Sustainable Workplaces, Sustainable Office Buildings by Dr. Tarja Häkkinen

Dr. Tarja Häkkinen, Chief Research Scientist at VTT
 Finland presented Sustainable Workplaces, Sustainable Office Buildings: Influencing Factors, Indicators and Assessment Methods at Symposium III. Her presentation was an overview of the influences, indicators and ways to assess sustainable workplaces and office buildings.
Highlights:

• Methods and tools for the environmental assessment of buildings (BeCost, an internet-based tool for life cycle inventory of buildings and building structures)
• Office building rating systems
  
• A case study (Finnish Forest Research Institute)
• Examples of sustainable urban design indicators (TISSUE, STATUS)
• Lots of links.
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