Third party-rating-certification

Continual Improvement of Existing Buildings(Green Globes – CIEB)

“THIRD-PARTY RATING/CERTIFICATION OVERVIEW”

© 2008 The Green Building Initiative, Portland, OR

www.thegbi.org; 1-877-424-4241;info@thegbi.org

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CIEB Certification/Rating AgendaGreen Globes – CIEB

Green Influencers

Third-party Ratings/Certification

Recognition

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Green Globes – CIEBGreen Globes™ – a web-based environmental rating system, which evolved in North America and was modeled after BREEAM in the UK.

The Green Building Initiative (GBI) – owns the U.S. rights to Green Globes – New Construction (NC) and Green Globes – Continual Improvement of Existing Buildings (CIEB).

GBI is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a standards developer.

Further development of Green Globes is overseen by GBI’s ANSI Technical Committee using ANSI-approved procedures for achieving consensus.

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Increasing legislative pressure/tax incentives

Investor focus on company climate change strategy

Consumer awareness

Increasing NGO and advocacy groups monitoring sustainability

Green Influencers

The Building Sector’s CO2 Mitigating Potential for 2030

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Why Are We Having This Discussion?

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The Building Sector’s CO2 Mitigating Potential for 2030

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Green Globes Dashboard

Color coded progress bars indicate whether questionnaire sections are complete

Step through navigation Automatically calculates predicted rating based on points out of 1000

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Complete the CIEB

questionnaire and initiate

Green Globes certification via

the GBI website

Highly qualified third-party assessors

audit building documentation and the Green

Globes questionnaire

A third-party assessor visually

assesses the building

against data inputs in

questionnaire

The Assessment Process

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• Download the pre-assessment checklist from the GBI Web site, sample below.

Preparation Checklist

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Green Globes™ Rating/Certification Requires Third-party Assessment

Buildings that have a predicted rating of 35% or more can pursue third-party assessment. Third-party assessment is required before a building can receive a certified rating or be publicized as such.

One to four globes are possible and our recognition program includes a plaque and PR kit. Case study development is encouraged

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“There is Growing Support from AIA, AGC, BOMA, media, and large private and public sector users making Green Globes one of the most “broadly accepted” rating systems in North America.”

Source: AIA Quantifying Sustainability Study 2008

Green Globes Recognition

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GBI Certification Plaque

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Vicki L. WordenVP Commercial Programs & Business Development

Vicki@thegbi.org, 207-236-2920

Sally RussilloCommercial Programs Administrator

Sally@thegbi.org, 20-236-2920

Kevin StoverManager, Commercial Accounts

Kevin@thegbi.org, 717-817-6892

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