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sustainable buildings in these countries are evaluated and certified (see Table A).
Following this, the Green Building Councils (GBCs) and similar organizations in place in
these six countries were reviewed to provide a background of the state of green building
coordination in these nations (see Table B). Then the environmental labeling systems in
the studied countries were reviewed. Green Building Councils and environmental
labeling programs serve as indicators of a country’s green building status and proficiency
as countries with established GBCs and labeling programs are typically among the
world’s most advanced sustainable building nations, compared to nations which do not
have these organizations and labels. Subsequently, each of the six countries was
thoroughly researched in order to determine how they promote the adoption of green
buildings and green building technologies. The last part of the report is a conclusions
section, which identifies general barriers to green building, and makes suggestions on
how green development can be increased in Canada through programs, policies and other
incentives.
4.0 Country Green Building Evaluation Systems Table:
The following table provides a comparison of the green building evaluation systems used
in Canada, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia. The
information used in the development of this table was primarily taken from each of the
rating systems’ websites, although some information was obtained from previous studies
and evaluations of these scoring schemes. Table A on the following pages reflects a wide
range of qualitative information about each green building evaluation system.
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