scholarly journals Barriers to the Diffusion and Adoption of Green Buildings in Saudi Arabia

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Mosly
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
The Us ◽  
And Diffusion

<p>Many countries around the globe have recently pursued sustainability. The public and governments are demanding sustainability due to worldwide environmental disasters caused by pollution and man-made activities that impact the ecological system. Green buildings represent a significant component of sustainability, as their construction is intended to reduce natural resources consumption through energy and water conservation. Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s richest countries, but its number of certified green buildings is notably low. In addition, all of these buildings are certified by the US Green Building Council LEED rating system and not by a national organization. It seems that numerous barriers exist, slowing the development and diffusion of green buildings in Saudi Arabia. Through a systematic qualitative research approach, this research aims to explore barriers to the diffusion and adoption of green buildings in Saudi Arabia, which will facilitate the development of green buildings in Saudi Arabia. This research concludes the identification of 14 green building barriers, with lack of skilled personal and unsupportive government policies and regulations being the most significant barriers.</p>

scholarly journals Risk Factors Impacting the Project Value Created by Green Buildings in Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7388
Author(s):  
Wael Alattyih ◽  
Husnain Haider ◽  
Halim Boussabaine
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Green Building Design

Green buildings are playing a pivotal role in sustainable urban development around the world, including Saudi Arabia. Green buildings subject to various sources of risk that influence the potential outcomes of the investments or services added in their design. The present study developed a structured framework to examine various risks that may lead to green buildings’ value destruction in Saudi Arabia. The framework initiates with identification of 66 potential risk factors from reported literature. A questionnaire compiling a list of identified risk factors was hand-delivered to 300 practitioners (managers, engineers, and architects) having knowledge of value engineering in the construction industry, and an overall response rate of 29.7% was achieved. Subsequently, descriptive statistics ranked the risk factors based on scores given by the respondents. The principal component analysis extracted 16 components, based on the likelihood of risk factors impacting the value created by green building design. Finally, the factor analysis grouped the 35 most significant risk factors in 5 clusters—i.e., 8 in functional risk, 13 in financial risk, 3 in operational risk, 3 in environmental risk, and 8 in management risk cluster. The study enhances the understanding of the importance of the risk factors’ impact on value creation. Based on the results, the value management (or engineering) teams and the top-level management can identify, manage, and control the risk factors that have a significant impact on the project value created by green building design.

scholarly journals Development of Value Creation Drivers for Sustainable Design of Green Buildings in Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alattyih ◽  
Haider ◽  
Boussabaine
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Value Management ◽  
Value Drivers ◽  
Green Building Design ◽  
Detailed Statistical Analysis ◽  
Governmental Institutions

The sustainability of green buildings has been widely recognized around the world in the recent past. Evaluating the investment on such buildings, with higher complexity than the conventional buildings, involves multiple and diverse stakeholders, such as consultants, contractors, general public, governmental institutions, etc. The selection of useful value creation drivers is a difficult task while accommodating the opinion of a group of stakeholders with varying perceptions and experiences regarding the value creation in green building design and the associated costs. In this research, a framework is proposed to develop a set of the most important value creation drivers (VCDs) for green buildings. Five primary VCDs were developed to cover the financial, functional, operational, environmental, and management aspects of a green building. Ninety-eight (98) performance value drivers (PVDs) were identified through the literature for assessing the performance of these value creation drivers. The identified PVDs were evaluated through a hand-delivered questionnaire survey, followed by detailed statistical analysis of the collected data while using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Microsoft Excel software. Factor analyses were performed to eliminate the PVDs with least importance based on the responses obtained from 89 experienced managers (45%), engineers (38%), and architects (17%) working in the field of value management of construction industry in Saudi Arabia. Finally, 51 most important PVDs were grouped into two clusters for each value creation driver; for instance, control and planning clusters to assess the performance of management’s VCD. The final outcome of the research in the form of five top level VCDs, 10 clusters, and 51 PVDs will facilitate the designers for enhancing the performance efficiency and value from investment for green buildings in Saudi Arabia, Gulf, and elsewhere.

scholarly journals Stakeholder’s Perspective on Green Building Rating Systems in Saudi Arabia: The Case of LEED, Mostadam, and the SDGs

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8463
Author(s):  
Mohammed Al-Surf ◽  
Ashraf Balabel ◽  
Mamdooh Alwetaishi ◽  
Ahmed Abdelhafiz ◽  
Usama Issa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Design System ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Construction Market

