Electives - II

Green Rating Systems

Aim - Comparative analysis of any 4 Worldwide Green Rating Systems.

By - Ritik Praful Jain

4th Year B.Arch
Div - A
WHAT IS GREEN RATING SYSTEM

Green rating systems, or standards are the easiest and most cost effective way to achieve
energy efficiency in buildings. The ratings serve as a checklist to ensure that a building or
project actually meets energy reduction and environmental protection goals. Rating
systems encourage and promote green design.

Methodology for rating buildings by using the most important determinants affect the buildings
like

ENERGY

WATER

CARBON EMISSIONS

TRANSPORTATION
 Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
www.breeam.com

BREEAM is the world's leading sustainability assessment method for master planning projects, infrastructure and
buildings. It addresses a number of lifecycle stages such as New Construction, Refurbishment and In-Use.
Globally there are more than 530,000 BREEAM certified developments, since it was first launched in 1990
throughout the UK, EU, EFTA member states.

BREEAM provides different types of BREEAM includes eight main categories of BREEAM
assessments, including: environmental impacts. The categories consider certification
topics such as: levels:
• Pre-assessment
• Design and procurement • Energy and water use • Pass,
assessments • Internal environment (health and well-being) • Good,
• Very Good,
• Management and operation • Pollution • Excellent,
assessments • Outstanding.
• Transport
• Post construction reviews
• Materials
• Covers the whole life cycle of
• Waste
buildings
• Ecology and
• Management processes
 ® Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
www.usgbc.org

LEED is used throughout North America as well as in more than 30 countries with over 6,300
projects currently certified across the globe and over 21,000 projects registered. It was
established in 1998.

LEED designations: LEED rating is achieved There are four levels of

through earning points in LEED certification:
• LEED-NC: New Construction, for commercial, each of these seven
institutional, and high-rise residential buildings. categories : • Certified,
• LEED-EB: Existing Buildings, which includes criteria • Silver,
for maintenance, operations, and refurbishments. • Sustainable Sites • Gold, and
• LEED-CI: Commercial Interiors, for tenant fir-outs. • Water Efficiency • Platinum.
• LEED-CS: Core and Shell, which covers a building’s • Energy and Atmosphere
structure, envelope, and basic mechanical/ • Materials and Resources
electrical/plumbing systems. • Indoor Environmental
• LEED-H: Homes, a collaborative effort with local green Quality
homes programs, include single and multiunit versions. • Regional Priority
• LEED for Schools • Innovation in Design.
• LEED for Retail, which includes new construction, and
commercial interiors versions.
• LEED Neighbourhood Development.
 new.gbca.org.au

Green Star is the green building rating system used in Australia, and has been adapted and licensed to the
New Zealand (Green Star NZ) and South Africa (Green Star SA) green building councils for use in their
respective markets. It was launched by the Green Building Council of Australia in 2003.

Green Star rating tools for individual Green star rating schemes, GREEN STAR
building and fit out design, construction which are : certification levels:
and operations assess projects against • 4 Star, 5 Star, 6
the following categories: • Design and as built Star
communities: performance, for design and as-
• Management • Land use and ecology interiors built communities
• Indoor environmental quality • Emissions • Legacy rating tools: education, and interiors,
• Energy • Innovation health care, industrial, multiunit • 1-6 Star
• Transport • Governance residential, office, office for performance
• Water • Design interiors, retail centre and
• Materials • Liveability public building
• Environment • Economic prosperity
 BEAM Plus® The Building Environmental Assessment Method
www.hkgbc.org.hk

BEAM was established as a voluntary certification system by the Hong Kong

Environmental Assessment Method (HK-BEAM) society in 1996. In 2010, Hong
Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) took the existing rating system and
launched a new assessment tool and revamped the rating system, now BEAM
Plus.
BEAM is intended to:
BEAM rating is achieved through There are two levels of
• Stimulate demand for more sustainable buildings earning points in each of these BEAM Plus certification:
in HK and other regions categories :
• Giving recognition for improved performance and Gold and Platinum
minimizing false claims • Site aspects
• Provide a common set of performance Reduce the • Material aspects
environmental impacts of buildings throughout the • Energy use
planning, design, construction, management and • Water use
demolition life cycle • Indoor environmental quality
• Increase awareness in the building community, • Innovation
and ensure that environmental considerations are
integrated at the beginning of a project