Green building in the northern and Arctic regions

The article presents an analysis of international and national “green” buildings certification systems from the point of view of the possibility of their use in the Arctic territories. The groups of criteria that are typical for most certification systems, as well as the most significant groups of criteria for all considered assessment systems, have been identified. The main groups of criteria were correlated with the requirements for buildings of the settlements sustainable development program and with the stages of the buildings and structures life cycle. As a result of the performed analysis, conclusions were formulated about the need to focus on certain key and characteristic criteria or their groups for the Arctic territories in the system of environmental assessment of buildings.

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