This paper discusses in detail the current level of awareness of the Saudi Arabia stakeholders regarding the use and application of green building rating systems. The paper used a mix of qualitative and quantitative research methods through an exploratory method that utilized an online survey targeting experts and construction stakeholders to fill the gap of previous research papers and support the argument of the increase in the level of the awareness of stakeholders in the use and application of green building rating systems in Saudi Arabia. This research aims to focus on the level of awareness of the Saudi construction market stakeholders on green building rating systems in Saudi Arabia with focus on the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design system LEED and Mostadam. It also investigated which rating system responds to the need of the Saudi construction market with regard to energy conservation and water consumption more effectively. The methodology utilized in this research used a combination of primary and secondary data where the primary data were a survey sent to Saudi construction stakeholders where a total of 1320 respondents participated in the survey. Results from this research showed a promising number of agreements between the participating stakeholders to the level of awareness of green building rating systems in Saudi Arabia and to the willingness to use internationally recognized rating systems such as LEED and the use of locally recognized systems such as Mostadam. Furthermore, the research aims to link the results with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a focus on SDGs 6 and 7. The results show a high level of appreciation and agreement to the importance of energy and water conservation in green buildings that will be using either LEED or Mostadam in Saudi Arabia and accomplish the targets outlined under the SDGs.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ESTABLISHING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) IN BUILDINGS: DRIVERS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.D.I.A. AMARASINGHE ◽  
◽  
S.D.A. SOORIGE ◽  
L DE SILVA ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Incentive Mechanisms

LCA is a method that systematically evaluates environmental impacts attributed to the building by quantifying environmental inputs and outputs over the lifecycle of buildings. LCA facilitates a sophisticated assessment procedure to promote eco-efficient designs to reduce environmental impacts. Although building-related LCAs are well-rooted in developed counties, it is challenging to disclose evidence of LCA application in Sri Lanka as a developing country. Therefore, this study aims to compare drivers that promote the application of LCA in developed countries and Sri Lanka to determine the deviation between two contexts. The qualitative research approach was adopted, and expert interviews were conducted with ten experts from Sri Lanka and nine LCA experts representing developed countries. The results indicated that 'identifying opportunities to improve environmental sustainability,' discovering energy-saving opportunities' etc. are the mostly identified drivers related to developed countries. In contrast, the mostly identified drivers in Sri Lanka were limited to two as 'growing industrial interest to build more green buildings' and 'as a new tool for R&D'. Initiation of strong government policies and effective incentive mechanisms, rising awareness on LCA, etc. identified as strategies to bridge the deviation between Sri Lanka from developed countries context in the implementation of LCA.

scholarly journals LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON GREEN BUILDING IN INDONESIA AND THE ALTERNATIVE POLICY

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
Wuri Virgayanti
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
National Level ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Slow Movement ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

<p><em>As buildings are one of the highest energy consumers from all over the world, there is special need to focus on how to mitigate energy consumption through regulation and policy. Responding this necessity, the concept of green building is being implemented in many countries along with Indonesia as an alternate to the traditional building concept. However there is slow movement in implementing this concept, especially in Indonesia. From legal viewpoint this paper will aim to answer why the Indonesian green building sector is not well developed. The method used in this paper is normative legal research. The analysis finds that the slow movement is due to the lack of the regulatory framework on its subject. Moreover, there is only little support from the government toward policies that might drive growth of the green building development. In light of this, there should be robust and strong regulatio. This can be achieved at the national level by regulating green buildings and also having government policies that encourage the development of green buildings. </em></p><p> </p>

The Importance of the Appearance Image and Cognition of Green Building

2014 ◽  
Vol 496-500 ◽  
pp. 2544-2548
Author(s):  
Ying Ming Su ◽  
Yi Ping Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Global Climate ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Visual Appearance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Environmental Cognition ◽  
The Relationship

When global climate change becoming a problem that is getting worse nowadays, Green Buildings have become one of the major solutions to maintaining a sustainable environment. Because most of the public interpret the messages sent by their environment through visual appearance and images, This study aims to analyze the appearance effects of U.S. LEED and Taiwan EEWH Green Building rating systems by conducting surveys on the publics cognition of green building appearances and green building rating systems, and analyzing the relationship between green building appearance and environmental cognition. The results indicate that building appearance is a key judgment reference for identifying green buildings. However, there has been no significant relationships found between green building rating system and green building appearances so far, which may cause confusion as to the publics cognition and image of green buildings. Therefore, it is recommended that building's appearance image should be included in future revisions of the green building rating systems.

