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Environmental Assessment Tools
An Overview of the UK's BREEAM and the US's LEED
Design economics is intrinsically linked to the environmental aspects of buildings and often involves a complex relationship. This chapter focuses on the key features and operationalisation of two of the most widely used assessment tools which are the UK's Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) and the US's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The chapter assists potential users in both hemispheres, and others in other countries without a similar assessment system but desirous to assess the environmental performance of their building. It starts with a brief context, the rationale for design to reduce carbon emission, followed by an outline and a discussion of the key features of environmental assessment tools. The main structure of BREEAM and LEED tools are explained, and the key assessment stages, as well as the mitigation principles, scoring and rating systems are discussed.
Environmental Assessment Tools
An Overview of the UK's BREEAM and the US's LEED
Design economics is intrinsically linked to the environmental aspects of buildings and often involves a complex relationship. This chapter focuses on the key features and operationalisation of two of the most widely used assessment tools which are the UK's Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) and the US's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The chapter assists potential users in both hemispheres, and others in other countries without a similar assessment system but desirous to assess the environmental performance of their building. It starts with a brief context, the rationale for design to reduce carbon emission, followed by an outline and a discussion of the key features of environmental assessment tools. The main structure of BREEAM and LEED tools are explained, and the key assessment stages, as well as the mitigation principles, scoring and rating systems are discussed.
Environmental Assessment Tools
An Overview of the UK's BREEAM and the US's LEED
Robinson, Herbert (editor) / Symonds, Barry (editor) / Gilbertson, Barry (editor) / Ilozor, Benedict (editor) / Colombo, Ina (author) / Ilozor, Benedict (author) / Robinson, Herbert (author)
2015-03-02
14 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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