Asian green building rating tools: A comparative study on scoring methods of quantitative evaluation systems

Zhang, Xiang; Zhan, Changhong; Wang, Xuesong; Li, Guanghao

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.192

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“…Dhabi, Indian green building council-Township-India, Green Star-Community-Australia, Building Environmental Assessment Method (BEAM) Plus-Neighborhood-HK and Assessment Standard of Green Buildings -China Zhang et al [30] Quantitative Evaluation System (QES); scoring methods of terminal indicators (SMTIs); aims to outline parallels and differences between QESs of Evaluation Standard for Green Building (ESGB) and of ecology, energy saving, waste reduction and health (EEWH) with a stress on the SMTIs.…”

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“…Referring to several green building assessment systems and the literature reviewed [7,10,25,27,30,32,33,35,36], we discussed with experts how to build an amended green building rating system that takes into consideration Taiwan's special environment. Specifically, nine experts were invited to answer the assessment survey, including two architects with 20 years' experience in this industry, a building structure designer, also with 21 years' experience, two doctororal research fellows in the field of green building research, three senior managers who have been in charge of green building management or operations for more than 15 years, and an official who is in charge of forest conservation and ecology serving in the central government of Taiwan.…”

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“…The scope of consideration includes ecological green networks, small habitats, plant diversity, soil ecology, lessening of lighting pollution, and removing biological barriers [30,33].…”

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A Combination of DEMATEL and BWM-Based ANP Methods for Exploring the Green Building Rating System in Taiwan

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Liou

2020

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Green buildings are a crucial environmentally friendly component for sustainable human habitation and for the preservation of a healthy ecosystem. This study proposes a novel hybrid model to explore the influential relationship of various indicators and their importance for a green building evaluation system. First, a green building index system is established based on a review of recent literature on green building evaluation systems. Then, the decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) technique is utilized to determine the influential relationship among the criteria. Finally, a novel best worst method (BWM)-based analytic network process (ANP) model is applied to determine the influential weight of the criteria. The result indicated that the top five ranked criteria are all classified within the two dimensions of waste reduction and energy saving. An empirical case study of an example in Taiwan is carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model. Management implications are also provided.

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2020

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“…Most common GBRSs like BREEAM, DGNB, HQE, and LEED are based on an hierarchical structure with a top-down organization as follows: categories systems (CAS), Issue System (ISS), Criteria System (CRS), and Indicators system (IDS) [71]. Terms like CAS, CRE, CRS, and IDS are commonly used by different technical manuals and authors [36]. BREEAM terms for structure classification were adopted in this paper [28], as can be seen in Table 2.…”

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“…The Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency (CASBEE) [33], and GREEN STAR [34], which are not used within the EU, also have international versions and are widely used in other regions outside the EU [13]. The Environmental Standard for Green Buildings (ESGB) [35], which is released and controlled by the Ministry of Urban Housing and Rural Development of the People's Republic of China (MOUHURD), has no international version, but due the size of China, it is obviously used by many stakeholders [36]. Apart from BREEAM, DGNB, HQE, and LEED, many countries in the EU have developed their own GBRSs [13] based on four different strategies (see Table 1 and Figure 1):…”

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Green Building Rating Systems and the New Framework Level(s): A Critical Review of Sustainability Certification within Europe

2019

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Increasing problems regarding pollution and climate change have long been demonstrated by scientific evidence. An important portion of carbon emissions are produced by the building sector. These emissions are directly related not only to the building’s energy consumption, but also other building attributes affecting the construction and operation of existing buildings: materials selection, waste management, transportation, water consumption, and others. To help reduce these emissions, several green building rating system (GBRSs) have appeared during the last years. This has made it difficult for stakeholders to identify which GBRSs could be more suitable to a specific project. The heterogeneity of the GRBS scenario requires the creation of a transparent and robust indicator framework that can be used in any country within the European Union (EU), which is a common EU framework of core sustainability indicators for office and residential buildings Level(s) with the goal to provide a solid structure for building sustainability certification across all countries of the EU. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the most common GBRSs within the EU: Building Research Establishment Assessment Method (BREEAM), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB), Haute Qualité Environnementale (HQE), and Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED), and a bottom up comparison of the influence in the final score produced by the indicators stated by Level(s). The indicators studied show a different influence of Level(s) indicators on every GBRS, where LEED and BREEAM were most affected while HQE and DGNB were less so. This paper demonstrates the heterogeneity of current GRBSs in the EU scenario and the difference between sustainability assessments, where DGNB seems to be more aligned to the current EU framework. Finally, the paper concludes with the need to work to achieve alignment between the GBRS and Level(s).

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Asian green building rating tools: A comparative study on scoring methods of quantitative evaluation systems

Cited by 41 publications

References 44 publications

A Combination of DEMATEL and BWM-Based ANP Methods for Exploring the Green Building Rating System in Taiwan

A Combination of DEMATEL and BWM-Based ANP Methods for Exploring the Green Building Rating System in Taiwan

Green Building Rating Systems and the New Framework Level(s): A Critical Review of Sustainability Certification within Europe

Progress in sustainable structural engineering: a review

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