Green Worship House Competition as an Effective Tool to Evaluate Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS)

Abstract

Egypt is divided into seven regional units; each region includes a number of governorates that are connected geographically and economically. When the Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS) was proposed, and the weightings of its categories were set, the wide variation of the potential and the challenges of each region were not taken into account. Therefore, the study focused on highlighting these differences, and the main focus on Sinai region by analyzing the experience of activating The Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS) during a competition held for this purpose. Accordingly, this paper presents an investigation into the international GBRSs to extract the specifications of a framework to improve GPRS classification, based on the experience of activating GPRS principles in Green Worship House Competition (GWHC) and the observations of participants of the competition. The study included a summary of what was suggested during participation in the competition to activate each category of Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS), in addition to observations and problems encountered in the design of the project and activation of (GPRS) categories, then suggestions for developing the categories and weights of each category based on active participation in the Green Worship House Competition.

Sustainability Rating Systems for Historic Buildings: A Systematic Review

“…In this regard, some researchers believe that climate and context are not considered in most existing rating systems, and there is no flexible weighting system that allows adjustment of local priorities [26]. For instance, Badawy and Shahda [27], based on analyzing the GPRS (Green Pyramid Rating System), discussed that the climate variety of the vast country of Egypt is not predicted in this system, and they recommended revising the weighting of indicators. Adaptation of rating systems is one of the solutions that Santius [28] tested to deal with the context challenge in the residential space.…”