Comparison of sustainability rating systems for buildings and evaluation of trends
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Sustainable policies are pushing the building sector for an increasing attention in the assessment of practices. The paper describes available rating systems for sustainability measurement of buildings. It compares criteria of most famous systems considering the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainability. Available rating systems span from simple energy consumption evaluation to life cycle analysis and total quality assessment, with an increasing complexity of the analysis. A multi-dimension approach is used in most complex rating systems where several performances are evaluated before being composed together. A sum point approach is adopted assigning scores to performance results and sustainable material adoptions. The paper looks at the peculiarities of sustainability assessment in the construction sector compared to other sectors. Trends in sustainable rating systems such as the expansion of time and boundaries of the analysis are discussed.
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