1 Rates buildings according to five key criteria:

2 Energy efficiency.

3 Water efficiency.

4 Environmental protection.

5 Indoor environmental quality.

6 Other green and innovative features that contribute to better building performance.

Certification system is a multi-tiered process with pre-assessment, third-party consultant guidance through an assessment organisation for:

1. New construction.

2. Communities.

3. In-use buildings.

4. Eco-homes.

Assessment uses recognised measures of performance, which are set against established benchmarks in:

1. Energy and water use.

2. Internal environment (health and well-being).

3. Pollution.

4. Transport.

5. Materials.

6. Waste.

7. Ecology.

8. Management processes.

Building assessment tools for

1. Pre-design.

2. New construction.

3. Existing building.

4. Renovation.

Assessment areas include:

1. Energy efficiency.

2. Resource efficiency.

3. Local environment.

4. Indoor environment.

Stages:

1 Project/Contract Strategy.

2 Project/Contract Management.

3 People & Communities.

4 Land Use & Landscape.

5 The Historic Environment.

6 Ecology & Biodiversity.

7 Water Environment.

8 Physical Resources Use & Management.

9 Transport.

Measures sustainability against nine categories:

1 Energy and CO2 emissions.

2 Water.

3 Materials.

4 Surface water run-off.

5 Waste.

6 Pollution.

7 Health and well-being.

8 Management.

9 Ecology.

Assessment areas include:

1 Energy.

2 Water.

3 Materials.

Green building guidance and assessment program for:

1 Existing buildings.

2 New construction.

Environmental assessment areas to earn credits in:

1 Energy.

2 Indoor environment.

3 Site.

4 Water.

5 Resources.

6 Emissions.

7 Project / environmental management.

Green building rating and certification system through independent third-party verification for:

1 New Construction (NC).

2 Existing Buildings, Operations & Maintenance (EB O&M).

3 Commercial Interiors (CI).

4 Core & Shell (CS).

5 Schools (SCH).

6 Retail.

7 Healthcare (HC).

8 Homes.

9 Neighborhood Development (ND).

Performance in: Sustainable sites.

1 Water efficiency.

2 Energy & atmosphere.

3 Materials & resources.

4 Indoor environmental quality.

5 Locations & linkages.

6 Awareness & education.

7 Innovation in design.

8 Regional priority through a set of prerequisites and credits.

Performance-based standard, and certification programme for:

1 Landscape and infrastructure projects.

2 Partial renovations and complete building renewals.

3 New building construction.

4 Neighborhood, campus and community design.

Performance areas include:

1 Site.

2 Water.

3 Energy.

4 Materials.

5 Equity.

The Passivhaus standard can be achieved by measures including:

1 Shading.

2 Pre-cooling of the supply air.

3 Night purging.

4 Natural ventilation.

5 Ait-tightness.

6 Mechanical ventilation heat recovery (MVHR).

7 Insulation.

8 Avoidance of thermal bridges.

9 Passive solar gains.

10 Exploitation of internal heat sources.

Green building rating system for:

1 Community.

2 Buildings.

3 Villas.

4 Temporary villas and buildings.

Assessment of performance in:

1 Integrated development process.

2 Natural systems.

3 Livable communities.

4 Precious water.

5 Resourceful energy.

6 Stewarding materials.

7 Innovating practice.

The Ska assessment process is broken into three stages:

1 Design / planning

2 Handover

3 Occupancy

Performance-based standard and certification programme for new and existing buildings.

1 New and existing interiors.

2 Core and shell retail.

3 Education facilities.

4 Restaurant

5 Commercial kitchen.

6 Multi-family residential.