namely, China Green Building Evaluation Label, LEED certification by the Green Building Council of the United States and WELL certification by the International Institute for Healthy Building. The certification standards are all focused on energy saving, water saving, indoor environmental quality and oper...
Building sustainability has become increasingly important in recent years. Certification systems for sustainable buildings are gaining recognition, alongside the development of new criteria and assessment systems. A building certificate is awarded when the quality requirements specified and published by an orga...
In addition, a comparison regarding embodied emissions consideration between LEED and Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) as mostly used green certificate was conducted in the discussion section. The LCA showed the lowest environmental impact for the wooden building ...
The building owners should test indoor and outdoor air quality and conduct an occupant satisfaction evaluation. Tests and surveys should be conducted 30 to 60 days after the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. LEED-specific contaminant list (2 points, the table is below) And project-specific...
Parkview Green is the first commercial property thathas received a LEED Platinum Class Certificate.It has used innovative and environmental ways andchosen the best building materials to reduce the total energy consumption by50% on average level. ...
Enter a LEED Project ID and click “Retrieve Info” to begin the certificate order. Please confirm that the project displayed below is correct. You will be given an opportunity to revise the name of your project in the next step. Click “Continue” to proceed. Please allow three weeks for...
LEED began in 1993, but has evolved since 1998 to more accurately represent and incorporate emerging green building technologies. The pilot version was LEED New Construction (NC) v1.0. LEED is developed by the non-profit organization U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and grant...
And will a building that has not gone through the process be less green than another certificate? While these questions are hard to answer, certifications can be agents to trigger transformations in the industry. For more information on most of the certifications mentioned in this article, visit ...
LEED Green Associates are for "the people who support the LEED rating system". The exam for the LEED Green Associates coversbasic green building knowledgeand will not require the in-depth knowledge that it takes to actually get LEED buildings built. It will be one exam that is the same for...
C2C Launches a New, More Accessible Circularity Certificate With its Certified Circularity Standard, Cradle to Cradle hopes to expand the reach of its product circularity efforts. Read More News Brief Industry Aligns on Federal Zero-Emissions-Building Definition Leading industry nonprofits have committe...