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ing for at least 45 % of all possible credits, (3) “very good” for qualifying for at
least 55 % of all possible credits, (4) “excellent” for qualifying for at least 70 % of
all possible credits, and (5) “outstanding” for qualifying for at least 85 % of all
possible credits.
BREEEAM environmental subjects of interest are included of land use and
ecology, water, energy, material health and wellbeing, transport, waste, pollution,
management, and innovation. Among these subjects energy, health and wellbeing
and management have the highest percentage weight.
A report “A comparison of BREEAM and LEED environmental Assessment
methods” prepared for the University of East Anglia in
2011
stated that BREEAM
as of year 2009 was the most adopted environmental assessment method in the
world with more than 200,000 certifi ed projects, following by LEED with more
than 24,000 certifi ed project.
11.2
HQE
®
High Environmental Quality (HQE
®
) was the second system after BREEAM that
was developed in 1996 to address the effects of the buildings on environment in
France. HQE
®
standard approaches both organizational (relation between different
involved parties) and operational aspects of the building. As it is indicated in the
HQE
®
offi cial web site “
http://assohqe.org/hqe/
,” the action of this association is
focused on structures and operational planning for individual housing area, business
parks, new building renovation, rehabilitation and operation. To comply with HQE
®
,
a building shall meet 14 targets in 4 different categories. These are “Eco-
construction” such as relation between buildings and their immediate environment,
“Eco-management” such as management of energy and water, “Comfort” such as
acoustic and visual comfort and “Health” such as sanitary air and water quality.
HQE
®
reviews the building from the above mentioned 14 points of view and
certifi es the building on a 3 levels performance category base called “Basic”,
“Good” and “Very good.”
Recently has been an ongoing process to bring HQE
®
and BREEAM assessment
methods together in order to make a unique certifi cation scheme in France consis-
tent and comparable with the other BREEAM certifi cations in Europe.
11.3
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) was originated in the USA
by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) in 2000 and has been evolving since
then. Since its inception the LEED target has been to introduce and implement goals
of a sustainable and green design, built, control, and monitoring for buildings.
As indicated on the LEED website “
http://www.usgbc.org
,” LEED has grown
