
Villas
Temporary
Villas and Buildings

Green Building Categories assessed in:


Council of
South Africa
Management
administers
Indoor
program
Environmental Quality
Independent
Energy
assessors to
Transport
assess and
Water
score projects
Materials
Land Use &
Ecology
Emissions
Innovation
Abu Dhabi
Assessment of
Urban Planning performance in:
Council
Integrated
Development Process
Natural Systems
Livable
Communities
Precious Water
Resourceful
Energy
Stewarding
Materials
Innovating
Practice

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