Atmospheres by Peter Zumthor

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For this book, we GBCA developed the Green Star rating system for the property industry only considered projects rated “Six Star,” or World Leader. to establish a common language and standard for measuring, rating, and assessing green buildings’ life-cycle impacts. 12 The Green Star system used existing green Deloitte Real Estate Advisory, Paris, France. 13 Subsequently, both New Zealand and South Africa Green Building Councils adopted the Summary Green Star system for use in their countries. We believe third-party assessment and verification of sustainable building claims is so important that the primary criterion for The Green Star system assesses buildings across nine environmental inclusion of projects in this book is that they have been rated impact categories: by a recognized third-party scheme.

Basis. ” Making the business case is vital to convince executives, those with direct responsibility for managing economic assets to achieve a specified return, to aim at the highest level of green certification. After all, profitability is the key yardstick in business and management; a business that cannot maintain profitability won’t be sustainable. What’s the next frontier for green building, beyond LEED Platinum, BREEAM Outstanding, etc.? e. 2 It’s possible to call a building “zero-net energy” that makes up for energy shortfalls by purchasing green power directly from off-site sources, but that belies the zero-carbon goals of the 2030 Challenge.

3 which translates to a particular rating level, such as “Outstanding” Within each BREEAM section there are numerous environmental (above 85 percent) or “Excellent” (above 70 percent). The rating attributes for which a project can receive credits. 4 for each section are summed and compared to total number of credits BREEAM can be used as an environmental assessment tool for any available as follows: type of building, in the UK or internationally. This system can be applied to single units or whole developments, and it can also be tailored for total number of points achieved Section score (%) = –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– × 100 total number of points available various stages in the life cycle of a building.

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