Sustainable Construction Technical Review 2

TECHNICAL REVIEW #2

Title: Sustainability Rating Systems

Total Points: 100

Suggested format: Times New Roman 12 points, single spaced, 1” margin all around, APA style for

references

Plagiarism: All assignments will be checked for plagiarism using SafeAssign. The similarity index should

not be greater than 35% on the report. You should always provide references at the end.

Learning Objective:

Students will:

 Learn about various sustainability rating systems in the United States

 Compare/contrast these system to learn about major differences and applications Problem Statement: Identify major sustainable building rating systems used in the United States. Compare and contrast these systems covering the following aspects. Please provide list of references used at the end. You can use table to do side-by- side comparison. (20x5= 100 points)

 Certification categories  Application to various types of structures  Ease of applicability  Cost structure  Certification process