Checking for "greenness"

The Center for High-rise Competencies holds the conference "Green Construction in Russia: a new approach to the design, construction and operation of energy-efficient buildings."

The conference will be held on May 19, 2015 from 15.00 to 17.00 in the Congress hall of the Business Center "President", 2nd floor (Yekaterinburg, 1a Boris Yeltsin St.). The event is held with the participation of NP SRO "Guild of Builders of the Urals" and GK RED.

Experts from the Green Building Alliance (GBA), a company that unites the eco-construction industry in Pittsburgh, have been invited. Using the example of implemented facilities for various purposes, they will introduce participants to a list of energy-efficient engineering solutions that reduce operating costs and save investment. The conference program includes an overview of the most popular certification systems – LEED, BREAM, DGNB, Green Zoom, the effectiveness of green technology as a quality guarantor, compliance with the certification requirements for high-rise buildings using the example of BC President and IFC Tower Iset.

The global experience of "green" construction dates back several decades and is widely used in the USA, England, Canada and other countries. Green Building is based on three main principles: saving resources, reducing operating costs, and safety for human health and the environment. Together, compliance with these principles ensures a comfortable environment for people in modern buildings. In Russia, the principles of "green" technologies began to be applied primarily in high-rise construction. In Moscow, the Severnaya Tower was the first of the buildings of the Moscow City Exhibition Center to receive a BREEAM certificate. In St. Petersburg, the Lakhta Center project became one of the pioneers of "green" construction.

At the 100+ Forum Russia 2015 high-rise and unique construction forum, the issues of certification of high-rise buildings will be discussed in more detail within the framework of the thematic section "Green High-rise construction. An energy-intensive skyscraper."