A critical comparison of green building rating systems

DT Doan, A Ghaffarianhoseini, N Naismith… - Building and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Various green rating systems are established globally to evaluate the sustainability of
construction projects. Their categories and criteria have been under constant updates to …

Green building rating systems: Global reviews of practices and research efforts

M Shan, B Hwang - Sustainable cities and society, 2018 - Elsevier
During the past two decades, a large number of Green Building Rating Systems (GBRSs)
have been developed by the countries around the world in order to rate and certify green …

Life cycle energy efficiency in building structures: A review of current developments and future outlooks based on BIM capabilities

S Eleftheriadis, D Mumovic, P Greening - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
The continuous developments of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Architecture,
Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry supported by the advancements in material …

Consumption‐based carbon accounting: does it have a future?

S Afionis, M Sakai, K Scott, J Barrett… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Internationally, allocation of responsibility for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is
currently based on the production‐based (PB) accounting method, which measures …

How green building rating systems affect designing green

Y He, T Kvan, M Liu, B Li - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
This research investigates sustainable building design from a new perspective–green
design in relation to green building rating systems. We examine the potential influence of …

A holistic review on life cycle energy of buildings: An analysis from 2009 to 2019

CZ Li, X Lai, B Xiao, VWY Tam, S Guo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy consumption of buildings is at the forefront of the total energy consumption list, and
its environmental impact is increasing, thus making construction industry as a key player in …

Multi-criteria decision-making method for assessing the sustainability of post-disaster temporary housing units technologies: A case study in Bam, 2003

SMA Hosseini, A de la Fuente, O Pons - Sustainable cities and society, 2016 - Elsevier
Temporary housing units (THUs) have been used for displaced population (DP) in the
aftermath of natural disasters to serve as an alternative residence while the permanent …

A comprehensive analysis of green building rating systems for data centers

S Cai, Z Gou - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
The high energy consumption of data centers (DCs) has become a global issue that needs
to be addressed, and as a result, their development of green rating systems (GBRSs) has …

A comparative analysis of sustainable building assessment methods

CD López, M Carpio, M Martín-Morales… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Since the advent of the first sustainability assessment method, TRYNNS, a large number of
widely differing methods have been developed to assess, rate and certify the sustainability …

A managed framework for energy-efficient building

MSS Danish, T Senjyu, AM Ibrahimi, M Ahmadi… - Journal of Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a holistic approach in the context of energy management and efficiency is
utilized, integrating different standpoints and best recent world-wide practices to establish a …