page_title: Green building certification systems
hierarchical_section_title: Green building certification systems
caption_attribution_description: English: The Science and Technology Center in Kansas City, Kansas includes both office and laboratory space for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 7 facility, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and nine tribal nations. Opened May 9, 2003.
context_page_description: Green building certification systems are a set of rating systems and tools that are used to assess a building or a construction project's performance from a sustainability and environmental perspective. Such ratings aim to improve the overall quality of buildings and infrastructures, integrate a life cycle approach in its design and construction, and promote the fulfillment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by the construction industry. Buildings that have been assessed and are deemed to meet a certain level of performance and quality, receive a certificate proving this achievement.
  According to the Global Status Report 2017 published by United Nations Environment Programme in coordination with the International Energy Agency, buildings and construction activities together contribute to 36% of the global energy use and 39% of carbon dioxide emissions. Through certification, the associated environmental impacts during the lifecycle of buildings and other infrastructures could be better understood and mitigated. Currently, more than 100 building certifications systems exist around the world.
context_section_description: Green building certification systems are a set of rating systems and tools that are used to assess a building or a construction project's performance from a sustainability and environmental perspective. Such ratings aim to improve the overall quality of buildings and infrastructures, integrate a life cycle approach in its design and construction, and promote the fulfillment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by the construction industry. Buildings that have been assessed and are deemed to meet a certain level of performance and quality, receive a certificate proving this achievement.
  According to the Global Status Report 2017 published by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in coordination with the International Energy Agency (IEA), buildings and construction activities together contribute to 36% of the global energy use and 39% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Through certification, the associated environmental impacts during the lifecycle of buildings and other infrastructures (typically design, construction, operation and maintenance) could be better understood and mitigated. Currently, more than 100 building certifications systems exist around the world. The most popular building certification models today are BREEAM (UK), LEED (US), and DGNB (Germany).
caption: US EPA Kansas City Science & Technology Center. LEED Gold certified building
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