Variability of building environmental assessment tools on evaluating carbon emissions

Ng, S. Thomas; Chen, Yuan; Wong, Johnny

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2012.07.003

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“…Reasoning for this is that qualitative indicators are open to wider interpretation since their evaluation is normally less precise. To introduce qualitative indicators in HBSA methods, it is important to reduce misinterpretation, by establishing precise and objective assessment scales (Ng et al, 2013). To be successful the proposed assessment scales must be submitted to the analysis of third party stakeholders, using, for instance, questionnaires.…”

Section: Methodologies To Evaluate Qualitative and Quantitative Indicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Healthcare Building Sustainability Assessment tool - Sustainable Effective Design criteria in the Portuguese context

Castro

Mateus

Bragança

2017

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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Tools and methods to improve current practices and quality in the healthcare building sector are necessary to support decision-making at different building life cycle phases. Furthermore, Healthcare Building Sustainability Assessment (HBSA) Methods are based on criteria organised into different levels, such as categories and indicators. These criteria highlight aspects of significant importance when designing and operating a sustainable healthcare building. To bring more objectivity to the sustainability assessments, the standardisation bodies (CEN and ISO) proposed core indicators that should be used in the evaluation of the environmental, societal and economic performances of buildings. Nevertheless, relying on state of the art analysis, it is possible to conclude that there are aspects of major importance for the operation of healthcare buildings that are not considered in the HBSA methods. Thus, the aim of this paper is to discuss the context of sustainability assessment methods in the field of healthcare buildings and to present a proposal for the incorporation of Sustainable-Effective Design (SED) criteria in a new HBSA method. The used research method is innovative since in the development of the list of sustainability criteria it considers the opinion of main healthcare buildings' stakeholders, the existing healthcare assessment methods and the ISO and CEN standardisation works in the field of the methods to assess the sustainability of construction works. As a result, the proposed method is composed of fifty-two sustainability indicators that cover the different dimensions of the sustainability concept to support decision making during the design of a new or retrofitted healthcare building in urban areas.

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Section: Methodologies To Evaluate Qualitative and Quantitative Indicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Healthcare Building Sustainability Assessment tool - Sustainable Effective Design criteria in the Portuguese context

Castro

Mateus

Bragança

2017

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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“…Previous comparison studies have been conducted on numerous tools to measure sustainability, such as sustainability indicators (Singh et al 2012), life cycle assessment tools (Forsberg and von Malmborg 2004), and building environmental assessment schemes (Nguyen and Altan 2011;Alyami and Rezgui 2012;Lee 2013). However, most studies of building environmental assessment schemes have focused on energy evaluation and carbon emissions (Lee and Burnett 2008;Roderick et al 2009;Lee 2012;Ng, Chen, and Wong 2013). Similar studies comparing IAQ are considerably lacking.…”

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“…Tools can be single criteria or multi-criteria and designed for specific building types such as offices, commercial, healthcare or residential (Ng, Chen, and Wong 2013). The scope of this study is confined to assessment and/or rating tools for residential buildings, with a particular emphasis on the UK context.…”

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Effective indoor air quality for energy-efficient homes: a comparison of UK rating systems

McGill

Oyedele

McAllister

et al. 2015

Architectural Science Review

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The use of sustainable assessment methods in the UK is on the rise, anticipating the future regulatory trajectory towards zero carbon by 2016. The indisputable influence of sustainable rating tools on UK building regulations conveys the importance of evaluating their effectiveness in achieving true sustainable design, without adversely effecting human health and wellbeing. This paper reviews indoor air-quality (IAQ) issues addressed by UK sustainable assessment tools, and the potential trade-offs between building energy conservation and IAQ. The barriers to effective adoption of IAQ strategies are investigated, including recommendations, suggestions, and future research needs. The review identified a fundamental lack of IAQ criteria in sustainable assessment tools aimed at the residential sector. The consideration of occupants' health and well-being should be paramount in any assessment scheme, and should not be overshadowed or obscured by the drive towards energy efficiency. A balance is essential.

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“…Therefore, innovative approaches are required for performance improvement of public buildings through asset management. Continuous improvement in the reduction of GHG emissions is important in order to comply with newly emerging standards (Ng, Chen, & Wong James M.W., 2013).…”

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Developing a level of service (LOS) index for operational management of public buildings

Ruparathna

Hewage

Sadiq

2017

Sustainable Cities and Society

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Even though there is a large body of knowledge related to buildings, only a limited number of examples with a focus on asset management exist in published literature. More importantly, current literature lacks rating systems that support tactical and operational management of building infrastructure. This paper addresses the aforementioned knowledge gap and building industry requirement by proposing an index for operational management of a public building using building level of service (LOS). In the context of buildings, LOS is defined as an assessment of the operational performance provided to building users, society, and the environment. A fuzzy synthetic evaluation (FSE)-based method was used to assess the LOS of buildings. First, key performance categories and indicators were defined for operating building performance assessment. Indicators and benchmarks were customized for an aquatic centre building. A case study was conducted to demonstrate the application of the LOS index. Results from this approach provides an assessment of the operational performance of the aquatic centre building with respect to nine LOS performance categories. Overall building LOS was evaluated as good for the three pseudo scenarios considered. The proposed LOS index facilitates asset management of public buildings by providing information for operational, tactical, and strategic decision making.

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Variability of building environmental assessment tools on evaluating carbon emissions

Cited by 49 publications

References 13 publications

Healthcare Building Sustainability Assessment tool - Sustainable Effective Design criteria in the Portuguese context

Healthcare Building Sustainability Assessment tool - Sustainable Effective Design criteria in the Portuguese context

Effective indoor air quality for energy-efficient homes: a comparison of UK rating systems

Developing a level of service (LOS) index for operational management of public buildings

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