The Relationship between Taiwan Green Buildings, Humanity and Aesthetics

2014 ◽  
Vol 496-500 ◽  
pp. 2538-2543
Author(s):  
Ying Ming Su ◽  
Chia Hui Lin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Waste Reduction ◽  
Rating System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The Taiwan Green Building Rating System is composed of the four categories of Ecology, Energy Saving, Waste Reduction and Health. There are also nine indicators, which are mainly guidelines but fail to consider humanity and the aesthetics of the buildings and urban environment. Based on a review of relevant literature and professional seminars, the questionnaire that was edited according to proposals relating to Green Building Aesthetics made by professionals in the field and then used to analyze the current relationship between green buildings, humanity and aesthetics in Taiwan. It is hoped, that this will enable us to fully explore the impact of humanity and aesthetics on Taiwan Green Buildings, while further demonstrating the importance of humanity and aesthetics. According to the questionnaire results, 76.8% of the respondents disagreed as well as kind of agreed and disagreed with the idea that the current Green Buildings in Taiwan has comprised of the concepts of Humanity and Aesthetics; 72.1% of the respondents considered Humanity and Aesthetics to the rating of Green Building very important and important; 81.2% of the public extremely agreed and agreed with the idea that Humanity and Aesthetics should be included in Green Building. The findings of this research indicated that most of the public considered that there were only few Humanity and Aesthetics considerations in the current Green Buildings in Taiwan and agreed that it was important to include Humanity and Aesthetics in Green Buildings.

Cut Expenditure - Water Saving Green Buildings

2013 ◽  
Vol 838-841 ◽  
pp. 3073-3076
Author(s):  
Jing Bo Zhao ◽  
Fang Zhang ◽  
Li Peng Dong ◽  
Tian Xie
Keyword(s):  
Water Conservation ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Water Saving ◽  
Development Model ◽  
High Consumption ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Consumption Model ◽  
Architectural Development ◽  
Water Use Practices

21st century common theme is sustainable development, efficient green development model for urban construction must shift from the traditional high-consumption model of development, green building is the only way for the implementation of this shift is the world's architectural development the inevitable trend. Cut costs - water-saving green buildings, will promote water conservation and water use practices improved and full implementation, thus promoting the development of green building in China.

scholarly journals Mathematical Model Applied to Green Building Concept for Sustainable Cities Under Climate Change

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-50
Author(s):  
Md. Haider Ali Biswas ◽  
Pinky Rani Dey ◽  
Md. Sirajul Islam ◽  
Sajib Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Equilibrium Points ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Stability And Instability ◽  
Global Equilibrium ◽  
The Stability

Recently the effect of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is worldwide terrified anxiety to the public and scholars. Even this global problem is one of the great issues that continuously makes worrying the governments and environmentalists, but its solution findings are not out of the image at all. In this study, we have proposed and analysed a mathematical model for the solvable management of GHGs by sowing the seeds of green building dynamic systems. Moreover, in the model, the human community is used to enhance the production power of individuals of green buildings by absorbing the GHGs. The model is analysed by stability analysis at the equilibrium points: trivial and global equilibrium, and also by convincing the stability and instability of the system of equations. The behaviour of the propound model has been developed by numerical simulations which shows the rate of the fruitfulness of GHG components.

scholarly journals PERENCANAAN LINGKUNGAN DAN BANGUNAN BERKELANJUTAN DI INDONESIA: TINJAUAN DARI ASPEK PERATURAN PERUNDANG-UNDANGAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Muhammad Syarif Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Green Building Design

Definitions of green buildings, in essence it should be environmentally friendly and sustainable ranging from planning, implementation to operation of the building. In the implementation of the legislation is needed to ensure its implementation. Candy MOE issued a regulation on the criteria and certification of environmentally friendly building where the content has some similarities with the green building parameters issued by GBCI. Parameter issued by GBCI is Appropriate Land, Energy Efficiency and Refrigerants, Water Conservation, Resource and Material Cycle, Quality and Comfort Air, and the Built Environment Management. This research question is whether there are other laws that support the concept of building a 'green'. The method used is descriptive review the regulations of the aspects of green building. The results showed that there are many laws and regulations in Indonesia has not accommodate green building design criteria. This could mean there are no rules or regulations already exist, but still expressed in general.

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