Integrated design for green building in China : the obstacles and the way forward

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Throughout the world, the green building movement has engulfed the building sector and has introduced various new requirements into the building design. There are many obstacles in applying the green building rating systems to the building design process. Such obstacles are mainly due to the fact that performance-based targets and extra environmental concern of the rating systems require high levels of design collaboration and coordination among the structural, envelope, mechanical, electrical, and architectural systems. The integrated design process (IDP) was developed to overcome these obstacles and facilitate green building design. IDP theory has been reported to effectively assist the design team in planning high-performance green buildings. Currently, green building development in China is still at its initial stage; emphasis is on the comparison of different green building rating systems and the implementation of green technologies. Given that not much research on the implementat

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