Abstract

The building environmental assessment field is reviewed since it first came into prominence in the early 1990s. Key limitations of existing building environmental assessment methods are identified and the emerging importance of issues such as sustainability, life-cycle assessment, globalization and standardization are discussed. The author provides a constructive direction for emerging ‘second generation’ building environmental assessment methods and protocols. This includes a standardization of environmental assessment methodologies; a common, generalized framework which allows for adaptation of specific and changing explicit criteria and an increased emphasis on building performance over time. Le champ d'estimation écologique du bâtiment est passé en revue depuis le début des années 1990, époque de sa première apparition remarquée. Les limitations-clés des méthodes d'estimation écologique des bâtiments existants sont identifiées, et l'importance manifeste de questions telles que viabilité, estimation de cycle de vie, mondialisation et standardisation est examinée. L'auteur offre une direction constructive de mise au point de méthodes et comptes-rendus d'estimation écologique de “seconde génération” naissante. Celle-ci comprend une standardisation des méthodologies d'estimation écologique, un cadre généralisé commun qui tient compte de l'adaptation de critères spécifiques variables explicites, ainsi qu'une importance accrue conférée aux performances des bâtiments dans le temps.

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