Process / pipelineSustainability assessment and environmental rating
Green Building Rating System
Green Building Rating Systems are standardized frameworks for assessing and certifying the environmental performance and sustainability of buildings. The most widely known is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), established by the U.S. Green Building Council in 1998. Similar systems exist globally (BREEAM in UK, Passivhaus in Europe), each using structured criteria to evaluate design and performance across multiple environmental dimensions.
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Sources
- U.S. Green Building Council (2021). LEED v4.1 for Building Design and Construction. USGBC. link ↗
- BRE Global (2018). BREEAM New Construction Technical Manual. BRE Group. link ↗
- Cole, R. J. (2005). Building Environmental Assessment Methods: Redefining Intentions and Roles. Building Research and Information, 33(6), 455-467. DOI: 10.1080/09613210500219063 ↗