Sustainable Design Building Evaluation Based on Multi-Criteria Methods

The article presents the objectives of sustainable development and the features of sustainable buildings executed within new urban structures. It presents various aspects of sustainable design, where energy-efficiency is the crucial building evaluation factor in multi-criteria LEED, BREEAM and Green Building methods. It points to the need for the application of a design solution multi-criteria evaluation method with the use of specialist software, within the sustainable design process. The process of evaluating and verifying applied solutions should involve a group of industry specialists, among others, from the field of building energy performance. The role of an architect in an inter-disciplinary design process is that of a leader in terms of coordinating the work, and a creator, where humanistic values are crucial. It also presents examples of buildings designed and constructed in Poland, which are characterized by high quality solutions in the field of sustainable design. These objects obtained LEED, BREEAM, Green Building and Passivhaus certificates.