TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

Theme B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable cities2. GREEN BUILDING EVALUATION SYSTEM IN TAIWANThe definition of Green building is a healthy and comfortable building that iscapable of efficiently reducing the consumption and natural resources, and thepollution caused by wastes during the life cycle of the building. In order toexamine the integrated performance of the building, an appropriate evaluationsystem that is accommodating with the subtropical/tropical climate in Taiwanshould be developed. Therefore, the Architecture and Building Research Institute(ABRI), Ministry of the Interior, established an evaluation system for GreenBuildings that was first announced in 1998 and comprised of seven evaluationcategories. Over the past few years, the ABRI modified the evaluation system byadding two new indicators in addition to the original ones, Biodiversity and IndoorEnvironment Quality. An evaluation system, integrated with nine categories, wasthus established in 2003. These indicators can be divided into four categories,Ecology, Energy Conservation, Waste Reduction, and Health (known as EEWHsystem). The evaluation indicators are listed in Table 2.These nine indicators can be evaluated independently in order to reply to thevarious impacts upon the earth environment. Each category has quantitativecalculation methods, equations, and criteria for the evaluation judgment. Thesystem has proved to be simplified, quantified, and localized for the subtropicalclimate of Taiwan and regarded as a standard evaluation method for green buildingTable 2: Indicators for Green Building Evaluation in TaiwanClimateWaterSoilEnergyMaterialsIndicatorsEvaluation Items (unit)* * * * 1.Biodiversity Ecological net, biological habitat, plant diversity* * * * 2.Green CO 2 absorption(kg-CO 2 /(m2.40yr))* * * * 3.Soil water content Water contentment of the site (-)* * * * 4.Energy conservation ENVLOAD、Req、EAC、energy saving techniques* * * * 5.CO 2 emission Reduction CO 2 emission of building material(kg-CO 2 /m2)* * 6.Construction waste reduction Waste of soil, construction, destruction(-), recycling material(-)* * * 7.Indoor Environment Quality Acoustics, Light and Ventilation, Building Materials* * * 8.Water conservation Water usage (L/person), hygienic instrument with water saving (-)* * 9.Sewage and garbage Sewer plumbing, sanitary condition for garbage gatheringSource: Architecture and Building Research Institute, Evaluation Manual for Green Buildings in Taiwan, 2007 New Edition, Ministry of the Interior, 2007.355