Abstract
Rating a building for its ecological sustainability and energy efficient is the new black in the construction industry. In this study, we assessed a small house for green building optimization and energy efficient rating with the help of two softwares, namely EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) for green building rating and IGBC Green New Building Rating SystemVersion 3.0. The former is cost effective software, furnishing detailed results about optimal design aspects for the green buildings like energy efficiency, water efficiency, and material efficiency. The latter, however, is a certified rating system assessing the drawings on similar criteria as EDGE but delivering overall points for the building (out of 100), thereby providing the performance level in terms of certified levels namely Certified, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Super Platinum. After performing analysis for the case plan, using EDGE software, the energy efficiency measured 57.93%, water efficiency was 66.24%, and material efficiency was 81%. Upon using the IGBC green house rating system software, 65 points were matched out of 100 for our case plan. Thus, the certification level was Silver and recognition achieved was Best Practices.
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