The importance of building design in the Green Building Certification process

Building design is crucial in the green building certification process because most certification criteria focus on ensuring that the building design meets its eco-friendly characteristics. Green building certification programs call for building design to focus on energy efficiency, water efficiency, use of environmentally friendly materials, indoor quality, environmentally friendly production and environmentally friendly environmental management. For example, YeS-Tr, LEED etc. certification programs include many criteria covering topics such as energy efficiency of building design, water efficiency, selection of environmentally friendly materials, indoor quality and environmentally friendly production. The importance of building design for green building certification highlights the issues that building designers should pay particular attention to in order to provide an energy efficient building with environmentally friendly features for the building owner, investors and users.