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Sustainability assessment and rating of buildings: Developing the methodology SBToolPT–H

01 Oct 2011-Building and Environment (Elsevier)-Vol. 46, Iss: 10, pp 1962-1971
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an innovative approach for developing building sustainability assessment and rating, and contribute to the evolution of generic methodology and international understanding by introducing an approach which takes the different dimensions of sustainability into account.
About: This article is published in Building and Environment.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 251 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sustainability organizations & Building design.
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TL;DR: A critical review of the existing body of knowledge of researches related to green building is presented in this article, where the common research themes and methodology were identified, such as the definition and scope of green building, quantification of benefits of green buildings compared to conventional buildings, and various approaches to achieve green buildings.
Abstract: Green building is one of measures been put forward to mitigate significant impacts of the building stock on the environment, society and economy. However, there is lack of a systematic review of this large number of studies that is critical for the future endeavor. The last decades have witnessed rapid growing number of studies on green building. This paper reports a critical review of the existing body of knowledge of researches related to green building. The common research themes and methodology were identified. These common themes are the definition and scope of green building; quantification of benefits of green buildings compared to conventional buildings; and various approaches to achieve green buildings. It is found that the existing studies played predominately focus on the environmental aspect of green building. Other dimensions of sustainability of green building, especially the social sustainability is largely overlooked. Future research opportunities were identified such as effects of climatic conditions on the effectiveness of green building assessment tools, validation of real performance of green buildings, unique demands of specific population, and future proofing.

808 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the issues of sustainability coverage, pre-requisites, local adaptability, scoring and weighting, participation, reporting, and applicability are discussed using a content analysis, and the results of this study indicate that most of the tools are not doing well regarding the coverage of social, economic, and institutional aspects of sustainability.

480 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the first inclusive scientometric review of global green building research (GGBR) and systematically analyze and visualize the state-of-the-art of the GGBR.

185 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an objective analysis between two internationally applied green building rating systems; LEED and BREEAM, and two particularly developed for the gulf region; Estidama and GSAS.
Abstract: In the built environment, a green building rating system provides the project team a framework and a tool to help achieving a better sustainable development. The research presents how Green Building Rating Systems (GBRSs) are environmental-oriented tools and should not be confused with Sustainability Assessment Systems; the latter is defined by the sustainability three pillars; environmental, social and economic. Achieving a green building certification does not necessarily mean that the building succeeded in achieving its environmental targets. The financial-driven and prescriptive implementation of GBRS are reasons behind a masked sustainability outcome. This paper presents an objective analysis between two internationally applied GBRSs; LEED and BREEAM, and two particularly developed for the gulf region; Estidama and GSAS. Those four systems are analyzed with respects to them addressing and prioritizing the sustainability pillars. The study also quantitatively discusses the credit weighting given by these systems, focusing on energy and water criteria. Limitations of GBRSs’ application and possible areas of improvement have been highlighted, such as climate change adaptability and the importance of sustainable communities and cities trend. The aim is to help designers and construction stakeholders in defining the development sustainability targets and objectives, without compromising on the local context and regional agenda.

183 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined five neighborhood sustainability assessment tools and addressed four objectives namely, (1) to fill the gap in current literature by using the most up-to-date versions of NSA tools in the analysis; (2) to examine the current rating systems' ability to define the goals of sustainability and to measure their progress; (3) to identify which sustainability criteria are applied most frequently by stakeholders and which ones are ignored; and (4) to offer timely and imminent issues relevant to current NSA tools.

155 citations

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01 Mar 2005
TL;DR: This book discusses green building construction, commissioning, and economic analysis of green buildings in the coming years, as well as future directions.
Abstract: Foreword.Preface.Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview.PART I. GREEN BUILDING FOUNDATIONS.Chapter 2. Background.Chapter 3. Green Building Assessment.Chapter 4. The Green Building Process.Chapter 5. Ecological Design.PART II. GREEN BUILDING SYSTEMS.Chapter 6. Sustainable Sites and Landscaping.Chapter 7. Energy and Atmosphere.Chapter 8. The Building Hydrologic System.Chapter 9. Closing Materials Loops.Chapter 10. Indoor Environmental Quality.PART III. GREEN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, COMMISSIONING, AND ECONOMICS, AND FUTURE GREEN BUILDINGS.Chapter 11. Construction Options.Chapter 12. Building Commissioning.Chapter 13. Economic Analysis of Green Buildings.Chapter 14. Future Directions.Appendix A. Overview of LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB).Appendix B. Rinker Hall LEED Certification.Index.

1,151 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the differences between the tools are discussed and the current situation within the tools is critically analyzed, and the benefits of using the tools should be analyzed. But the comparison of the tools and their results is difficult, if not impossible.

673 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a green building assessment tool (SABA Green Building Rating System) was proposed for residential units in Jordan in terms of the dimensions through which sustainable development tools are being produced and according to the local context.

477 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the potential market applications of these systems and compare and contrast several of the major environmental assessment methods such as BREEAM, BEPAC, LEED, and GBA.
Abstract: The construction and property sector has seen the development of a number of methods for evaluating the ‘greenness’ of buildings in the 1990s - both for new designs and existing buildings. These range from very detailed life cycle assessment methods, which account for all the embodied and operational environmental impacts of building materials, to higher level environmental impact assessment methods, which evaluate the broader implications of the building's impact on the environment. In between these two are environmental assessment methods such as BREEAM, BEPAC, LEED, and GBA. In this paper, we discuss the potential market applications of these systems and compare and contrast several of the major environmental assessment methods. Le secteur de la construction et de l'immobilier a ete le temoin du developpement d'un certain nombre de methodes permettant d'evaluer les performances ecologiques des bâtiments dans les annees 1990, tant sur le plan des nouveaux concepts que des bâtiments existants. Ces method...

332 citations