Green standards are increasingly appearing and becoming more popular around the world as a solution to the negative impacts of humans on the environment, which are increasingly manifesting as global warming and changing climate.
The Green Building Standards System is the basis for:
- Evaluating the performance of the project;
- Certification of meeting environmental standards through a third party;
- Facilitating integrated design and construction processes;
- Ensure the project complies with current regulations.
Here are the most
popular green standards today:
1. LOTUS Green Standard
LOTUS is a Green
Building certification system developed by the World Green Building
Council (World GBC). After more than 8 years of development, LOTUS
Certification now includes 7 assessment systems, applicable to almost all types
of construction projects such as buildings. LOTUS serves as a guiding standard and
an annual-setting tool to build buildings that are friendly to the environment
and the health of the occupants with lower operating costs.
2. Green Standard LEED – Leadership in Energy Environmental Design
LEED
is a set of green building evaluation standards in the US, issued by USGBC –
U.S. Green Building Council, il and is known as the most popular standard set
in the world at present. This set of standards has been allowed to be assessed
and certified in buildings beyond the US border thanks to commercialization, it
has been widely accepted and used, although not the first set of standards to
appear first.
LEED
issues certificates for quality construction projects that meet the
requirements. The LEED standard rating scale for specific new and major
restoration works is as follows:
- Score 40 – 49 points: Certified certification.
- Score 50 – 59 points: Silver certification.
- Score 60 – 79 points: Gold certification.
- From 80 points or more: Platinum certification.
3. EDGE Green Building Certification System
EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) certification system by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is a global voluntary certification system for resource efficiency, leading to green engineering solutions, while potentially reducing costs. investment and savings of the project.
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This
is considered a push for Green Buildings, because the edge is simpler than
LEED, LOTUS standards when put into operation, and green criteria are suitable
for business costs. With three evaluation criteria for energy saving: Water,
energy, and materials - the building criteria are easily achieved, so many
investors choose.
There
are also other green standards such as CASBEE (Japan), Malaysia Green Building
Index, LEED India (India), BREEAM Europe (Europe), HQE (France), EarthCheck,
etc.
4. Green Standard BREEAM – BRE Environmental Assessment Method
5. Green Star Standard
The
Green Star Green Standard is an Australian set of assessment standards, issued
by GBCAthe - Green Building Council of
Australia. This is also a set of standards that have not been popularized in
many different countries around the world because it is only applicable within
Australia. Green Star is considered the Australian version of LEED.
6. BCA Green Mark Standard
Singapore
launched their Green Building standards named Green Mark, issued by BCA –
Building and Construction Authority with the ambition to lead in the field of
engineering technology in the region and the world. The Green Mark set of
standards is standardized on assessment standards specific to tropical
climates.
We hope
the post provided readers with an overview of the current Green Building
standards that are popular around the world.
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