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The WELL Building Standard began in 2013 by Paul Scialla of Delos company, becoming the first well-being focused standard. By 2016, over 200 projects in 21 countries adopted the certification. [1] In 2014, Green Business Certification Inc. began to provide third-party certification for WELL. By 2024, WELL is being used across more than 5 ...
Sustainability standards can be categorized as either voluntary consensus standards or private standards. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an example of an standards organization who develop international standards following a voluntary consensus process for sustainability under Technical Committee 207, Environmental management and Technical Committee 268, Sustainable ...
Sustainable yield: the maximum quantity of water calculated over long-term conditions in the basin, including any temporary excess that can be withdrawn over a year without an undesirable result; Sustainable groundwater management: the management and use of groundwater that can be maintained without causing an undesirable result.
The DGNB certification is voluntary and is based on German codes and standards (DIN and VDI). It is generally regarded as more comprehensive than BREEAM and LEED. [1] The DGNB System is based on the three main paradigms of: [10] Life-cycle assessment; Holistic sustainability (environment, economy and society) Performance-based approach.
The Living Building Challenge is an international sustainable building certification program created in 2006. It is managed by the non-profit International Living Future Institute. [1] It is described by the Institute as a philosophy, advocacy tool and certification program that promotes the measurement of sustainability in the built ...
Green Seal is a global non-profit environmental standard development and certification organization committed to making sustainability everyone’s business. Its flagship program is the certification of products and services. Certification is based on Green Seal standards, which contain performance, health, and sustainability criteria. [1]
The ecolabels associated with environmental certification inform consumers that the product in question has been verified by a third party auditor as originating from an environmentally well managed company. [4] Therefore, the certificate gives an indication of good practice and provides the company a better image.
Starting in November (if the California Energy Commission has approved the legislation), new permit applications for high-rise residential buildings must include documentation to achieve LEED certification (or 50 GreenPoints), and starting in 2010, they must include documentation to achieve LEED Silver certification (or 75 GreenPoints).