- SBTool is a generic framework for rating the sustainable performance of buildings and projects. It may also be thought of as a toolkit that assists local organizations to develop local SBTool rating systems;
- SBTool can be used by authorized third parties to establish adapted SBTool versions as rating systems to suit their own regions and building types;
- It can also be used by owners and managers of large building portfolios, to express in a very detailed way their own sustainability requirements to their internal staff or as briefing material for competitions;