Abstract
Sustainable building in China has gained attention both domestically and abroad. Despite the fast increase in sustainable assessment tools developed locally or adopted from overseas, there are still criticisms about the current situation of weak implementation and lack of comprehensive consideration. The lack of consideration of economic and social aspects or building performance on whole building life cycle all lead to departure from the true meaning of sustainable development. And lack of participation on the part of stakeholders makes it too theoretical to be carried out. This research aims to develop a model to address this problem. This research started with review of current sustainable assessment tools applied in China. As the assessment indicators have clear regional disparities, and almost no current tool considers all three pillars of environmental, economic and social in building life cycle. An industry survey was therefore designed for generation of indicators at different building stages, and personal interviews relevant to different occupation in building industry were conducted to complement the questionnaire survey. After that, the model Building Sustainable Score (BSS) was developed based on the stakeholders’ participation. Finally, the model is verified by a case study.
Highlights
Buildings are one of the largest energy consumers in any industrialized country [1]
An assessment model based on building process approach (BPA) was established in this paper to aid decision making
The objectives of this paper are as follows: - Identifying the sustainable assessment indicators related to building processes. - Establishing Building Sustainable Score (BSS) model based on building process approach (BPA)
Summary
Buildings are one of the largest energy consumers in any industrialized country [1]. According to the report from Netherland Consulate in China [2], half of the new buildings worldwide will be built in China by 2015. International green building assessment tools were useful to provide information on evaluating environmental performance of buildings in China. An overall rating score to assess a building’s performance is hard to meet the requirements of all stake holders, as the definition of building performance varies according to different interest groups involved in building development [9]. In such cases, it is ideal to integrate social, environmental and economic factors at each stage of sustainability assessment in the decision-making process [10]. The objectives of this paper are as follows: - Identifying the sustainable assessment indicators related to building processes. - Establishing Building Sustainable Score (BSS) model based on building process approach (BPA)
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
