Continuous Improvement of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Rating System™

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 101095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Ann Todd ◽  
John Boecker ◽  
Dru Meadows ◽  
Alison Kinn Bennett ◽  
S. W. Dean
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Rating System ◽  
The U.S

COMPARISON OF LEED’S ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERE STANDARDS FOR SOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruveyda Komurlu ◽  
David Arditi ◽  
Asli Pelin Gurgun
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Certification System ◽  
The World ◽  
Reasonable Cost ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The U.S

All efforts for handling resources, including extraction, processing, transportation, and manufacturing require energy. Thus, energy is a very valuable, albeit an indirect resource in the development of any country. Dependence on energy has a direct impact on the environment as well as the cost of products. Sustainability efforts focus on minimizing environmental impacts within a reasonable cost. Green building rating and certification systems around the world handle energy-related issues by considering the regional priorities of the country where they were first introduced. Certification systems rely on standards that are in effect locally. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) was first introduced in the U.S. and is currently the most widely preferred green building certification system around the world. The “energy and atmosphere” category in LEED v4 NC amounts to 33 points, which corresponds to approximately 26.2% of the total points that a building can receive. Because LEED was first introduced in the U.S., it heavily relies on U.S. standards such as ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA, which limit its applicability in countries other than the U.S. In this study, the standards that are referred to in the energy-related categories of the Pearl Building Rating System (ESTIDAMA) of Abu Dhabi and LEED-India are analyzed and compared to the standards referred to by LEED v4 NC. It is hoped that the outcome of the study will provide valuable knowhow for professionals in other countries where efforts are underway to improve existing standards and/or to introduce new ones.

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Analysis: Sustainable Trends and Awarded LEED 2009 Credits in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duy Hoang Pham ◽  
Byeol Kim ◽  
Joosung Lee ◽  
Abraham Chiwon Ahn ◽  
Yonghan Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Reference Data ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Public Agency ◽  
The U.S

Established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) became a sustainable leader of green building rating systems in American and many other countries. In Vietnam, LEED is expected as a potential solution in improving the sustainable quality of buildings for residents and solving the housing/infrastructure demand with a limit in resource consumption and minimizing negative environmental impacts. The study analyzed the awarded LEED 2009 credits by investigating the data of 36 of the total 42 LEED BC+D 2009 certified projects in Vietnam. The results of the investigation indicated the awarded credits were significantly implemented in Vietnam. These results were converted based on the summary updated on LEED version 4 of the USGBC report, to become a useful guideline for green building cost-efficiency strategies. Additionally, it also served as reference data for the Vietnamese public agency to update their green regulations based on the specific characteristics of Vietnam.

scholarly journals A Novel Green Rating System for Existing Buildings

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 7143
Author(s):  
Nahla Hazem ◽  
Mohamed Abdelraouf ◽  
I.S. Fahim ◽  
S. El-Omari
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Decision Making Tool

Green buildings are becoming an essential part of sustainable development. There have been several research trends for green buildings since 1995. The present study presents a roadmap for green/sustainable research trends and proposes a new green building rating system for existing buildings. A questionnaire was established and answered by experts, where answers were analyzed using the decision-making tool Analytical Hierarchy Process. Analytical Hierarchy Process is responsible for weighing and ranking the weights of alternatives. A novel checklist for existing buildings was structured and consisted of seven main categories, each comprised of different subcategories with different weights according to their importance and priority. The newly proposed rating system and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for maintenance and renovations were both used to evaluate a Nile University building in Egypt in order to identify how the environment affects the results of each rating system. The results showed that each rating system has its own criteria in evaluating the sustainability level of the building, which are each based on the country’s cultural and environmental conditions.

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