Drawing the operating mechanisms of green building rating systems

Ismaeel, Walaa S.E.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.115

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“…Furthermore, scholars argue that one of the biggest limitations to these schemes is the fact that they are not homogeneous. The schemes vary in terms of criteria included, what scientific content lies behind the criteria, and how these are weighted [60,62,67,68]. This hinders comparison amongst the schemes and increases the risk of arbitrarily choosing criteria to obtain the desired certification results.…”

Section: Green Building Certifications Schemesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, most of the certification schemes set out not just to certify environmentally but more holistically sustainability as a whole, i.e., also looking at economic, social impacts/dimensions. However, in this regard the schemes are inhomogeneous as well and include more environmental criteria [61,65,68,70,71]. Ismael presents a quantitative analysis method that can potentially aid practitioners in seeing through the varying scopes of the certification schemes [68].…”

Section: Green Building Certifications Schemesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, in this regard the schemes are inhomogeneous as well and include more environmental criteria [61,65,68,70,71]. Ismael presents a quantitative analysis method that can potentially aid practitioners in seeing through the varying scopes of the certification schemes [68]. Furthermore, Wen et al argue that there is a general trend of the schemes moving more toward an equal focus on the three pillars of sustainability [70].…”

Section: Green Building Certifications Schemesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…ing scopes of the certification schemes [68]. Furthermore, Wen et al argue that there is a general trend of the schemes moving more toward an equal focus on the three pillars of sustainability [70].…”

Section: Design For Manufacture and Assemblymentioning

confidence: 99%

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How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review

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The building sector is responsible for extensive resource consumption and waste generation, resulting in high pressure on the environment. A way to potentially mitigate this is by including environmental considerations during building design through the concept known as eco-design. Despite the multiple available approaches of eco-design, the latter is not easily achieved in the building sector. The objective of this paper is to identify and discuss what barriers are currently hindering the implementation of eco-design in the building sector and by which measures building designers can include environmental considerations in their design process. Through a systematic literature review, several barriers to implementation were identified, the main ones being lack of suitable legislation, lack of knowledge amongst building designers, and lack of suitable tools for designers to use. Furthermore, two specific tools were identified that allow the inclusion of environmental consideration in building design, along with nine design strategies providing qualitative guidance on how to potentially minimize energy and material consumption, as well as waste generation. This paper contributes a holistic overview of the major barriers to and existing tools and method for the eco-design of buildings, and provides guidance for both future research and practice.

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Section: Green Building Certifications Schemesmentioning

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Section: Green Building Certifications Schemesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Green Building Certifications Schemesmentioning

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Section: Design For Manufacture and Assemblymentioning

confidence: 99%

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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.…”

Section: Strategies Of Implementation and Applicability Of (Gbrss)mentioning

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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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LEED in the MENA Region…Chances and Challenges of Change

Ismaeel¹

2019

Green Building in Developing Countries

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Drawing the operating mechanisms of green building rating systems

Cited by 36 publications

References 33 publications

How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review

How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review

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

LEED in the MENA Region…Chances and Challenges of Change

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