World Green Building Council: Indoor Air Quality Is Key Component in Green Building

Green Building Trends in 2023

GREEN building and sustainable construction, which are designed to reduce the negative impact of their construction and operation on the environment, is an important trend in the construction industry. This movement has gained momentum in recent years, designers are becoming aware of the need to protect the environment, here are some of the most popular predicted green building trends for 2023:

1. Net zero buildings: to generate energy onsite, using clean renewable resources, in a quantity equal to or greater than the total amount of energy consumed onsite
2. Uses Sustainable materials: to reduce energy consumption in buildings and facilities, require less maintenance, thus saving costs
3. Green roofs: to provide shade, remove heat from the air, and reduce temperatures of the roof surface and surrounding air
4. Passive design: in using nature resources to minimize energy used

Indoor Air Quality is Key Components in Green Building

Improved indoor air quality (IAQ) is one of the critical components of green building design. World Green Building Council have emphasized, people are the most valuable asset of organizations, and efforts to improve IAQ can improve health, well-being, productivity, and profitability. The Council also stated Health and Wellbeing framework and key benchmarks from WHO and other authority on how to maintain air quality at appropriate levels to minimize health risk:

The World Health Organization (WHO) provides Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs)a for 24-hour mean concentration limits are: 

• PM2.5 less than 10 μg/m3
• PM10 less than 20 μg/m3

Other IAQ benchmarks and limited values a used in international rating tools1, 2, 3 by authority:

• Carbon dioxide (CO2): 800ppm
• Carbon monoxide (CO): 9ppm
• Formaldehyde (CH2O): 27 ppb
• TVOC: 500 μg/m3
• Radon (Rn): 0.148 Bq/L [4 pCi/L]

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