The importance and nature of formation
Nowadays, modern man with unbalanced development in all industrial areas and unlimited exploitation and exploitation of God-given resources is close to the destruction and destruction of his life and this planet. Change and destruction and pollution of climate, land and sea, reduction of biological diversity, increase of environmental pollutants, reduction of non-renewable resources and mines are all the effects of modern civilization on leaving the biological and non-biological components of our world. In the meantime, the construction industry, as a prosperous economic field among all human societies, has a special contribution in these climatic and environmental changes. The use of non-renewable, expensive, heterogeneous and heat and sound-conducting resources and materials, the use of energy-intensive technologies, improper internal ventilation, improper lighting, disregard for social norms, and the intensification of celibacy and isolationism are the characteristics of modern architecture. p>
The origin and history of formation
Since 1960, simultaneously with the increase in energy demand and the increase in fuel costs, and at the same time with the rise of environmental movements, the attention of researchers has been gradually focused on optimizing the consumption patterns of both energy and materials in buildings in order to reduce environmental hazards. The American Association of Architects officially established the Committee on the Environment (AIA) in 1989. In 1992, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set a budget line for this committee. In the same year, this agency started the Energy Star project in cooperation with the United States Department of Energy. It was in the same year that the conceptual model of green buildings was introduced for the first time. A year later in 1993, the United States Green Building Committee (USGBC) was formed by Rick Fedrizzi, David Gottfried and Mike Italiano. The mission of this committee was to develop and promote increasing resistance and strength in the building and construction industry while respecting environmental principles. At the same time, the leaders of this movement around the world formed similar movements after observing the effects of this collection. With the expansion of enthusiasts of this building mission, David Gottfried, one of the pioneers and founders of the Green Building Committee, was commissioned to support Green Building Committees around the world. In 1999, the WorldGBC World Assembly was held in California, United States, and three years later, green building committees were officially formed in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and the United States. In 2007, the WorldGBC secretariat in Toronto, Canada officially started its activities and received the budget ($1 million per year) for the first three years.
Goals and Vision
Green building refers to the compatibility between the construction industry and nature. In other words, green buildings can be considered nature-friendly buildings. According to the definition of the United States Federal Environmental Administration, green buildings pursue two main goals:
1- Increasing building efficiency from energy, water and materials (from design to construction and operation)
2- Reducing the destructive effects of buildings on human health and the environment (from placement and design to construction and operation, repair, renovation and finally destruction)
World Green Building Association (WorldGBC) states the goals and prospects of this plan as follows:
– High efficiency in the consumption of water, electricity and other resources in design, construction and operation.
– Use of renewable energies such as solar energy.
– Reducing the amount of atmospheric and environmental pollution, reducing waste production and increasing the ability to recycle and reprocess in design, – construction and operation.
– Improving the quality of internal ventilation.
– The use of resistant raw materials compatible with humans and the environment.
– Attention to the environment in design, construction and operation.
– Attention to lifestyle in design, construction and operation.
– Attention to climatic conditions and adaptation to natural and environmental changes and developments.
Any building, including residential, commercial, administrative, educational and medical, will be entitled to receive a green building certificate subject to compliance with the standards of evaluation institutions. The valuation system is not the same in all institutions and in all countries and for all buildings. Factors such as geographical location, weather conditions, climatic conditions, age and style of architecture, economic model and even social norms are effective in the evaluation and valuation system of these institutions.
