GBC '98 - 2000 Process Overview | |
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Summary | Benefits to the Industry |
The Conference - October 2000 | The Performance Assessment Process |
Goals and Objectives | GBTool Overview |
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Green Building Challenge
is an international collaborative effort to develop a building environmental
assessment tool that exposes and addresses controversial aspects of building
performance and from which the participating countries can selectively
draw ideas to either incorporate into or modify their own tools.
The GBC 2000 Conference The joint international conference SB/GBC2000 presented a unique opportunity for participants to learn details about some of the world's finest green buildings with the inevitable expansion to the building sustainability. Green
Building Performance Assessments Analysis
of the assessment framework Technical
papers Poster
projects
The Performance Assessment Process The assessment framework being
used to assess the selected projects is being developed
by a team of international experts under the direction
of an International Framework Committee. The
final GBC2000 version of GBTool in MS Excel format
is available on this CD as a part of the assessment
together with the Volume 1, a detailed background
information on the GBC process in MS Word format. National teams are developing benchmarks for the assessment process. These are being established by developing hypothetical reference buildings and practices that reflect current typical practice relevant to the buildings being assessed. Buildings to be assessed are
being selected by national teams to represent "best practices", and conform to key criteria of the
assessment framework. National teams will supervise the information gathering
process about these buildings, including a detailed characterization of
the building, a description of the process followed in its design, construction
and operation and planned building operation
procedures. The teams will then undertake energy simulations
using accepted computer programs like DOE-2 or EE4
(in Canada).
The three general goals for
the Green Building Challenge process
are:
These goals reflect the acknowledged
success of the GBC process in having significantly increased the
understanding of building environmental assessment through international
collaboration. In addition to the above general goals, two specific objectives
of GBC 2000 process are: .Other
objectives:
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To test new methods of assessing building performance | |
To showcase "best-practice" examples of green buildings around the world | |
To document the successful elements of individual green buildings | |
To offer direction to participating countries in the development of regionally-sensitive assessment models | |
To promote an international exchange of information, ideas and green building technologies |