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

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.

Sustainability Assessment of a Low-Income Building: A BIM-LCSA-FAHP-Based Analysis

“…The large number of resources required for the construction and retrofit of buildings gradually brought sustainable construction into focus [24]. In this sense, the selection of suitable and sustainable building materials during the design stage has a direct impact on the entire life cycle of the building [25,26], promoting the reduction of its cost, allowing a better use of natural resources, reducing the generation of waste during construction and operation stages, optimizing energy consumption, and providing a healthier environment for users [27,28]. Therefore, several researchers conclude that the correct selection of materials is one of the simplest and most efficient ways to incorporate sustainability in the construction industry [25,29,30].…”

“…In order to overcome this problem, several methodological approaches have been employed to deal with the material selection problem [24,27]. Some recent studies have used the the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) as a construction material selection tool, while others proposed the use of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system [34,35].…”

“…A similar strategy was presented by Janowska-Renkas et al [32], who used FEAHP and Fuzzy-TOPSIS to select the best high-performance concrete for post-tension bridges. Mayhoub et al [27] applied AHP in the development of a new evaluation framework based on four green building rating systems for selecting sustainable façade materials. A similar study was conducted by Ruslan et al [33], who used AHP and Value-based Analysis to choose the most sustainable material for façade use, between Aluminum Composite Panel (ACP) and Stainless Steel.…”

Assessment Green Building Pada Gedung Kuliah Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Jember Menggunakan Perangkat Penilaian Greenship Untuk Bangunan Baru Versi 1.2

“…Salah satu upaya yang dilakukan negara-negara di dunia sebagai salah satu bentuk kepedulian terhadap krisis energi yang sedang melanda adalah dengan melakukan aksi earth hour hemat energi yang melibatkan 132 negara di dunia (Australia, Asia, Eropa, Afrika, Pasifik dan Amerika) dalam waktu sehari dalam setahun, aksi ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pemahaman dan kesadaran cinta lingkungan serta hemat energi (Putri, Rohman, & Utomo, 2012), (Ratnaningsih, Anik;Hermansa, Richo;Hasanuddin, Akhmad, 2019), (Putri, Rohman, & Utomo, 2012), (Ratnaningsih, Anik;Hermansa, Richo;Hasanuddin, Akhmad, 2019) (Sudarwadi, Ratnaningsih, & Dhokhikah, 2020) (Hendro Wicaksono, Wicaksono, Ratnaningsih, & Irawan, 2020) (Sandanayake, et al, 2020) (Sandanayake, et al, 2020), (Mayhoub, Syad, Ali, & Ibrahim, 2021), (Khoshnava, Rostami, Valipour, Ismail, & Rahmat, 2016). Gedung kuliah Fakultas Kedokteran merupakan gedung yang berfungsi sebagai tempat kuliah, seminar, kantor akademik dan semua aktifitas penunjang akademik.…”

Rejuvenating the Market for Earth-Based Building Construction Materials in a Developing Economy

“…This is in addition to the misperception of the reliability and potential of locally available earth-based materials in building projects as well as the lack of comprehensive knowledge of their benefits. State that the green building products and services market can be created, expanded, and shaped when the benefits they bring are known [30]. In the same vein, previous study proposed that greater awareness of the importance of using green building materials in construction projects could lead to a shift in preference for sustainable materials over imported conventional ones.…”