Green Associate Professional Training Course

April / May - 2016

Green Building Council of Sri Lanka

Associate professional assessment criteria

Group Assignment: Green Building Design – Case Study: 30 marks

Written Examination: 70 marks

Total: 100 marks

Group Assignment
Green Case Study

Scenario:

Your team has been hired by a development firm. The owner, who has purchased an industrial site of 400
perches, 8 km away from Colombo, wants to build a multi-storey commercial office and shopping
complex that includes parking facilities. The expected floor area of the building is 5,000 m2. Your team
(the design team) has been hired by the owner for designing the building.

Buildings have extensive direct and indirect impacts on the environment during their construction,
occupancy, renovation, repurposing, and demolition. Since buildings use energy, water, and raw
materials, which ultimately generate waste, and emit potentially harmful atmospheric emissions, the
owner wants to mitigate the impact of buildings on the natural environment through sustainable designs.
(The owner is an environmentalist).

The following details are available.

• The site is not on a prime agricultural land. There are no archaeological or heritage buildings
nearby. Since it is near the city, public transport is available.

• The site does have an existing three storey building (floor area of 600 m2 and a footprint of 300
m2). There is an old industrial shed on the site with a concrete structure and steel roof.

• The owner has stated that sustainable design features and technologies are expected to be
included in the project without increasing the budget beyond 5% of the conventional budget. The
expected first cost per square meter is Rs. 80,000.00.
 • The building layouts and parking spaces should be in accordance with the regulations of the local
planning authority.

• The local authority has initiated an expected permitting process for the project using GreenSL
rating tools and they have given assurance to support the project as much as they can.

The design team is expected to achieve the following tasks;

• Plan a green building that satisfies the requirements of the owner.

• Assess the building using the GREENSL® rating tool, allocating credits to each category. Record
these credits and determine GREENSL® rating points.

• Prepare a project score sheet for your building outlining its key features and GREENSL® rating
achieved. Also describe how you will satisfy the GREENSL® prerequisites. Include points for
each category and the total points achieved.

• Submit a design report that includes the design concepts, schematic design including plan(s),
critical sections and relevant details, project BOQs and energy and water related calculations by
incorporating your green strategies.