Green Globes

To clarify, my experience is with the US Based Green Building Initiative, not the Canadian version. (These are separate entities.)

I seem to have lost my original post:

Assuming people on this forum are generally familiar with LEED's advantages, here are three advantages for Green Globes. As I mention above, my experience is only with the Green Building Initiative's program in the US, which is separate from the Canadian version.

1) As there aren't prerequisites, a building can be certified for all-around performance even missing in an area that would eliminate it from LEED consideration.

For instance in the comparison between EBOM and Green Globes Continuous Improvement of Existing Buildings (CIEB), if a building didn't achieve the needed ENERGY STAR rating it could still demonstrate an overall performance in CIEB (taking a big penalty for sure), but would be excluded from attempting EBOM certification.

2) There is an on-site third party survey and interview for every project.

3) The 1,000 point scale may be more helpful in evaluating a portfolio of buildings for performance and improvement when considering CIEB.