Site selection and project planning resulting in sustainable buildings

Abstract

maximizing sustainability opportunities in the site selection and site planning process site issues are integrated into the pre-design process. Some opportunities continue through the design, development and to a more limited extent, through facility and landscape construction. By integrating the building with the site in a manner that minimizes the impact on natural resources, we can maximize human comfort and social connections. Decisions made during site selection and planning impact the surrounding natural habitat, architectural design integration, building energy consumption, occupant comfort and occupant productivity. These issues are involved in evaluation of sustainable building performance. The purposes of building assessment from environmental aspects are the determination of real buildings state from viewpoint of safety and reliability, the possibility of buildings comparison, the find of environmental buildings potential and the proposal of measures resulting in sustainable buildings. The environmental assessment systems deal with site selection criteria, the efficient use of energy and water resources during building operations, waste management during construction and operations, indoor environmental quality, demands for transportation services, and the selection of environmentally preferable materials. The Slovak building environmental assessment system was processed on the base of available experiences database analysis from environmental performance of buildings. The aim of this paper is introduced the building environmental assessment system developed in Slovakia and verification of this paper in field of site selection. The building site and project planning as the significant field and determination of weighting indicators in this filed by Saaty method will be introduced in the paper.