Considering SB environmental assessment tool for the performance of buildings in Taiwan

Abstract

ABSTRACT The International Organization for Standardization officially issued ISO 21930 and ISO 15686 standards in 2006, for quantitatively measuring the influence of buildings on environmental performance. SBTOOL is an international assessment tool promoted by the iiSBE, which can be employed to reflect the influence of the different phases of the life cycle of a building on climate, society and economy. Taiwan has been actively implementing the Sustainable Development Policy, and the Architecture and Building Research Institute of Ministry of The Interior has established the " Gr e e n B u i l d i n g E v a l u a t i o n a n d L a b e l l i n g S y s t e m" i n 1 9 9 9 t o p r o mo t e t h e s o -called Green Building. This research takes SBTOOL which is a prevailing sustainable building assessment tool adopted all over the world as the subject of research and carries out a comprehensive analysis on the development trend of international sustainable building.