Green Buildings

By
Piyapong Muenprasertdee

Green Buildings
What?
Why?
How?

What are Green

Buildings?

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 dont 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

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
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building

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

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

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building

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

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

LEED has 4 levels of

certificates

Less
Less Points
Points

More
More Points
Points

Why Green Buildings?

How large are buildings

carbon footprint anyway?

World GHG Emissions by Sector and Gas

(2005)
16.5
%

http://www.wri.org/image/view/11147/_original

U.S. GHG Emissions by Sector and Gas

(2003)

http://cait.wri.org/figures.php?page=/US-FlowChart

27.3
%

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**

ource: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
Environmental Information Administration (2008) EIA Annual Energy Outlook
U.S. Geological Survey (2000). 2000 data.

Green Buildings can potentially

reduce
Energy
Energy
Use
Use

CO
CO22
Emissions
Emissions

24%*
24%*
to
to
50%**
50%**

33%***
33%***
to
to
39%**
39%**

Water
Use

Solid
Waste

40%**

70%**

ce: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
ner C & Frankel M. (2008). Energy performance of LEED for New Construction buildings. Final Report.
ats G. (2003). The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Building: A Report to Californias Sustainable Building Task Force.
GSA Public Buildings Service (2008). Assessing green building performance. A post occupancy evaluation of 12 GSA buildings.

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**

ource: 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.

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

urce: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
e Total Exposure Assessment Methodology (TEAM) Study, EPA 600/S6-87/002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1987.

How to register a Green

Building project?

Types of LEED
certifications

rce: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1988

Dimensions of being
Green

Good location
Good
transportation
Good building
design

Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1

Water saving
technologies

Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1

Highly efficient Lightings and

HVACs

Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1

Environmentally friendly
materials
Good waste management
plans
Recycling programs

Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1

Clean breathing air

Good ventilation
Good natural lighting
Good views to the outdoors

Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1

Source: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1

Register your
project

Track Progress &

Document
Achievement

Apply for
Certification

A few months to > 1 year

Steps to LEED
Certification

Is our building
green?

Lets find out!!!

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

Some cool GREEN stuff

Taiwan

The Evans-Harvard High Performance

Classroom at da Vinci Arts Middle School,
Portland, OR

rce: http://www.pps.k12.or.us/departments/facilities/3329.htm

Grey Water Systems

The Waterless Urinal

London, UK

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

We are HULT!!!
ets do something!!!

ource: http://live-the-solution.com/mindmaps/

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THANK YOU