This document provides information about Green Globes, which is an online green building rating and certification tool used in Canada and the US. It can be used for new construction, renovations, and commercial interiors of various building types. Green Globes was developed based on BREEAM and aims to evaluate energy/environmental performance, encourage design/management reviews, and increase awareness of environmental issues. It provides a 1000-point rating system to assess buildings and certify them at different levels depending on their score. The document also summarizes a case study of Jehovah's Witnesses' new world headquarters that received a top Green Globes rating for its sustainable design features.

1. GREENGLOBE
PRESENTATION BY
SHAMITHA K.
HARIKA V.
SRAVYA S.

2. ABOUT GREEN
GLOBE
 Green Globes is an online green building rating and certification tool
that is used primarily in Canada and the USA. In Canada, there
are Green Globes modules for:
 New Construction/Significant Renovations
 Commercial Interiors (i.e. Office Fit-ups)
 These modules can be used for a wide range of commercial,
institutional and multi-residential building types including offices,
school, hospitals, hotels, academic and industrial facilities,
warehouses, laboratories, sports facilities and multi-residential
buildings.
 The genesis of Green Globes, similar to LEED and many other
systems around the world was BREEAM, developed in the UK in the
1980’s.
 Based on the 1996 CSA publication of BREEAM Canada, Green
Globes for Existing Buildings was developed in 2000 by ECD
Energy and Environmental Canada i.
 Green Globes for New Buildings Canada followed shortly thereafter,
with the support of the Canadian Department of National Défense
and Public Works and Government Services.
 In 2004, the system was adapted for the USA, where it is
administered by the GBI

3. Green Globes
Design Rating
System and
Program NEWAND EXISTING
BUILDINGS,AND
INTERIOR
FEDERALGOVERNMENT
AND PRIVATESECTOR
ONLINE REGETRATION

4. Objectives of
the Program
The objectives of Green Globes are to:
• Evaluate energy and environmental performance of buildings.
• Encourage peer reviews of design and management practices.
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• Increase awareness of environmental issues amongst building
owners, designers and managers.
• Provide action plans for improvement at varying stages of project
delivery.
• Provide certification and awards for green building design and
management.
Green Globes assists in the design of buildings that are energy and
resource efficient, achieve operational savings and which are
healthier and more comfortable to work and live in.

5. ORAGANIZATION
STRUCTURE
Selection Of
Project Stage
Area Assessment
&Sub Area
Assessment
Rating And
Reporting
Green Global
Rating

6. Rating system
TOTAL 1000 POINTS ARE AVAILABLE

7. Rating system

8. Certification
levels

9. Case Study-
New World
Headquarters
 NEW YORK—Upon completion of new world headquarters in
August 2016.
 Jehovah’s Witnesses received official recognition for the
sustainable design of their new facility in Warwick, New York.
 “Out of 965 projects nationwide, only 64 buildings have
received the highest rating of Four Green Globes. For Jehovah’s
Witnesses to receive Four Green Globes for all seven of their
buildings at Warwick is remarkable.

10. BRIEF
 The footprint of the building is occupied less than 20 percent of the 253-
acre site.
 Erosion control blankets and riprap (stones of assorted sizes) have been
installed to help stabilize the surrounding embankment.
 Large rocks being excavated from the site during an early phase of the
construction project. Over 240,000 tons of site-harvested rock were
reused on site.
 Industrial recycling containers. Over 70 percent of on-site construction waste
was diverted from landfills and processed at approved recycling centres.
 Workers planting flora near the main entrance of the Witnesses’ world
headquarters. The landscape design incorporated native trees, plants, and
ground cover.
 Inside the Offices/Services Building. The interior finishes (e.g., paint, wall and
ceiling coverings) meet criteria set by the Green Building Initiative for low-
emitting materials (products that do not release significant pollutants),
contributing to occupant health

11. BRIEF
 Workers installing a geothermal grid, a part of the geothermal
system that circulates fluid 499 feet (152 m) below ground.
 Underground temperatures remain moderate, while above
ground air temperatures vary greatly from summer to winter.
 A geothermal system takes advantage of the stable
underground temperatures—absorbing warmer ground
temperatures into the circulated fluid to help heat the facility
in the winter and, in the summer, using the fluid to dissipate
heat from the buildings to the ground.
 The Witnesses’ geothermal system is expected to reduce the
energy needed to heat and cool the buildings by 40 percent.

12. Thank you