CURRENT CERTIFICATION
BREEAM
Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
*World's leading sustainability assessment method for master planning projects, infrastructure, and buildings
Time: 5 years
Mission: “Encourage, Empower, Build Confidence and Value”
Goals: "provide social and economic benefits whilst mitigating environmental impacts of the built environment" focusing mainly on matter and material systems.
Influence: 2,000,000 buildings certified globally (2016)
*World's leading sustainability assessment method for master planning projects, infrastructure, and buildings
Time: 5 years
Mission: “Encourage, Empower, Build Confidence and Value”
Goals: "provide social and economic benefits whilst mitigating environmental impacts of the built environment" focusing mainly on matter and material systems.
Influence: 2,000,000 buildings certified globally (2016)
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PHIUS
Passive House Institute United States
Time: 3 years
Mission: "making high-performance passive building the mainstream market standard."
Goals: High-performance, low-energy buildings, primarily concerned with energy consumption
Influence: 1776+ buildings certified (US)
Time: 3 years
Mission: "making high-performance passive building the mainstream market standard."
Goals: High-performance, low-energy buildings, primarily concerned with energy consumption
Influence: 1776+ buildings certified (US)
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LBC
Living Building Challenge
Time: 1 year after completion.
Mission: "A visionary path to a regenerative future.”
Goals: "incorporate regenerative design solutions that actually improve the local environment rather than simply reducing harm." Approached mainly through material systems of extraction and eliminating toxins.
Influence: 380+ buildings certified US (2017)
Time: 1 year after completion.
Mission: "A visionary path to a regenerative future.”
Goals: "incorporate regenerative design solutions that actually improve the local environment rather than simply reducing harm." Approached mainly through material systems of extraction and eliminating toxins.
Influence: 380+ buildings certified US (2017)
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Green Globes
Time: can begin prior to construction - up to 1.5 years
Mission: "making high-performance passive building the mainstream market standard."
Goals: Focusses heavily on material systems and the reduction of carbon in response to the Paris agreement of 2016
Influence: 850+ buildings certified US (2017)
Mission: "making high-performance passive building the mainstream market standard."
Goals: Focusses heavily on material systems and the reduction of carbon in response to the Paris agreement of 2016
Influence: 850+ buildings certified US (2017)
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LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
*Leading multi-attribute building certification in the US
Time: From project conception - up to 15 years after completion
Mission: "We're committed to transforming how our buildings are designed, constructed and operated through LEED, because we believe that every person deserves a better, more sustainable life."
Goals: Wide spread goals that cover nearly all aspects authorized through standards and specifications
Influence: 67,200 buildings certified (US 2018)
100,000+ buildings certified (globally)
*Leading multi-attribute building certification in the US
Time: From project conception - up to 15 years after completion
Mission: "We're committed to transforming how our buildings are designed, constructed and operated through LEED, because we believe that every person deserves a better, more sustainable life."
Goals: Wide spread goals that cover nearly all aspects authorized through standards and specifications
Influence: 67,200 buildings certified (US 2018)
100,000+ buildings certified (globally)
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