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  2. Sustainability measurement - Wikipedia

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    The needs for sustainability measurement include improvement in the operations, benchmarking performances, tracking progress, and evaluating process, among others. [12] For the purposes of building sustainability indicators, frameworks can be developed and the steps are as follows: [13] Defining the system- A proper and definite system is ...

  3. Green building certification systems - Wikipedia

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    holistic sustainability considerations will be made for the fulfillment of technical, economic, social and functional requirements of the building. promotes sustainable design and construction principles throughout the building lifecycle. increases the monetary value of a building or a property in the real estate market.

  4. Sustainability - Wikipedia

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    Sustainability measurement is a set of frameworks or indicators used to measure how sustainable something is. This includes processes, products, services and businesses. Sustainability is to quantify. [79] It may even be impossible to measure as there is no fixed definition. [80]

  5. Green building - Wikipedia

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    ISO/TS 21931:2006, Sustainability in building constructionFramework for methods of assessment for environmental performance of construction works—Part 1: Buildings, is intended to provide a general framework for improving the quality and comparability of methods for assessing the environmental performance of buildings.

  6. Sustainability metrics and indices - Wikipedia

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    Robèrt coordinated a consensus process to define and operationalize sustainability. At the core of the process lies a consensus on what Robèrt came to call the natural step framework. The framework is based on a definition of sustainability, described as the system conditions of sustainability (as derived from System theory).

  7. Sustainability standards and certification - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Global Sustainability Assessment System - Wikipedia

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    GSAS framework is comprehensive and designed to follow an integrated life cycle approach to improve the sustainability performance of the built environment. GSAS addresses the sustainability impacts during the design, construction and operation stages of buildings and infrastructure projects.

  9. Sustainability in construction - Wikipedia

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    The same council also published an additional version of the agenda for sustainable construction in developing countries in 2001 to counteract biases present in the original report as a result of most contributors being from the developed world. [12] Since 1994, much progress to sustainable construction has been made all over the world.