Big Green: Beyond LEED Rating

[Joe Karten]

Hello there,

In Australia, the Green Building Council has an Office Existing Building
tool in PILOT phase that measures an existing building's overall
environmental performance.
http://www.gbcaus.org/gbca.asp?sectionid=89&docid=953

Another well known tool in Australia is NABERS, for commercial and
residential.
http://www.nabers.com.au/page.aspx?code=ABOUTUS&site=2

Finally, just looking at energy usage in existing buildings, ABGR
(Australian Building Greenhouse Rating) rates buildings on the emissions
they produce as a product of the amount of energy they consume.
http://www.abgr.com.au/

I hope this helps.

Regards,
-- 
Joe Karten, LEED AP, Green Star AP
mobile: 044.715.6181
www.greenbuildingworldwide.com

On Dec 23, 2007 4:33 AM, David Katz <dkatz at sustainable.on.ca> wrote:

> In addition to the GREEN issues noted in many of the replies, how about
> keeping the building sustainable after it's built. This is where the new
> Building Intelligence Quotient http://www.caba.org/biq rating system
> developed for the Continental Automated Buildings Association compliments
> both the LEED, Green Globe and Energy Star ratings.
> International ratings include the Asian Intelligent Building Index
> http://www.aiib.net/about-aiib.htm have been developed to reflect regional
> approaches.
> High Performance building efforts are underway in North America with
> issues
> such as on site generation, Demand Response and Net Zero carbon footprint
> that go well beyond the architectural rating issues.
> Canada has established a CSA Sustainable Building Standard effort. Perhaps
> the recent BALI climate change disputes will force more consensus on what
> constitutes a Sustainable Building.
>
> David Katz
> Sustainable Resources Management Inc.
> Sustainable Environmental Solutions Inc.
> 6 Morning Gloryway
> Toronto Ontario
> 416-493-9232
> dkatz at sustainable.on.ca
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>
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> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:29:49 -0800
> From: "Gail Borthwick" <gailborthwick at smithgill.com>
> Subject: Big Green: Beyond LEED Rating Systems
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> We have a project where the client is asking us to measure the sustainable
> aspects of their project beyond the LEED rating system.  I'm very familiar
> with The Living Building Challenge but unfortunately they don't meet the
> Limits to Growth pre-requisite.
>
> I'm interested in hearing other people's experiences and recommendations
> of
> using other rating systems - international or domestic.
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