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A Comparative Study of Rating Systems in Green Building
Ms. Pradnya V. Kulkarni1, Dr. L.S. Pammar2
1,2Department of Civil Engineering Ashokrao Mane Group of Institutions, Vathar, Kolhapur
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Abstract - With the increasing awareness of property
development within the industry, implementation of a Green
rating procedure to assess buildings is changing into a lot of
vital. The paper presents the comparative review of 3
outstanding property Green building rating systems
specifically BREEAM, LEED, GRIHA. Themostgoalofthisstudy
to contemplate all side of the classification system so as to
search out out of best one(s). The study providesadeepinsight
into property Green building rating systems and might be
recommendation and reference for users once selecting
between rating systems.
Key Words: Keywords—Green building, classification
system, Breeam, Leed, Griha.
1. INTRODUCTION
A Green building is one that uses less water, optimizes
energy potency, conserves natural resources, generates less
waste and provides healthier areas for occupants, as
compared to a standard building." Green or property
Building may be a coming up with thought that reduces the
environmental impact of buildings through innovative land
use and construction ways. supported the magnitude of
Green measures adopted, points area unit awarded to a
building and, once acceptable weighting; a complete scoreis
ascribed to see the rating of the building. This helps to
convey the vary of application of Green measuresin building
construction. [ i]
Worldwide there's many Green building analysis systems
that specialise in completely different space of property
development and area unit designed for various forms of
comes. but solely a number of systems area unit wide
acknowledged and very set a recognizable customary for
property development. the subsequent 3 systems area unit
chosen to be reviewed during this paperasa resultofthey're
most well liked, prestigious and technically advanced rating
systems accessible. [ii]
BREEAM (Building analysis Establishment’s Environmental
Assessment Method) is that the leading and most generally
used environmental assessment methodology for buildings.
it had been developed within the United Kingdom in 1990
and is that the building environmental assessment
methodology with the longest log.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental style (LEED)
Green Building classification system, developed by the U.S.
Green Building Council (USGBC) in 1998, provides a set of
standards for environmentallypropertyconstruction.LEED-
India programmed has custom-made by the Indian Green
Building Council (IGBC) from us Green Building Council’s
(USGBC) in 2007.Since itsoriginin1998,LEEDhasmatureto
embrace quite fourteen,000 comes within the North
American country and thirty countries covering ninety nine
billion m² of development space.
Green Rating for Integrated environs Assessment (GRIHA)
Green Building classification system, planned by TERI and
developed collectively by the Ministry of recent and
Renewable Energy, Government of Republic of India as of
Hallowmass 2007, it's supported across the nation accepted
energy and environmental principles. Over three hundred
comes across Republic of India of variable scale and
performance area unit being engineered supported GRIHA
pointers.
2. COMPARISON CRITERIA
In terms of the precise classification system
BREEAM,LEED and GRIHA have similarities and variations
amongst them. A key similarity between these programs is
that the use of credit based mostly system with some
flexibility for what credits or measures building developers
need to pursue, beside obligatory necessities that has got to
be met for certification. because it reflects from this analysis
that there area unit several assessment criteria thought-
about that have an equivalent which means howeverthey're
denoted by a distinct formulation in several rating systems.
There area unit variationsbetweenthesesystemsintermsof
popularity& influence, process, certification price,
information assortment, development and certification
result.
Popularity and Influence:
LEED is incredibly widespread compared with alternative
systems. quite twenty two countries haveadoptedLEEDand
USGBC features a declared goal of changing into the world
customary for Green building rating systems. BREEAM is
oldest system. GRIHA was fashioned in a pair of007 and
indicates that quite 2,000 buildings are certified beneath
GRIHA in Republic of India. abundant of the expansion
within the Republic of India has been within the lasta pairof
to four years, and that they still see increasing interest in
GRIHA from building house owners, style professionals, and
governmental agencies[vi].

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Table 1.Popularity and Influence
Criteria BREEAM LEED GREEN GRIHA
STAR
Inception year 1990 1998 2003 2007
Country UK US Australia India
No. of projects
Registered +220,300 +83,750 +404 +550
certified +531,700 +27,000 +237 2,000
Process:
The BREEAM classification system uses Checklists and
surpass Pre Assessment Estimators. LEED, on the opposite
hand, is incredibly documentation-intensive, a lot of
advanced, time intense and (ironically) continues to be a
principally paper based mostly system[viii]. It uses PDF
rating Checklists and surpass Checklists. The GRIHA
classification system uses AN offline questionnaire-based
approach. Once the form has been completed, a report is
generated that has ratings, an inventory of property
achievements, and proposals for improvement[x]. AN
freelance third-party friend (known as a Green Globes
assessor) completes the task, that eliminates the necessity
for binders or templates, and is a lot of adjustable to specific
project necessities.
Certification Cost:
The cost associated with rating system shown in table
below.
Table 2. Certification Cost
Data collection:
The following problems were thought-about beneath
information assortment i.e. information assortment
methodology, forms of documentation, at what stage of
project, tax assessor & Qualification and Verification[vi]
Development:
All the rating systems area unit updated sporadically.
BREEAM, GreenSTARandGRIHAupdatedannually.whereas
LEED is updated in interval of two years. Last system
revisions BREEAM-2018, LEED-2018, and GRIHA-2018.
Certification Result:
There results of certification for BREEM area unit withinthe
type of Award
certificate. Credit purpose for various Levels of Certification
area unit given below. [vii]
Unclassified < 30
Pass ≥ 30
Good ≥ 45
Very Good ≥ 55
Excellent ≥ 70
Outstanding ≥ 85
For LEED results of certification area unit within the type of
Award letter and certificate. Credit purpose for various
Levels of Certification area unit given below. [viii]
Certified 40 - 49 points
Silver 50 - 59 points
Gold 60 - 79 points
Platinum 80 points and above
And in GRIHA results of certification area unit within the
type of Certificate and printed on-line. Credit purpose for
various Levels of Certification area unit given below Points
achieved GRIHA Rating. [x]
One star 50–60
Two stars 61–70
Three stars 71–80
Four stars 81–90
Five stars 91 points and above
System Breeam Leed Griha
Cost of Free Free Free
system
Certification £740- £1133- -
fee £1500 £11331

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3. CONCLUSION
This paper presents a whole and detail comparative
review of 3 well-known property Green building rating
systems. All 3 rating systems area unit adequate to be
utilized in bound a part of the country however they're not
distinctive in nature. Since these systems area unit
supported completely different parameters, the on top of 3
rating systems rate an equivalent buildings otherwise.
conjointly they're quite advanced in nature and don't
essentially provides a clear plan of the comes effectiveness.
every system has bound sturdy points and bound weak
points and that they aren't specific on some assessment
criteria. we must always provide preference for choice of
Green building classification system in following manner
LEED, BREEAM, GHRIHA . However, it's not simply the
ultimate conclusion that matters, however the total review
method itself. the knowledge, analyses, valuations and
comparisons throughout the method would facilitate
architects, developers, managers, etc. to own higher insight
into property rating tools. they supply a scientific and
valuable reference supply for numerous analysis that area
unit associated with property development.
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