Integrated Design Process and Green Mark: An alliance for design of sustainable buildings in developing countries

In the present complex systems of construction industry which strives for achieving sustainability, integration of all building systems and agencies has become critical and essential. Integrated design process (IDP) is a method of realizing high performance buildings that contributes to sustainable communities. IDP is being extensively used in Canada and USA. Green building rating systems aiming for energy savings and sustainability have been developed such as BREEAM (UK), GREEN STAR (Australia), LEEDS (USA), Green Mark (Singapore) etc. Their aim is to enhance and measure the sustainability measures adopted by various projects in the respective countries. Green Mark of Singapore has been made as a statutory compliance which all projects have to achieve through scoring/certification.