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A Novel Green Rating System for Existing Buildings

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  • Nahla Hazem

    (School of Management of Technology, Nile University, Nile Avenue, Giza 116453, Egypt)

  • Mohamed Abdelraouf

    (Construction Engineering Department, School of Engineering, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt)

  • I.S. Fahim

    (Department of Industrial Engineering and Service Management, School of Management of Technology, School of Engineering, Nile University, Nile Avenue, Giza 116453, Egypt
    Smart Engineering Systems Research Center, Nile University, Nile Avenue, Giza 116453, Egypt)

  • S. El-Omari

    (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Math, and Science, University of Wisconsin—Platteville, WI 53818, USA)

Abstract

Green buildings are becoming an essential part of sustainable development. There have been several research trends for green buildings since 1995. The present study presents a roadmap for green/sustainable research trends and proposes a new green building rating system for existing buildings. A questionnaire was established and answered by experts, where answers were analyzed using the decision-making tool Analytical Hierarchy Process. Analytical Hierarchy Process is responsible for weighing and ranking the weights of alternatives. A novel checklist for existing buildings was structured and consisted of seven main categories, each comprised of different subcategories with different weights according to their importance and priority. The newly proposed rating system and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for maintenance and renovations were both used to evaluate a Nile University building in Egypt in order to identify how the environment affects the results of each rating system. The results showed that each rating system has its own criteria in evaluating the sustainability level of the building, which are each based on the country’s cultural and environmental conditions.

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  • Nahla Hazem & Mohamed Abdelraouf & I.S. Fahim & S. El-Omari, 2020. "A Novel Green Rating System for Existing Buildings," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-15, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:17:p:7143-:d:407404
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    1. Sheng-Yuan Wang & Kyung-Tae Lee & Ju-Hyung Kim, 2022. "Green Retrofitting Simulation for Sustainable Commercial Buildings in China Using a Proposed Multi-Agent Evolutionary Game," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-32, June.
    2. Etheldreder Trecia Koppa & Innocent Musonda & Sambo Lyson Zulu, 2023. "A Systematic Literature Review on Local Sustainability Assessment Processes for Infrastructure Development Projects in Africa," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-37, January.

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