A Novel framework for integrating United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into sustainable non-residential building assessment and management in Jordan

Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals in Building Projects

“…(1) The available literature which explores the links between sustainable (or green) buildings and the SDGs use the current building practices and rating systems as the basis of their analysis [23,24]. Alawneh J Sustain Res.…”

“…https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20190010 et al were able to find that the current practices and criteria in the design of non-residential buildings-through quantitative indicators-can contribute to the SDGs; they specifically found direct links to 9 of the 17 SDGs (Table 5 compares their findings with the connections made to the UQROP case). What is important to highlight, however, is that the 8 SDGs selected for the UQROP case intersect with the ones proposed by Alawneh et al [23,24] and the World Green Building Council [125]-with the exception of SDG 4. However, and in spite of the similarity in findings, the main difference between this research and other available research lies in the approach followed.…”

“…The tools proposed in this research aim to raise awareness around the 2030 Agenda-its topics and targets-and to address the agenda through innovation. It is important to note that Alawneh et al's [23,24] method and findings, which are highly centred on measurable indicators and existing credit criteria, can be used in later project phases (i.e., following the schematic phase) to quantify the contribution of the building to the selected SDGs. However, it is important to note that based on the 4 levels of integration proposed in this research only targeting LEED credits requirements (as proposed in [24]) would result in a level 1 integration of the goals.…”

“…The authors used a questionnaire, completed by 55 local experts in green building, to propose a contribution index. They followed up this publication by an article [23] which explores more broadly the contribution of the assessment categories in 6 rating systems available (namely LEED, BREEAM, CASBEE, Green Star, Green Mark and GBI) to SDGs 3,6,7,8,9,11,12,13 and 15 (with a nominal reference to all SDGs).…”

“…The second step aims to assess the integration level of the selected goals. This step could be completed when approaching the end of the schematic phase of the project[23]. The level of integration could be assessed by the design team members and project stakeholders with the help of surveys.…”