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LEED - Green Building Certification Program by US Green Building Council [ San Francisco , California , USA ]
The LEED (or commonly referred to as LEEDS) system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.
http://www.usgbc.org/LEED/LEED_main.asp
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Green Globe 21 [ Worldwide ]
An initiative by the World Trade and Tourism organisation in response to Rio 92 a certification program for hotels communities even countries...
http://www.greenglobe21.com
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BEES - Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability Assessment Tool [ USA ]
The BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) software brings to your fingertips a powerful technique for balancing the environmental and economic performance of building products.
http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/software/bees.html
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BEPAC - Building Environmental Performance Assessment Criteria (UK Canada) [ UK ]
BEPAC was founded in 1987. Its aim is to improve the quality of building performance by encouraging the use and development of environmental analysis and prediction methods in building design and assessment.
http://www.bepac.dmu.ac.uk/
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BREEAM - Building Research Establishment Environmental Assement Method [ Garston , UK ]
BREEAM is a tool that allows the owners users and designers of buildings to review and improve environmental performance throughout the life of a building. It is a widely accepted and respected scheme that sets a benchmark for environmental performance and provides a wide range of benefits.
http://products.bre.co.uk/breeam/default.htm
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Green Buildings BC [ Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada ]
Under the New Buildings Program, the Government of British Columbia intends to develop a policy to "green" all new provincially-funded social capital facilities.
http://www.greenbuildingsbc.com/new_buildings/docs_for_review.html
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Hotel Associaton of Canada - Green Leaf Eco-rating [ Ottawa , Ontario , Canada ]
A certification system developed by Terra Choice in conjunction with the Hotel Assoc. of Canada...
http://www.terrachoice.ca/hotelwebsite/indexcanada.htm
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International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment IISBE [ Ottawa , Ontario , Canada ]
Initiative that now organizes the Green Building Tool/Challenge Development
http://greenbuilding.ca/iisbe/start/iisbe.htm
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