Green potential rating tool: an assessment of green potential for conventional buildings

Assessment of the green potentials in a conventional building is rarely discussed in past literature unlike other types of assessments, such as a building’s current performance and qualities. ‘Green potential’ is the capacity of a conventional building to be refurbished into a green building. This p...

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Main Authors:	S.N.N. Syed Yahya, A.R.M. Ariffin, M.A. Ismail
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2014
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8880/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8880/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8880/1/113-311-2-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-88802016-12-14T06:48:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8880/ Green potential rating tool: an assessment of green potential for conventional buildings S.N.N. Syed Yahya, A.R.M. Ariffin, M.A. Ismail, Assessment of the green potentials in a conventional building is rarely discussed in past literature unlike other types of assessments, such as a building’s current performance and qualities. ‘Green potential’ is the capacity of a conventional building to be refurbished into a green building. This paper presents the development of a rating tool to assess green potentials of existing conventional buildings. The development process involves reviewing relevant literature on the existing assessment tools. The review focuses on identifying methods and indicators that can be adopted for the assessment of green potentials. It is discovered that while literature on green potential assessment is limited, the frameworks of other types of assessments concerning green buildings are still suitable to be adopted. Additionally, with some modifications, commercial green building rating tools provide the most suitable indicators to assess green potentials. Apart from filling the knowledge gap, the tool developed may also assist building managers strategize towards achieving sustainability for large building stocks such as a small township or a university campus. Penerbit UKM 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8880/1/113-311-2-PB.pdf S.N.N. Syed Yahya, and A.R.M. Ariffin, and M.A. Ismail, (2014) Green potential rating tool: an assessment of green potential for conventional buildings. Journal of Building Performance, 5 (1). pp. 62-73. ISSN 2180-2106 http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jbp/issue/view/24
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description	Assessment of the green potentials in a conventional building is rarely discussed in past literature unlike other types of assessments, such as a building’s current performance and qualities. ‘Green potential’ is the capacity of a conventional building to be refurbished into a green building. This paper presents the development of a rating tool to assess green potentials of existing conventional buildings. The development process involves reviewing relevant literature on the existing assessment tools. The review focuses on identifying methods and indicators that can be adopted for the assessment of green potentials. It is discovered that while literature on green potential assessment is limited, the frameworks of other types of assessments concerning green buildings are still suitable to be adopted. Additionally, with some modifications, commercial green building rating tools provide the most suitable indicators to assess green potentials. Apart from filling the knowledge gap, the tool developed may also assist building managers strategize towards achieving sustainability for large building stocks such as a small township or a university campus.
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author	S.N.N. Syed Yahya, A.R.M. Ariffin, M.A. Ismail,
spellingShingle	S.N.N. Syed Yahya, A.R.M. Ariffin, M.A. Ismail, Green potential rating tool: an assessment of green potential for conventional buildings
author_facet	S.N.N. Syed Yahya, A.R.M. Ariffin, M.A. Ismail,
author_sort	S.N.N. Syed Yahya,
title	Green potential rating tool: an assessment of green potential for conventional buildings
title_short	Green potential rating tool: an assessment of green potential for conventional buildings
title_full	Green potential rating tool: an assessment of green potential for conventional buildings
title_fullStr	Green potential rating tool: an assessment of green potential for conventional buildings
title_full_unstemmed	Green potential rating tool: an assessment of green potential for conventional buildings
title_sort	green potential rating tool: an assessment of green potential for conventional buildings
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2014
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8880/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8880/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8880/1/113-311-2-PB.pdf
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Green potential rating tool: an assessment of green potential for conventional buildings

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