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Green Building Concepts and Standards

This document discusses green building standards and rating systems. It provides an overview of the major components of green buildings, including siting, water efficiency, energy efficiency, materials selection, indoor air quality, and building operations. It then summarizes several international green building rating systems, including BREEAM (UK), Green Star (Australia), LEED (international), DGNB (Germany), and CASBEE (Japan). The goals of the module are to learn about different evaluation systems and understand their components.

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Green Building Concepts and Standards

This document discusses green building standards and rating systems. It provides an overview of the major components of green buildings, including siting, water efficiency, energy efficiency, materials selection, indoor air quality, and building operations. It then summarizes several international green building rating systems, including BREEAM (UK), Green Star (Australia), LEED (international), DGNB (Germany), and CASBEE (Japan). The goals of the module are to learn about different evaluation systems and understand their components.

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Green Buildings

Spring 2017
Module 3

Dr. Issam Srour

Recap of Last Session

 Discussed basic concepts and terminology


 Sustainability and Sustainable Development
 Industrial and Construction Ecology
 Footprint
 Lifecycle: Cradle-to-Grave
 Net Zero Energy and Emissions
 Net Zero Integrated Building Design (IBD)
 Green Building Rating Systems

Goals of this Module

 Learn about different Green Building evaluation


systems and rating standards

 Understand the various components of these


systems

1
Major Components of Green Buildings

 Siting
 Water Efficiency
 Energy Efficiency
 Materials Efficiency and Resource Conservation
 Environmental Air Quality
 Building Operation and Maintenance

Siting

 Selecting a suitable site

 Examples of criteria
 Availability of mass transit
 Protecting and retaining existing landscape and
natural resources
 Plants with low water and pesticide needs

 What is the relationship with environment and


sustainability?

Water Efficiency
 Examples of recycling
 Recycled water for toilet flushing
 Recover rainwater and other non-potable water for
site irrigation
 Implement water conservation features, e.g.
 Low-flow shower-heads
 Ultra low-flush toilets
 Micro-irrigation
 Irrigation controllers
 What is the relationship with environment and
sustainability?

2
Energy Efficiency

 Passive design
 Being “smart” with building size, shape, envelope,
and orientation
 Passive solar design
 Natural lighting
 Alternative (renewable) sources of energy
 Photovoltaic
 What is the relationship with environment and
sustainability?

Materials Efficiency and Resource


Conservation
 Select material based on key characteristics
 High reuse or recycled content
 Zero or low off-gassing of harmful air emissions
 Sustainably harvested materials
 Durable materials
 Recyclable materials
 Locally available materials
 What is the relationship with environment and
sustainability?

Environmental Air Quality

 Examples
 Adequate ventilation
 Zero or low-emission materials (interior finish
products)

 Why pay attention to these factors?


 Reduce rates of respiratory disease, allergy,
asthma, and SBS
 Increase worker productivity

3
Building Operation and Maintenance

 Commissioning ensures that buildings operate


according to design goals and criteria

 Examples
 Testing and adjusting mechanical, plumbing, and
electrical systems
 Training staff on operation and maintenance of
installed systems

 What is the relationship with environment and


sustainability?

Goals of this Module

 Learn about different Green Building evaluation


systems and rating standards

 Understand the various components of these


systems

BREEAM

 Building Research Establishment Environmental


Assessment Method

 Credits are given in various areas


 Management
 Health and well-being
 Energy
 Transport
 Water
 Material and waste
 Land use and ecology
 Pollution

4
BREEAM

 Overall score
 Pass, good, very good, excellent, outstanding

 BREEAM 2008 includes new features


 Mandatory credits
 Two-stage assessment process (design and post-
construction)
 Introduction of BREEAM Healthcare and BREEAM
Further Education
 Shell only assessments

Australia

 Green Star
 By the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA)

 Mandated for office buildings

 Other standards
 Energy Efficiency Rating (EER)

 National Australian Built Environment Rating System


(NABERS) for existing buildings

Canada

 R-2000: one of the earliest initiatives worldwide


 It is a Natural Resource Canada (NRCan) program
developed in partnership with the Canadian Home
Builders’ Association in 1981-1982

 Canadian LEED for homes introduced in 2009


 Prior to that, LEED and Green Globes were widely
used

5
China

 Trivia: how much of the world’s new building


construction is in China?

 Two standards one for public and one for private


buildings

 Other standards
 Green Olympic Building Assessment System

 LEED, BREEAM

France

 Le Grenelle de l’Environnement (Environment


Roundtable): policy tool introduced in 2007

 Real estate companies adopted Green Rating


system
 Audit based system

 Assessor studies energy, water, waste, carbon


emissions, and employee health

Germany
 DGNB system
 Standard developed in 2009
 With support from the Ministry of Transport,
Building, and Urban Affairs
 Based on six criteria
 Ecology, economy, social-cultural
 Techniques, processes, and location
 Success story
 [Link]
city-powered-by-solar-where-a-third-of-all-journeys-are-by-
bike

6
Japan

 Comprehensive Assessment System for Building


Environmental Efficiency (CASBEE)

 Certification consists of site visits after


construction is complete

Countries With Other Rating Systems

 India

 Malaysia

 Mexico

 New Zealand

 South Africa

 UAE

 Qatar

 Lebanon

LEED
 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

 Overall rating for LEED BD+C (new construction)


 Platinum, gold, silver, certified

 Credit based on points out of 110.


Category Maximum points

Location and Transportation 16

Sustainable sites 10

Water Efficiency 11

Energy and Atmosphere 33

Materials and Resources 13

Indoor Environmental Quality 16

Innovation and Design Process 6

Regional Priority Credits 4

7
Class Exercise

 How “standardized” can/should these systems


be?

 How would you assess the performance of these


systems?

Assessment Criteria vs. Rating Tools

Differences Across Standards

8
Further Readings

 Part 1:
 Download: [Link]
 Part 2:
 Download: [Link]

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