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Demonstrating the importance of criteria and sub-criteria in building assessment methods

Banani, R., Vahdati, M. and Elmualim, A. A. (2013) Demonstrating the importance of criteria and sub-criteria in building assessment methods. In: Sustainable Development and Planning 2013, 27-29 May 2013, Kos, Greece, pp. 443-454.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/SDP130371

Abstract/Summary

Building assessment methods have become a popular research field since the early 1990s. An international tool which allows the assessment of buildings in all regions, taking into account differences in climates, topographies and cultures does not yet exist. This paper aims to demonstrate the importance of criteria and sub-criteria in developing a new potential building assessment method for Saudi Arabia. Recently, the awareness of sustainability has been increasing in developing countries due to high energy consumption, pollution and high carbon foot print. There is no debate that assessment criteria have an important role to identify the tool’s orientation. However, various aspects influence the criteria and sub-criteria of assessment tools such as environment, economic, social and cultural to mention but a few. The author provides an investigation on the most popular and globally used schemes: BREEAM, LEED, Green Star, CASBEE and Estidama in order to identify the effectiveness of the different aspects of the assessment criteria and the impacts of these criteria on the assessment results; that will provide a solid foundation to develop an effective sustainable assessment method for buildings in Saudi Arabia. Initial results of the investigation suggest that each country needs to develop its own assessment method in order to achieve desired results, while focusing upon the indigenous environmental, economic, social and cultural conditions. Keywords: Assessment methods, BREEAM, LEED, Green Star, CASBEE, Estidama, sustainability, sustainable buildings, Environment, Saudi Arabia.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of the Built Environment > Energy and Environmental Engineering group
ID Code:32711
Publisher Statement:Transactions of the Wessex Institute: Ecology and the Environment, vol. 173 Online ISSN: 1743-3541 Print ISBN: 978-1-84564-714-8 Edited By: C.A. Brebbia, E. Beriatos Published: 2013 Pages: 828

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