Abstract
Using environmental assessment tools to assess the sustainability of buildings, homes and mixed- use area is increasing. Environmental tools assign scores to projects using some sustainability (sub) aspects according to design and realization documents and evidences. Six European sustainable urban area development projects have been evaluated according to the aspects of BREAAM. The evaluation is compared with actual projects outputs. The study shows, however, that these tools still unable to estimate the actual project outputs of sustainable projects as sustainable measures and technologies can turn out differently in the use-phase. Also the influence of project end-users is underestimated and not considered properly in these tools.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (ICEST 2011), February 2011 |
| Editors | xx Saji Baby, xx Bogdan Zygmunt |
| Place of Publication | Singapore |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Pages | V2-443-V2-446 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4244-9261-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Event | conference; International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology; 2011-02-26; 2011-02-28 - Duration: 26 Feb 2011 → 28 Feb 2011 |
Conference
| Conference | conference; International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology; 2011-02-26; 2011-02-28 |
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| Period | 26/02/11 → 28/02/11 |
| Other | International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology |