A critical comparison of green building rating systems

Building and Environment

Volumn 123, Issue , 2017, Pages 243-260

  Doan, Dat Tien ^a   Ghaffarianhoseini, Ali ^a   Naismith, Nicola ^a   Zhang, Tongrui ^a   Ghaffarianhoseini, Amirhosein ^b,c   Tookey, John ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

BREEAM; CASBEE; Green rating systems; Green Star NZ; LEED; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URANIUM ALLOYS;

ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; GREEN RATING SYSTEM; GREEN STAR NZ; LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNS; RATING SYSTEM;

STARS;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; PROJECT DESIGN; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHINA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85030485131     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.07.007     Document Type: Review

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