The concept of sustainability is regarded to be threefold: environmental, economic, and
social. This is usually identified as the triple bottom line of sustainability and is often …

Current studies provide little knowledge for a holistic assessment of green building (GB)
studies and practices. This study addresses the gap by developing a systematic and …

Green building rating systems (GBRSs) address a variety of areas of protection to solve
current environmental problems. This is more relevant to decision making but not as …

Green building technologies and practices have been diffused globally along the progress
of urban development and renewal. An increasing number of studies focus on the diffusion …

A barrier to green-building development is the uncertainty and scepticism about the financial
implications. This study aimed to investigate whether the green-certification schemes help …

This paper addresses the issue of awareness of Green buildings, Green lifestyle and
environmental matters with the aim to depict if GM (Green Mark) rating tool operates in a …

Green Building Index (GBI) and Green Real Estate (GreenRE) are the two existing green
building assessment tools specifically design and developed for Malaysian tropical weather …

The development of economy and society has resulted in an unstoppable and growing
consumption of natural resources and the degradation of the environment. Social problems …

One of the reasons for the failure of urban development in the desert city in Algeria is the
stability of construction legislation and its inability to change to keep pace with the …

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission is the major consequences of industrial revolution,
technology advancement and urbanisation. Building is one of the major factor of these and …