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Assessment of Green Building Materials’ Attributes to Achieve Sustainable Building Façades Using AHP

Research Authors
Marwa M. Gomaa Mayhoub , Zeyad M. Tarek El Sayad, Ahmed AbdelMonteleb M. Ali and Mona G. Ibrahim
Research Date
Research Year
2021
Research Journal
Buildings
Research Publisher
MDPI
Research Vol
11
Research Rank
ISI-Q2
Research_Pages
24
Research Website
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/11/10/474
Research Abstract

The need to enhance the performance of building façades and mitigate adverse environmental
impacts has promoted the hypothesis of integrating green materials towards sustainable
buildings. Façade designers tend to select building materials based on their green characteristics
(origin) or green performance; however, this study highlights the importance of integrating both
into the decision process. The main objective is to develop a new assessment process for selecting
green building façade materials based on green performance and green originality. Furthermore,
the evaluation framework considers four green building rating systems as a reference to allocate
credits for the relevant criteria. Applying the proposed criteria in this study helps maximize the
points for accreditation when incorporating green building materials in building façades. Moreover,
the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to assign the proposed criteria’s weighting importance
based on the four rating systems’ average points. After that, performing sensitivity analysis to
identify each criterion’s influence is conducted. The study concluded that involving minimum levels
of adverse impacts is the preferable criteria regarding the green origin concept. As for the green
performance, promoting the performance of indoor air quality is the most favorable selection criteria.

Research Rank
International Journal