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, published by the National Institute of Building Sciences in the U.S., there are hundreds of green building and product certifications around the world, with new ones added every year.
Four green building standards are seen most commonly among North American commercial and institutional buildings.BREEAM , developed in 1990 in the U.K., is becoming increasingly popular in North America. BREEAM goes beyond LEED and involves a broader range of assessment categories, such as ecology and pollution.
“Based on independent assessments of the growing stock of completed LEED projects, results seem to suggest that most users of the program are drawn more to self-serving collateral benefits rather than to implementing methods that lead to measurable environmental improvements.” “Many recommended actions, especially those selected by users, have little to no effect. Too few of its standards are results-driven, with high pay-back in areas other than environmental stewardship. Installing a bike rack outside a building receives the same number of points as redeveloping a brownfield site.”
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