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Sustainability Criteria for Green Building Material Selection in the Malaysian Construction Industry

Authors : Ezzaddin Al-Atesh, Yani Rahmawati, Noor Amila Wan Abdullah Zawawi

Published in: ICCOEE2020

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

A Green building material (GBM) is an environmentally friendly, health-promoting, recycled and high-performance construction materials that affect the selection of materials for all three sustainability pillars (3Ps). The lack of proper instructions for GBM and the difficulty in adjusting GBM sustainability criteria become a challenge for GBM selection. Different strategies have been implemented to meet current and future requirements. This study mainly focused on the GBM criteria selection, through literature review, and expert judgement. A total of three main criteria and 32 sub-criteria have been found. Hence, this study provides sustainable assessment criteria for GBM selection in the Malaysian construction industry.

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Metadata
Title
Sustainability Criteria for Green Building Material Selection in the Malaysian Construction Industry
Authors
Ezzaddin Al-Atesh
Yani Rahmawati
Noor Amila Wan Abdullah Zawawi
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6311-3_79