Big Green: Beyond LEED Rating

[Nick Peckham]

Joe,
 
Thanks for the Austrailian websites.  Is there a way to access these
sites with USA postcodes?
 
Nick Peckham AIA, LEED ap
Principal
Chairman - USGBC Missouri Heartland Chapter
 
Peckham & Wright Architects, Inc.
15 South 10th Street
Columbia, MO 65201-7947
(573) 449-2683 office
(573) 442-6213 fax
 
npeckham at PWArchitects.com <BLOCKED::mailto:npeckham at PWArchitects.com>  
 
www.PWArchitects.com <BLOCKED::http://www.PWArchitects.com> 

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From: biggreen-bounces at lists.biggreen.org
[mailto:biggreen-bounces at lists.biggreen.org] On Behalf Of Joe Karten
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 6:18 AM
To: David Katz
Cc: biggreen at lists.biggreen.org
Subject: Re: Big Green: Beyond LEED Rating


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
	
	
	
	
	Message: 2
	Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:29:49 -0800
	From: "Gail Borthwick" <gailborthwick at smithgill.com>
	Subject: Big Green: Beyond LEED Rating Systems
	To: <biggreen at lists.biggreen.org>
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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.
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	GAIL BORTHWICK, AIA, LEED AP(tm)     ADRIAN SMITH + GORDON GILL
ARCHITECTURE
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