Sustainability and Energy Conservation Scoring Systems

Abstract

Human technical advancements during the industrial age have led to many inventions in different fields. In building industry inventions such as utilization of refrigerants like chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), and hydro-chlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) in manufacturing buildings air conditioning systems, using Halon (a compound made of bromide, fluorine and carbon) in building fire distinguishing systems, and using carbon-based fuels in the forms of burning wood, coal, oil, natural gas, or any other sub-product of these materials for electricity generation in power plants have changed the face of the industry drastically. Even though these are some of the major contributors to the advancement of the buildings and building technologies during these years, unfortunately the advancement of the building technologies is not these items sole effect. These innovations had also been proven to create some notable negative consequences for both people and the environment.