Which Sustainability Assessment Method has provisions for localized application in warm-humid sub-tropical climate for various building types?

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Sofia Penabaz-Wiley

I am unsure that your question has been researched yet. However, as an example for possible future research into sustainable building types localized for the said climate, I can give John Hardy's Green School in Bali, Indonesia.

https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hardy_my_green_school_dream

Shiva Ji

Actually there are some methods in practice world over like LEED, etc. But the problem is with contextualization of those.

Yeah, Green School, Bali is a great example of creating sustainable units. What about building services in their compound? How do they deal with that.

Hello Shiva Ji. Please define what you mean by building services.

Hello,

Building services include - electrical (gas/electricity), networking, lifts, heating/cooling, ventilation, control systems, security, water supply, sanitation, waste disposal, etc.