Sustainable buildings
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Executive summary
The toolkit
1 Introduction
1.1 Target audience
2 Design and build specifications
2.1 Overview
2.2 Standards
2.2.1 LEED
2.2.2 Green Globes
2.2.3 Green Building (Europe)
2.2.4 BREEAM - Europe
2.2.5 International Green Construction Code
2.2.6 German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)
2.2.7 Green Building Council of Australia
2.2.8 Estidama - United Arab Emirates
2.2.9 CASBEE - Japan
2.3 Best environmental practices
2.4 Metrics
2.4.1 LEED 2009 for new construction and major renovations project
2.4.2 Green Globes
2.4.3 BREEAM rating benchmarks
2.2.4 Green Star certified ratings
2.4.5 PEARL rating levels
3 Building maintenance, repair and operations
3.1 Overview
3.2 Standards
3.2.1 LEED guidelines for existing buildings: operations and maintenance
3.3 Best environmental practices
3.3.1 Systems assessment
3.3.2 Building exterior and site
3.3.3 Building management system
3.3.4 Lighting
3.3.5 Waste
3.3.6 Sustainable procurement
3.4 Existing buildings: checklist
4 Building improvement
4.1 Overview
4.2 Standards
4.3 Best practices
4.3.1 Data gathering and benchmarking
4.3.2 Building audits
4.3.3 Other best practices
4.4 Metrics
5 Technical buildings and outside plant
5.1 Overview
5.2 Standards
5.2.1 BREEAM New Construction: data centers
5.3 Best practices
5.4 Metrics
6 Life cycle
7 Checklist
8 Conclusions
9 Glossary
10 Bibliography