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The relevance of Green Building Challenge: an observer's perspective
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The objectives and achievements of the international Green Building Challenge project are analysed. GBC is situated within the context of other international environmental methods. The differences between assessment tools, design tools, environmental management and audit tools and the large data problems entailed by these are discussed. Possible development scenarios for extending GBC into Life Cycle Assessment methodology, into other life cycle phases (maintenance and refurbishment) and adapting GBC for use with the existing building stocks are proposed. The notion of ‘green’ buildings is replaced by a larger concept of sustainable development. New aggregation principles and scaleable design methods are proposed. Finally, the question of how relevant the proposed targets of GBC are in relation to the longterm sustainable development of buildings, building stock and urban environments is addressed. Cet article analyse les objectifs et les résultats du projet international Green Building Challenge (GBC). Le GBC est situé dans le contexte d'autres méthodes internationales consacrées à l'environnement. Les différences entre les outils d'évaluation, les outils de conception, la gestion de l'environnement, les outils de contrôle ainsi que les vastes problèmes liés aux données qui en découlent sont également examinés. L'auteur propose des scénarios possibles de développement qui devraient permettre d'étendre le GBC à la méthode de l'évaluation des cycles de vie, à d'autres phases du cycle de vie (maintenance et remise en état) et à l'adaptation du GBC afin qu'il soit appliqué au parc immobilier existant. La notion de ‘bâtiment vert’ est remplacée par un concept plus large de développement durable. De nouveaux principes d'agrégation et des méthodes de conception à différentation variable sont proposés. Enfin, l'article pose la question de la pertinence des cibles proposées par le GBC par rapport au développement durable à long terme des bâtiments, du parc immobilier et des environnements urbains.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kohler, N.
- Venue
- Building Research & Information
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1999-07
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4-5
- Pages
- 309-320
- ISSN
- 0961-3218 (ISSN-L)
- 1466-4321
- OpenAlex
- W2136364457
- Cited by
- 194
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 35.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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