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• 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