1. Green Rating Systems : Intro Rachel MacIntyre, Arkitekt MAA, LEED AP Københavns Kommune Islands Brygge 37 Workshop 22 September, 2010

2. Why Green Building Rating Systems? Rating Systems Comparison Impact of Green Building Rating Systems The Dutch Case What Now? The Eden Project, Cornwall, Nicholas Grimshaw Photo Credit: Jurgen Matern

3. Foster + Partners Comparison Map International Sustainability Assessments

4. Green Rating Systems LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design US Green Building Council, USA BREEAM International Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method BRE, UK One Planet Living Bioregional, UK Deutsches Gesellschaft fur Nachhaltiges Bauen German Sustainable Building Council

5. Rating the environmental performance of a building is necessary to ensure that it’s green credentials incorporate both the visible and invisible elements that make it ‘green’….invisible methods like energy efficiency are often more important and can only be identified and recorded by rating or certification. Aurore Julien, Llewelyn Davies Yeang’s Eco Systems Unit Why Green Rating Systems? Langley Academy of Science, London, Foster + Partners

6. Why Green Rating Systems? South East West Measure the ‘invisible elements’ of a building Provide benchmarks and checklists of performance Provide positive motivational sustainability goals Developed in partnership with construction industry, business and communities Progressively improving and evolving

7. Key Criteria Energy + Atmosphere Materials + Resources Indoor Environmental Quality Sustainable Sites Water Management Green Lighthouse, Christensen + Co. Arkitektur AS Photos by Adam Mørk

8. ;Bug; Materials and Resources Storage + Collection of Recyclables Building Reuse Construction Waste Management Materials Reuse Recycled Content Regional Materials Rapidly Renewable Materials Certified Wood

9. Management Health + Wellbeing Energy Transport Water Materials Waste Land Use + Ecology Pollution Key Criteria Great Ormond St Hospital, London. Llewelyn Davies Yeang

10. Local + sustainable food Equity for trade + local economy Culture and heritage Happiness Broader Focus BedZED, London, Bill Dunster + the ZED Factory

11. Cost Premium - LEED Example The Costs and Financial Benefits of Building Green, Sustainable Building Task Force, October 2003

12. Occupancy + Health Benefits Building Occupants Productivity increases 2.18% = 39hrs a year Absenteeism, Stress + Depression dropped Respiratory Ailments dropped markedly from 20.21 hrs to 14.06 hrs Effects of Green Buildings on Employee Health and Productivity, American Journal of Public Health Percent % Source: Doing well by doing good. Green Office Buildings, University of California, Berkely Working Paper (2008)

13. Broader Effects Greening the Codes Building codes begin to broaden their charge to include human and environmental impacts of buildings into their Health + Safety Mission. USGBC

14. The Dutch Case April 2008 DGBC translates original English version into Dutch February 2009 13 pilot projects commenced March 2009 DGBC launched the beta version of BREEAM-NL New Buildings. Dedicated Wikipedia page open for comments. September 2009 BREEAM-NL 2010 Version 1.0 for new buildings approved. October 2009 scheme publicly launched April 2010 Transport Building, Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam BREEAM-NL Very Good Rating

15. Photo Credit: COBE Architects What could the challenges be? What could the benefits and opportunities be?