The Differences of Typical Assessment Standard Systems for Green Building and Implications for China

Abstract

In the energy crisis and the deterioration of the ecological environment, the harmonious development of architecture and the environment is the solution. All the countries in the world have issued corresponding plans for the development of green building. The green building evaluation standard systems are the main components of the programs. The evaluation systems of the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, and China are compared. This article discusses the similarities and differences in terms of green building concept, evaluation objects, and indicator system. Although the focuses of evaluation systems are slightly different, the core concept of green building is basically the same, that is to establish the built environment at the minimum environmental cost. The evaluation objects are mainly residential building and public building. The indicator systems reflect the key points concerned by the countries. The implications including keeping the dynamic development of the evaluation system, increasing the flexibility of the evaluation system based on accuracy, and paying attention to the influence of human factors on green buildings are proposed.