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1.2 Some of the successful international rating programmes
1.2.1 BREEAM
Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) was developed in
the United Kingdom in 1990 and is one of the earliest building environmental assessment methods.
BREEAM covers a range of building types including—offi ces, homes, industrial units, retail units,
and schools. When a building is assessed, points are awarded for each criterion and the points are
added for a total score. The overall building performance is awarded a ‘Pass’, ‘Good’, ‘Very Good’
or ‘Excellent’ rating based on the score. BREEAM has separate criteria/checklist for evaluation of
Design and Procurement and for Management and Operation of buildings. There is also a set of core
credits that can be applied for, in case the building wishes to go in for ‘Core only’ assessment for
building performance.
BREEAM major categories of criteria for Design and Procurement include the following:
# Management (commissioning period and process adopted, monitoring of commissioning,
energy use in site activities, waste management, pollution minimization)
# Health and comfort (adequate ventilation, humidifi cation, presence of controllable blinds, energy
effi cient lighting, thermal and visual comfort, low noise levels)
# Energy (sub-metering)
# Transport (modes of transport to and from site, alternative transport facilities)
# Water (consumption reduction, metering, leak detection)
# Materials (asbestos mitigation, storage facilities, reuse of structures, specifi cations of envelope,
use of crushed aggregate and sustainable timber)
# Land use (previously used land, use of re mediated contaminated land)
# Ecology (land with low ecological value or minimal change in value, maintaining major ecological
systems on the land, minimization of biodiversity impacts)
# Pollution (leak detection systems, on-site treatment, local or renewable energy sources, light
pollution design, avoid use of ozone depleting and global warming substances)
Further details on the system can be obtained from Building Research Establishment Ltd, UK.
1.2.2 CASBEE
Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Effi ciency (CASBEE) was developed
in Japan, in 2001. The family of assessment tools is based on the building’s life cycle: pre-design, new
construction, existing buildings, and renovation. CASBEE presents a new concept for assessment
that distinguishes environmental load from environmental quality and building performance. Under
CASBEE there are two spaces, internal and external, divided by the hypothetical boundary, which
is defi ned by the site boundary and other elements, with two factors related to the two spaces, in
which the ‘negative aspects of environmental impact which go beyond the hypothetical enclosed
space to the outside (the public property)’ and ‘improving living amenity for the building users’ are
considered side by side. Under CASBEE, these two factors are defi ned below as Q and L, the main
assessment categories, and evaluated separately.
Q (Quality): Building Environmental Quality and Performance
Evaluates ‘improvement in living amenity for the building users, within the hypothetical enclosed
space (the private property)’.
1.2 Some of the successful international rating programmes
1.2.1 BREEAM
Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) was developed in
the United Kingdom in 1990 and is one of the earliest building environmental assessment methods.
BREEAM covers a range of building types including—offi ces, homes, industrial units, retail units,
and schools. When a building is assessed, points are awarded for each criterion and the points are
added for a total score. The overall building performance is awarded a ‘Pass’, ‘Good’, ‘Very Good’
or ‘Excellent’ rating based on the score. BREEAM has separate criteria/checklist for evaluation of
Design and Procurement and for Management and Operation of buildings. There is also a set of core
credits that can be applied for, in case the building wishes to go in for ‘Core only’ assessment for
building performance.
BREEAM major categories of criteria for Design and Procurement include the following:
# Management (commissioning period and process adopted, monitoring of commissioning,
energy use in site activities, waste management, pollution minimization)
# Health and comfort (adequate ventilation, humidifi cation, presence of controllable blinds, energy
effi cient lighting, thermal and visual comfort, low noise levels)
# Energy (sub-metering)
# Transport (modes of transport to and from site, alternative transport facilities)
# Water (consumption reduction, metering, leak detection)
# Materials (asbestos mitigation, storage facilities, reuse of structures, specifi cations of envelope,
use of crushed aggregate and sustainable timber)
# Land use (previously used land, use of re mediated contaminated land)
# Ecology (land with low ecological value or minimal change in value, maintaining major ecological
systems on the land, minimization of biodiversity impacts)
# Pollution (leak detection systems, on-site treatment, local or renewable energy sources, light
pollution design, avoid use of ozone depleting and global warming substances)
Further details on the system can be obtained from Building Research Establishment Ltd, UK.
1.2.2 CASBEE
Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Effi ciency (CASBEE) was developed
in Japan, in 2001. The family of assessment tools is based on the building’s life cycle: pre-design, new
construction, existing buildings, and renovation. CASBEE presents a new concept for assessment
that distinguishes environmental load from environmental quality and building performance. Under
CASBEE there are two spaces, internal and external, divided by the hypothetical boundary, which
is defi ned by the site boundary and other elements, with two factors related to the two spaces, in
which the ‘negative aspects of environmental impact which go beyond the hypothetical enclosed
space to the outside (the public property)’ and ‘improving living amenity for the building users’ are
considered side by side. Under CASBEE, these two factors are defi ned below as Q and L, the main
assessment categories, and evaluated separately.
Q (Quality): Building Environmental Quality and Performance
Evaluates ‘improvement in living amenity for the building users, within the hypothetical enclosed
space (the private property)’.
