Buildings are the major consumers of energy in Hong Kong and most urban areas in the
world. Building environmental assessment schemes, and green building rating tools …

The matter of environmental concern prioritization integrated into globally used green
building rating systems is a fundamental issue since it determines how the performance of a …

Efficient and productive buildings are considered a key factor in sustainable cities, and they
can contribute to achieving regional and national Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …

Construction has been accused of causing environmental problems ranging from excessive
consumption of global resources both in terms of construction and building operation to the …

Under climate change impacts, the world is becoming one village. This motivated the
application of sustainability rating systems of buildings away from their origins which is …

The Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method (HK-BEAM), Building
Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) and LEED were …

Buildings are key target of policies that aim at promoting environmentally sustainable
development. Amongst policy instruments that address environmental burdens incurred by …

The aim of this research is to customize the categories and criteria points of well-known
sustainability assessment tools regarding the priorities in sustainability concerns of Iran in …

It is generally accepted that the world's first green building rating tool was BREEAM.
However, the history of this rating tool, and the ones that followed it like LEED and …

Buildings are the dominant energy consumers in modern cities but their consumption can be
largely cut back through improving efficiency, which is an effective means to lessen …