GHANA GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL. BUILDING RATING TOOL -A Brief Presentation

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1 BUILDING RATING TOOL -A Brief Presentation

2 MAJOR SPONSORS PLATINUM GOLD

3 WHAT IS A BUILDING RATING TOOL IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE, NATIONAL VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL RATING TOOL THAT EVALUATES THE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS

4 MAJOR RATING TOOLS

5 AGEMENT () INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY () RGY () NSPORT () ER () ERIALS () SUSTAINABLE SITE DEVELOPMENT () SSIONS () INNOVATION ()

6 THE AGEMENT CATEGORY ENSURES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES FROM PROJECT CONCEPTION THROUGH DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, COMMISSIONING, TUNING AND OPERATION CREDITS 8 1 : Accredited Professional 2 : Commissioning Clauses 3 : Building Tuning 4 : Independent Commissioning 5 : Building User s Guide 6 : Environmental Management 7 : Waste Management 8 : Airtightness test

7 THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ADDRESSES OCCUPANT HEALTH, COMFORT, AND PRODUCTIVITY ISSUES IN TERMS OF THERMAL COMFORT, LIGHTING, AND CONTAMITANTS CREDITS 17 1 : Ventilation Rates 2 : Air change Effectiveness 3 : Carbon Dioxide Monitoring & Control 4 : Daylight 5 : Daylight Glare 6 : High Frequency Ballast 7: Electric Lighting Levels 8 : External Views : Thermal Comfort 10 : Individual Comfort Levels

8 THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ADDRESSES OCCUPANT HEALTH, COMFORT, AND PRODUCTIVITY ISSUES IN TERMS OF THERMAL COMFORT, LIGHTING, AND CONTAMITANTS CREDITS : Hazardous Material 12 : Noise 13 : Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC s) 14 : Formaldehyde Minimization 15 : Mould Prevention 16 : Tennant Exhaust Riser 17: Environment Tobacco Smoke Avoidance

9 THE RGY TARGETS AN OVERALL REDUCTION IN NON- RWABLE RGY CONSUMPTION, TO ACHIEVE AN IMPACT ON GREEN HOUSE GAS (GHG) SSIONS CREDITS 6 0 : Conditional 1 : Green House Gas (GHG) Emission 2 : Energy Sub Metering 3 : Lighting Power Density 4 : Lighting Zone 5 : Peak Energy Demand Reduction

10 THE NSPORT CATEGORY TARGETS REDUCTION OF INDIVIDUAL USE OF CARS AND ENCOURAGES ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF NSPORT CREDITS 5 1 : Provision of Parking 2 : Fuel Efficient Vehicles 3 : Cyclist Facilities 4 : Commuting Mass Transport 5: Local Connectivity

11 THE ER CATEGORY TARGETS REDUCTION OF POTABLE ER CONSUMPTION, AND ENCOURAGES THE USE OF RECYCLED AND RAIN ER ITEMS 5 1 : Occupant Amenity Water 2 : Water Meters 3 : Landscape Irrigation 4 : Heat Rejection Water 5 Fire System Water Consumption

12 THE ERIALS CATEGORY TARGETS THE CONSUMPTION OF RESOURCES THROUGH SELECTION AND REUSE OF ERIALS, AND EFFICIENT AGEMENT PRACTICES ITEMS 11 1 : Recycling Waste Storage 2 : Building Reuse 3 : Reused materials 4 : Shell and Core or Integrated Fit-Out 5 Concrete 6 Steel 7 PVC Minimization 8 Sustainable Timber Design for Disassembly 10 De-Materialization 11 Local Sourcing

13 THE SUSTAINABLE SITE DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY ADDRESSES IMPACT ON THE IMMEDIATE ECOSYSTEM, ENCOURAGES PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF FLORA AND FAUNA ITEMS 5 0 : Conditional 2 : Top Soil 3 : Reuse of Land 4 : Reclaimed Contaminated Land 5 Change of Ecological Value

14 THE SSIONS CATEGORY ADDRESSES NEGATIVE SSIONS FROM DEVELOPMENT TO THE ATMOSPHERE, ERCOURSE AND LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS ITEMS OPD : Ozone Potential Depletion 1 : Refrigerant Gaseous OPD 2 : Refrigerant GWP 3 : Refrigerant Leakage 4 : Insulant OPD 5 Water Course Pollution 6 Discharge to Sewer 7 Light Pollution 8 Legionella Boiler Generator and Emissions GWP : Global Warming Potential

15 MAJOR SPONSORS PLATINUM GOLD

16 GREENSTAR ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL COURSE 10 TH NOVEMBER 2011, ACCRA

17 THANK YOU