B2.3 Environmental management system and audit
Green and sustainable management systems enable continuous improvement in reducing and offsetting carbon
emissions arising from buildings in order to achieve the company’s goals.
Common voluntary environmental management systems and audits are:
1. Carbon Audit
2. ISO 14000 Series
– Environmental Management
4. Life Cycle Energy Analysis (LCEA) of
Building Construction
3. ISO 14064-1
– Greenhouse Gases - Part 1:
Specification with Guidance at the
Organisation Level for Quantification
and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and Removals
Readers may also refer to the useful references at
Appendix D
for the latest information on non-statutory
environmental requirements.
2.3.4 Professional help
It is important to engage professionals for detailed consultation about the implementation of environmental assessment
standards, green related ordinances and guidelines at shopping malls and shop spaces. The following is a list of
references for getting professional help:
• Authorised persons (AP) – Appendix A (2)
• Landscape architects – Appendix A (3)
• Registered professional engineers (RPE) in the building services discipline – Appendix A (4)
• Registered architects (RA) – Appendix A (5)
•
– Appendix A (7)
2.3
Introduction to existing environmental assessment standards for buildings and shopping malls
2
The basics
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