Green Globes for Sustainable Interiors
A healthy interior environment leads to greater tenant comfort, satisfaction, and employee retention. In addition, the way occupants interact with their surroundings has an impact on mental and emotional welfare as well as efficient building operations. GBI’s Green Globes® for Sustainable Interiors (SI) provides a healthier, more productive space through a dual-pathway approach to interior build-outs, using either lifecycle assessment (LCA) or environmental product declarations (EPDs).
Green Globes for SI focuses solely on issues within the interior architect’s or interior designer’s scope of work. Certification may be pursued by building owners and individual tenants of commercial and institutional spaces who want to improve their workspace sustainability through elements within the interior design team’s domain.
“Without taking the project through certification using Green Globes, we would have never pushed ourselves quite this hard, and we would have lost a real opportunity to gain a strong return on energy savings. Certifying interiors with Green Globes is a smart investment!”
– Richard Mitchell, Managing Principal, Mackenzie
Green Globes for Sustainable Interiors Resources
▸ Green Globes for Sustainable Interiors Point Allocation
Green Globes SI is a protocol of the Green Globes for New Construction 2013 program.
- Project Management: 70 points
- Energy: 300 points
- Water: 90 points
- Materials & Resources: 250 points
- Emissions & Other Impacts: 40 points
- Indoor Environment: 250 points
TOTAL: 1000 POINTS
▸ Eligibility Requirements
Green Globes SI is intended for tenant improvement projects, fit-outs, and remodels.
Eligible buildings must:
- Be an enclosed structure or a space within an enclosed structure
- Have a contiguous project boundary and its site
- Be a minimum of 400 square feet
- Be constructed as a fixed structure on a permanent site
- Be typically designed for human occupancy
Green Globes SI projects typically contain HVAC systems that are controlled within the building or space for maintaining environmental conditions, subject to adjustment or management by occupants themselves. They also usually contain water systems designed for human occupancy.
▸ Assessment and Certification Process
The Green Globes for Sustainable Interiors assessment process is intended to mimic the design and construction schedule to provide a seamless certification.
Design Review and Assessment
▸ Sustainable Interiors Resources
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