Adoption of, the Palestine Green Building Design Approach, with the Help of Checklist Tools

Abstract

Nowadays our world is faced with various environmental problems. These environmental problems are caused by the increasing pollution in the world, increasing production and consumption of material goods. These problems have serious consequences for human health and also have a major impact on natural ecosystems. This paper discussed sustainable green building in terms of key principles for sustainable building, strategies and guidelines for sustainable green building, and steps for an integrated approach to green design. The study also looked at the status of green building and sustainability, as well as green building materials in Palestine. The study suggested a checklist to help assess the condition of buildings in Palestine and the extent to which they respond to the principles of sustainable green buildings, thus, contributing to help new and existing buildings to adopt a sustainable green building approach, in order to achieve the goals of sustainable green construction in terms of saving energy and resources and reducing waste, therefore, participating in preserving the environment and improving the quality of life.

Roles of stakeholders for adopting sustainable design in buildings

“…On the other hand, it was observed in Malaysia that clients and developers are the core parties in construction to make decisions, followed by contractors and investors [44]. However, in a design and build contract, the developer and contractor are key parties in the final decision-making [45]. This is because the complete development of the project belongs to the client or developer, so it is important that they are the ultimate decision-makers [46].…”

Evaluation of greenness of green buildings based on carbon emissions

“…The returned comments were summarized and quantitatively and statistically analyzed before being sent to the experts, and each member received a copy of the questionnaire results. In order to improve the green building evaluation standard suitable for the Shandong region, combined with the regional characteristics of Hebei Province and referring to the research results of scholars at home and abroad, it is finally determined to evaluate the green performance of green buildings by green degree and the evaluation The evaluation levels are divided into {non-green G1, light green G2, medium green G3, dark green G4, pan green G5}, with five interval criteria to describe, and the interval division levels are more detailed, which is the optimization of the Evaluation Standard for Green Buildings in Hebei Province (for trial implementation) (Badawy et al. , 2021).…”