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Sustainable rating systems are used to evaluate the environmental performance of buildings. These systems have common criteria and are similar in their evaluation of energy consumption, indoor environmental quality, water efficiency, and material. Three rating systems that can integrate with BIM are LEED, BREEAM, and Green Star. [6]
Green building also refers to saving resources to the maximum extent, including energy saving, land saving, water saving, material saving, etc., during the whole life cycle of the building, protecting the environment and reducing pollution, providing people with healthy, comfortable and efficient use of space, and being in harmony with nature.
Efficient energy use; Energy audit; Energy efficiency implementation; Energy recovery; Energy recycling; Energy saving lamp; Energy Star; Energy storage; Environmental planning; Environmental technology; Fossil fuel phase-out; Glass in green buildings; Green building and wood; Green building; Heat pump; List of low-energy building techniques ...
Water systems involve both water and energy as resources. Outside buildings, the acquisition, treatment, and transportation of water is involved. Inside building, onsite water treatment, heating, and wastewater treatment are issues. Data on the energy use of specific water and wastewater systems is becoming increasingly available.
A Zero-Energy Building (ZEB), also known as a Net Zero-Energy (NZE) building, is a building with net zero energy consumption, meaning the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the site [1] [2] or in other definitions by renewable energy sources offsite, using technology such as heat pumps, high efficiency windows ...
Sustainable construction aims to reduce the negative health and environmental impacts caused by the construction process and by the operation and use of buildings and the built environment. [1] It can be seen as the construction industry's contribution to more sustainable development. Precise definitions vary from place to place, and are ...
The first part of rating consists reports on water consumption, energy consumption and GHGs emission per year, which are compared against a standard building of same type on a scale ranging from A1-C5. Second part of the system, proposes the different possible ways for saving of energy and water consumption with respect to the cost involved
Energy Star ground-source heat pumps can be 40% to 60% more efficient than their air-source counterparts. They are also quieter and can also be applied to other functions like domestic hot water heating. [24] In terms of initial cost, the ground-source heat pump system costs about twice as much as a standard air-source heat pump to be installed.