Critical review and methodological approach to evaluate the differences among international green building rating tools

Mattoni, Benedetta; Guattari, Claudia; Evangelisti, Luca; Bisegna, Fabio; Gori, Paola; Asdrubali, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.09.105

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“…Most developing countries made several GBRSs according to different environmental, social and economic conditions which differ in their goals, needs, and mechanism even in each city. GBRSs have been critically compared in a number of studies according to many approaches:1) Their benefits and their role as decision aids; 2) Comprehensiveness, effectiveness and accuracy of assessment criteria; 3) Their related geographical references; 4) Their adoption rate; 5) Future development scenarios, challenges and new research directions (Ismaeel, 2019;Mattoni, 2018;Doan et al, 2017;Chen et al, 2015;Bauer et al, 2009;Haapio & Viitaniemi, 2008). Every rating system is based on a comprehensive framework which is established according to different strategies.…”

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Green Worship House Competition as an Effective Tool to Evaluate Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS)

Badawy¹,

Shahda²

2019

JSD

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Egypt is divided into seven regional units; each region includes a number of governorates that are connected geographically and economically. When the Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS) was proposed, and the weightings of its categories were set, the wide variation of the potential and the challenges of each region were not taken into account. Therefore, the study focused on highlighting these differences, and the main focus on Sinai region by analyzing the experience of activating The Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS) during a competition held for this purpose. Accordingly, this paper presents an investigation into the international GBRSs to extract the specifications of a framework to improve GPRS classification, based on the experience of activating GPRS principles in Green Worship House Competition (GWHC) and the observations of participants of the competition. The study included a summary of what was suggested during participation in the competition to activate each category of Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS), in addition to observations and problems encountered in the design of the project and activation of (GPRS) categories, then suggestions for developing the categories and weights of each category based on active participation in the Green Worship House Competition.

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Green Worship House Competition as an Effective Tool to Evaluate Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS)

Badawy¹,

Shahda²

2019

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“…What economic practices must go, and what environmental goals should we prioritise? The study goes on to plot the rise and development of rating tools, noting that there are some 600 in use [6], each touting a different balance of give-and-take to the question [7].…”

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The Sustainability Narrative in Contemporary Architecture: Falling Short of Building a Sustainable Future

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Sustainability has emerged, arguably, as the premiere mission of contemporary architecture. Green assessment tools abound, consultancy services flourish, buildings are marketed on the basis of sustainability performance, and government, media, and corporations seem preoccupied with assessing the quality of the built environment through a green lens. Yet for all the effort, and indeed for all the progress made, fundamental issues resistant to the structural change that is essential for genuine sustainability remain. This paper reviews the state of play of sustainability across the urban landscape. It considers the road travelled so far, and points out some of the major challenges that lie ahead.

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“…Numerous sources which compare green building rating methods are available (they are also referred to as environmental assessment tools, building sustainability assessment tools, green building rating systems, sustainability assessment systems, or sustainable building assessment methods) [1][2][3][4][50][51][52][53]. Depending on the geographic origin of the research, different tools have been named as the "most famous", "most used" or "most widespread": in research originating from North America, LEED was identified as the most common (such as [50]), while in Europe BREEAM was identified as the prevailing system (such as [2,54]). Though LEED has the most citations in academic literature, BREEAM (originating from the UK) and HQE (originating from France) each have significantly larger numbers of building certified in their portfolio [2].…”

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“…2019;1:e190010. https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20190010 the main credit criterion [2,4,50,53]. While different references highlighted the benefits and gaps in each of those systems, another common finding across the studies is that the economic, institutional and social features of buildings are rarely considered in the tools [4,50,53].…”

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Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals in Building Projects

2019

J Sustain Res

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Building designers are struggling to deeply integrate the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in projects. The review of the literature revealed that the available research is focused on linking the current practices, including sustainable building practices, with the SDGs. This has, in turn, limited the development of novel approaches as well as new building design methodologies that specifically aim at attaining the agenda's targets. To help building design teams achieve the meaningful integration of the agenda's five Ps, this paper proposes two analytical mapping tools which can be used during the integrated design process to track the integration of SDGs in the building projects, and to analyze the building design approaches and visions in reference to the topics of the goals. The research uses a case study for an energy-positive building in Quebec to test the proposed tools. The analysis focuses on the integration of 8 of 17 SDGs, discusses the specific building features which were used to achieve this integration, and analyzes the team's design visions regarding the goals. The results reveal that in the case studied, the integration of the 8 SDGs moves beyond the current standards by mostly applying design approaches which are future-driven and focused on products and technologies. This research provides important practical tools that can inform building practices in the private and the public sector and contributes to the theory and practice of sustainable building design.It also supports the current effort towards the implementation and localization of the SDGs.

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Critical review and methodological approach to evaluate the differences among international green building rating tools

Cited by 242 publications

References 43 publications

Green Worship House Competition as an Effective Tool to Evaluate Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS)

Green Worship House Competition as an Effective Tool to Evaluate Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS)

The Sustainability Narrative in Contemporary Architecture: Falling Short of Building a Sustainable Future

Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals in Building Projects

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