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      GREEN BUILDING RATING FOR OFFICE BUILDINGS – LESSONS LEARNED

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          Abstract

          Office buildings constitute a significant proportion of the non-residential building stock. In recent years, various rating tools have been developed to foster green office building development. The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has developed the Green Star - Office rating tools for this purpose. There are an increasing number of stakeholders adopting these tools to showcase their efforts in sustainable development. This research focuses on the challenges and barriers in obtaining GBCA ratings in Australian Office buildings. To accomplish this, the scoring sheets from the rating of 264 certified office buildings were collected and critically analysed. The findings indicated that credits related to the attributes of innovation, ecology and energy are comparatively difficult to achieve. It was also found in this study that a large number of projects did not apply for the specific credits of refrigerant global warming potential, re-use of façade, topsoil and fill removal from site, and individual comfort control. This study provides a useful reference to both the property developer and the Green Building Council of Australia for green building developments in the future. In particular, the findings provide useful inputs to the development of the next generation of green building rating tools.

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                Journal
                jgrb
                Journal of Green Building
                College Publishing
                1552-6100
                1943-4618
                1943-4618
                Spring 2016
                : 11
                : 2
                : 131-146
                Author notes

                1. Associate Professor, School of Architecture & Built Environment, University of Adelaide, North Terrace Campus, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia. Email: Jian.Zuo@ 123456unisa.edu.au

                2. Senior Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Garden Point Campus, 2 George Street, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia. Email: paul.xia@ 123456qut.edu.au .

                3*. Researcher, Statistical Society for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Shenzhen, 6013 Yitianzhong Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, 518035, China. Email: richard.q.ch@ 123456gmail.com (corresponding author)

                4. Associate Professor, School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, City East Campus, GPO Box 2471 Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Email: Stephen.Pullen@ 123456unisa.edu.au

                5. Professor, School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Garden Point Campus, 2 George Street, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia. Email: rm.skitmore@ 123456qut.edu.au

                Article
                jgb.11.2.131
                10.3992/jgb.11.2.131.1
                ca5976fb-9790-4ce8-b504-ce609a521658
                ©2016 by College Publishing. All rights reserved.
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                Pages: 16
                Categories
                RESEARCH

                Urban design & Planning,Civil engineering,Environmental management, Policy & Planning,Architecture,Environmental engineering
                green building rating,Australia,GBCA,office building

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