APPLYING SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES IN THE SELECTION OF BUILDING MATERIALS FOR BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION | ||
| Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development | ||
| Article 1, Volume 20, Issue 5, October 2016, Pages 156-171 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Alyaa Hammadi Mohsin; Entisar K. Al-Geelawee | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research main object was to determine factors that affect the selection of building materials according to sustainability principles. The research objective was achieved through two stages; the first stage included a theoretical study about sustainable building materials and their characteristics, while the second stage included a practical study to determine the relative importance of the factors that affect the selection of building materials. The results of practical study showed that environmental criteria got a high importance after economic criteria among the identified factors while social criteria got the last priority in the selection of building materials. Deepening on the results of practical study a methodology for applying sustainability principles in the selection of building materials was proposed. The proposed methodology included the use of multi-criteria decision making methods like goal achievement matrix and analytical hierarchy process in the selection of building materials. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| sustainable materials; building materials; sustainable buildings; sustainability principles | ||
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