Green buildings are designed to reduce energy and resource consumption and minimize environmental impact. They include features like efficient lighting and HVAC systems, water saving technologies, and environmentally friendly materials. Green building certification systems have emerged to standardize best practices and quantify how environmentally sustainable a building is. The most well-known standard is LEED, which issues certifications at different levels based on points earned. Green buildings provide benefits like reduced operating costs, increased property values, and healthier indoor environments for occupants. To obtain LEED certification, projects register and document achievement of sustainability benchmarks over the course of construction.

1. Green BuildingsBy
Piyapong Muenprasertdee

2. Green Buildings
•What?
•Why?
•How?

3. What are Green Buildings?

4. What are Green Buildings?
• Green buildings are…
• Buildings or homes that are more energy efficient, produce less
waste and are healthier to be inside
• Green buildings don’t literally mean…
• Buildings that produce zero-emissions or totally green or totally
environmentally friendly
• Green building certification systems
• Certification systems by different organizations/institutions that
setup standards to quantify how ‘green’ a building is
• Different standards world wide, but similar in concept

5. Green Building Certifications
• Australia: Nabers / Green Star
• Brazil: AQUA / LEED Brasil
• Canada: LEED Canada / Green Globes /
Built Green Canada
• China: GBAS
• Finland: PromisE
• France: HQE
• Germany: DGNB / CEPHEUS
• Hong Kong: HKBEAM
• India: Indian Green Building Council
(IGBC) / GRIHA
• Indonesia: Green Building Council
Indonesia (GBCI) / Greenship
• Italy: Protocollo Itaca / Green Building
Council Italia
• Japan: CASBEE
• Korea: KGBC
• Malaysia: GBI Malaysia
• Mexico: LEED Mexico
• Netherlands: BREEAM Netherlands
• New Zealand: Green Star NZ
• Philippines: BERDE / Philippine Green
Building Council
• Portugal: Lider A
• Qatar: QSAS
• Republic of China (Taiwan): Green
Building Label
• Singapore: Green Mark
• South Africa: Green Star SA
• Spain: VERDE
• Switzerland: Minergie
• United States: LEED / Living Building
Challenge / Green Globes / Build it
Green / NAHB NGBS / International
Green Construction Code (IGCC) /
ENERGY STAR
• United Kingdom: BREEAM
• United Arab Emirates: Estidama
• IAPGSA Pakistan Institute of
Architecture Pakistan Green Sustainable
Architecture
• Jordan: EDAMA
• Czech Republic: SBToolCZ
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building

6. Green Building Certifications
• Australia: Nabers / Green Star
• Brazil: AQUA / LEED Brasil
• Canada: LEED Canada / Green Globes /
Built Green Canada
• China: GBAS
• Finland: PromisE
• France: HQE
• Germany: DGNB / CEPHEUS
• Hong Kong: HKBEAM
• India: Indian Green Building Council
(IGBC) / GRIHA
• Indonesia: Green Building Council
Indonesia (GBCI) / Greenship
• Italy: Protocollo Itaca / Green Building
Council Italia
• Japan: CASBEE
• Korea: KGBC
• Malaysia: GBI Malaysia
• Mexico: LEED Mexico
• Netherlands: BREEAM Netherlands
• New Zealand: Green Star NZ
• Philippines: BERDE / Philippine Green
Building Council
• Portugal: Lider A
• Qatar: QSAS
• Republic of China (Taiwan): Green
Building Label
• Singapore: Green Mark
• South Africa: Green Star SA
• Spain: VERDE
• Switzerland: Minergie
• United States: LEED / Living Building
Challenge / Green Globes / Build it
Green / NAHB NGBS / International
Green Construction Code (IGCC) /
ENERGY STAR
• United Kingdom: BREEAM
• United Arab Emirates: Estidama
• IAPGSA Pakistan Institute of
Architecture Pakistan Green Sustainable
Architecture
• Jordan: EDAMA
• Czech Republic: SBToolCZ
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building

7. LEED Green Building Certification
• LEED stands for…
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
• Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in 2000
• A U.S. green building certification standard also used by
numerous projects outside the U.S.
• One of the most well known standards

8. LEED has 4 levels of certificates
Less Points More Points

9. Why Green Buildings?
How large are buildings’
carbon footprint anyway?

10. WorldGHG EmissionsbySectorandGas(2005)
http://www.wri.org/image/view/11147/_original
16.5%

11. U.S.GHG EmissionsbySectorandGas(2003)
http://cait.wri.org/figures.php?page=/US-FlowChart
27.3%

12. Impacts of U.S. Buildings on Resources
•Buildings are responsible for…
• 40% primary energy use*
• 72% electricity consumption*
• 39% CO2 emissions*
• 13.6% potable water consumption**
Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
* Environmental Information Administration (2008) EIA Annual Energy Outlook
** U.S. Geological Survey (2000). 2000 data.

13. Green Buildings can potentially reduce…
Energy Use
24%*
to
50%**
CO2
Emissions
33%***
to
39%**
Water
Use
40%**
Solid
Waste
70%**
Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
*Turner C & Frankel M. (2008). Energy performance of LEED for New Construction buildings. Final Report.
** Kats G. (2003). The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Building: A Report to California’s Sustainable Building Task Force.
*** GSA Public Buildings Service (2008). Assessing green building performance. A post occupancy evaluation of 12 GSA buildings.

14. Perceived Business Benefits to Going Green
•Researches found…
• 8-9% operating cost decreases*
• 7.5% building value increases*
• 6.6% return on investment improves*
• 3.5% occupancy rate increases*
• 3% rent ratio increases**
Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
*McGraw-Hill Construction, Key Trends in the European and U.S. Construction Marketplace SmartMarket Report 2008.
**McGraw-Hill Construction, Greening of Corporate America SmartMarket Report 2007.

15. Other benefits
•Green building occupants are
healthier and more productive
• In the U.S., people spend, on average,
90% or more of their time indoors*
• Green buildings typically have better
indoor air quality and lighting
Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
*The Total Exposure Assessment Methodology (TEAM) Study, EPA 600/S6-87/002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1987.

16. How to register a Green
Building project?

17. Types of LEED certifications
Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1988

18. Dimensions of being ‘Green’

19. Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
Good location
Good transportation
Good building design

20. Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
Water saving
technologies

21. Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
Highly efficient Lightings and HVACs

22. Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
Environmentally friendly materials
Good waste management plans
Recycling programs

23. Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
Clean breathing air
Good ventilation
Good natural lighting
Good views to the outdoors

24. Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720

25. Steps to LEED Certification
Register your project
Track Progress &
Document Achievement
Apply for Certification
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26. Is our building ‘green’?

27. Let’s find out!!!

28. Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1991

29. Some cool GREEN stuff…

30. Taiwan

31. TheEvans-HarvardHigh PerformanceClassroomat
daVinciArtsMiddleSchool,Portland,OR
Source: http://www.pps.k12.or.us/departments/facilities/3329.htm

32. Grey Water Systems

33. The Waterless Urinal

35. London, UK
Source: http://www.environmentteam.com/2010/03/10/green-pavement-slabs-to-generate-electricity-when-walked-over/

37. We are HULT!!!
Let’s do something!!!

38. Source: http://live-the-solution.com/mindmaps/

39. Source: http://live-the-solution.com/mindmaps/

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