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# Indoor environmental quality is assessed through indoor air quality, ventilation, temperature
and relative humidity, daylight and illumination, and noise and acoustics.
# Other criteria include selection of appropriate site (in terms of land use, brown fi elds, access to
transportation and amenities), project planning, urban design (density, mixed uses, compatibility,
native species, and wildlife corridors), building controls, fl exibility and adaptability, maintenance
of operating performance, and a few social and economic measures.
1.2.4 LEED ®
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) was developed and piloted in the US in
1998 as a consensus-based building rating system based on the use of existing building technology.
The rating system addresses specifi c environmental building related impacts using a whole building
environmental performance approach. The Indian Green Building Council has adapted LEED
system and has launched LEED India version for rating of new construction. In addition, Indian
Green Building Council (IGBC) has launched several other products for rating of diff erent typologies
of buildings including homes, factories, among others. The following are key components of the
LEED system.
# Sustainable sites (construction related pollution prevention, site development impacts,
transportation alternatives, storm water management, heat island eff ect, and light pollution)
# Water effi ciency (landscaping water use reduction, indoor water use reduction, and waste water
management strategies)
# Energy and atmosphere (commissioning, whole building energy performance optimization,
refrigerant management, renewable energy use, and measurement and verifi cation)
# Materials and resources (recycling collection locations, building reuse, construction waste
management, and the purchase of regionally manufactured materials, materials with recycled
content, rapidly renewable materials, salvaged materials, and FSC certifi ed wood products)
# Indoor environmental quality (environmental tobacco smoke control, outdoor air delivery
monitoring, increased ventilation, construction indoor air quality, use low emitting materials,
source control, and controllability of thermal and lighting systems)
# Innovation and design process (LEED® accredited professional, and innovative strategies for
sustainable design)
1.2.5 HK–BEAM
The Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method (HK-BEAM) is a voluntary scheme
fi rst launched in December 1996 HK–BEAM is a performance based system that takes holistic
view of building performance with emphasis on life cycle impacts. In HK–BEAM, the assessment
is not fi nalized until a building is completed ensuring that ‘Green and Sustainable’ practices
are implemented through the entire project cycle and the project meets the desired goals and
performance. The ‘New Building’ certifi cation system of HK–Beam is also well synchronized with
its ‘Existing Building’ certifi cation, for example, a new building certifi ed under the HK–BEAM 4/04
and suitably operated and maintained would attain a similar grade under HK–BEAM 5/04 some
years later.
HK–BEAM integrates the assessment of many key aspects of building performance embracing
# Hygiene, health, comfort amenity
# Land use, site impacts and transport
# Indoor environmental quality is assessed through indoor air quality, ventilation, temperature
and relative humidity, daylight and illumination, and noise and acoustics.
# Other criteria include selection of appropriate site (in terms of land use, brown fi elds, access to
transportation and amenities), project planning, urban design (density, mixed uses, compatibility,
native species, and wildlife corridors), building controls, fl exibility and adaptability, maintenance
of operating performance, and a few social and economic measures.
1.2.4 LEED ®
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) was developed and piloted in the US in
1998 as a consensus-based building rating system based on the use of existing building technology.
The rating system addresses specifi c environmental building related impacts using a whole building
environmental performance approach. The Indian Green Building Council has adapted LEED
system and has launched LEED India version for rating of new construction. In addition, Indian
Green Building Council (IGBC) has launched several other products for rating of diff erent typologies
of buildings including homes, factories, among others. The following are key components of the
LEED system.
# Sustainable sites (construction related pollution prevention, site development impacts,
transportation alternatives, storm water management, heat island eff ect, and light pollution)
# Water effi ciency (landscaping water use reduction, indoor water use reduction, and waste water
management strategies)
# Energy and atmosphere (commissioning, whole building energy performance optimization,
refrigerant management, renewable energy use, and measurement and verifi cation)
# Materials and resources (recycling collection locations, building reuse, construction waste
management, and the purchase of regionally manufactured materials, materials with recycled
content, rapidly renewable materials, salvaged materials, and FSC certifi ed wood products)
# Indoor environmental quality (environmental tobacco smoke control, outdoor air delivery
monitoring, increased ventilation, construction indoor air quality, use low emitting materials,
source control, and controllability of thermal and lighting systems)
# Innovation and design process (LEED® accredited professional, and innovative strategies for
sustainable design)
1.2.5 HK–BEAM
The Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method (HK-BEAM) is a voluntary scheme
fi rst launched in December 1996 HK–BEAM is a performance based system that takes holistic
view of building performance with emphasis on life cycle impacts. In HK–BEAM, the assessment
is not fi nalized until a building is completed ensuring that ‘Green and Sustainable’ practices
are implemented through the entire project cycle and the project meets the desired goals and
performance. The ‘New Building’ certifi cation system of HK–Beam is also well synchronized with
its ‘Existing Building’ certifi cation, for example, a new building certifi ed under the HK–BEAM 4/04
and suitably operated and maintained would attain a similar grade under HK–BEAM 5/04 some
years later.
HK–BEAM integrates the assessment of many key aspects of building performance embracing
# Hygiene, health, comfort amenity
# Land use, site impacts and transport
