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Green Building Council of Australia
Green Star is a comprehensive, national, voluntary environmental rating system that evaluates the environmental design and construction of buildings and, with 11 per cent of Australia's CBD commercial office buildings Green Star certified, building green is now a business imperative.
Green Star was developed for the property industry in order to:
•Establish a common language;
•Set a standard of measurement for green buildings;
•Promote integrated, whole-building design;
•Recognise environmental leadership;
•Identify building life-cycle impacts; and
•Raise awareness of green building benefits.
http://www.gbca.org.au
BREEAM, The Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method., also
BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings.
BREEAM has dominated environmental assessment of UK buildings for nearly 20 years.
BREEAM has expanded massively, going from an original report in 1990 with a 19-page BRE report with 27 credits available, to a massive 350-page technical guide (for the office version) with 105 credits.
BREEAM is a tool that allows the owners, users and designers of buildings to review and improve environmental performance throughout the life of a building. It is a widely accepted and respected scheme that sets a benchmark for environmental performance and provides a wide range of benefits. It is independent and authoritative, being based on many years of construction and environmental research carried out at BRE together with the input and experience of the construction and property industries, Government and buildng regulators
The BREEAM-certificate is a method for environmental certification of properties which takes a holistic approach in environment and sustainability by criteria for global aspects, resource management, building materials and energy use. The certification is carried out and verified by an independent third part by the British environmental organization BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method).
The principles of BREEAM have also spread across the world. The US Green Building Council launched its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) in 1998. While similar methods have also sprung up, such as Greenstar in Australia and CASBEE in Japan, BREEAM and LEED are the main methods currently in use.
Sources
http://www.bre.co.uk/
http://www.breeam.org/
