| Title |
Green Buildings as a Necessity for Sustainable Environment Development: Dilemmas and Challenges |
| ID_Doc |
22712 |
| Authors |
Bungau, CC; Bungau, T; Prada, IF; Prada, MF |
| Title |
Green Buildings as a Necessity for Sustainable Environment Development: Dilemmas and Challenges |
| Year |
2022 |
| Published |
Sustainability, 14.0, 20 |
| DOI |
10.3390/su142013121 |
| Abstract |
Sustainable development encompasses numerous development goals and strategies, with green buildings (GBs) being among the implementations of this concept. The development of GBs is a topic of increasing interest due to the massive development of conventional infrastructure that has the major limitation of environmental degradation, a fact also proven by the research of the scientific literature, with publications in the field enhancing in recent times. Even if strategies applying the GBs concept have many advantages, the public acceptance is not so high due to technologies that still need to be optimized, the relatively low return on investment, and the limited dissemination of information about this concept. Therefore, the manuscript provides a comprehensive assessment in a distinctive way of GBs in the context of sustainable development, clarifying notions and principles of application while integrating green materials and circular economy into the general scientific framework provided. Moreover, a score has been proposed which is assigned to the different types of buildings described, based on the assessment of several specific parameters. This paper provides stakeholders, from designers to occupiers, with a coherent overview of the GB concept and its beneficial role for future generations in order to develop this field by increasing the dissemination of scientific information based on a technical-engineering perspective. |
| Author Keywords |
green building (GB); sustainable building (SB); zero energy building (ZEB); passive house (PH); sustainable development; energy consumption; building materials; circular economy |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000873716400001 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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