Green Rating Assessment of a Residential Building in Pakistan Using LEED’s
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31580/ojst.v3i2.1474Keywords:
Sustainability, Green Rating, Renewable Energy Technology, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED’sAbstract
The paper presents the application of an International Green rating system LEED’s in a developing country. It focuses on significant environmental, energy, and water issues faced after construction. The rating conducted was on a multifamily residential building located in Askari 14, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The building's construction was complete; hence The LEED v4 for Building Operations and Maintenance manual was used for performing Green rating. The rating works on the bases of point allotment scheme for building’s operational and environmental features such as energy use efficiency, water use efficiency, sustainable material usage, and more. The selected structure is constructed by implementing standard building techniques to which Pakistan adheres, which never inculcate aspects of environment and energy reduction. The cumulative score of all LEED’s components after rating is 40 out of 110, which grants it the rank of certified. Where the building performs poorly can be attributed to the fact that there were no LEED’s Accredited Professionals involved in the design phase of the case study. From the results, possible solutions are discussed in the paper to integrate the concept of sustainability in constructed buildings.
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