A review on client’s perspective on selection of green building concept in construction industry

¹ School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, 40450 Selangor, Malaysia
² Dept. of Built Environment Studies and Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak Branch 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

^* Corresponding author: mazlinazaira@uitm.edu.my

Abstract

The growing role of sustainability in the construction industry must be considered in the entire lifecycle. Therefore, green building is an important factor in managing the cycle from its design and construction, through operation and maintenance until the demolition. Furthermore, a systematic literature review was performed. The perspective of clients is crucial since decisions made will influence the overall green design of the project. This study focused on the main criteria of current green building in construction, the advantages of the implementation of green building in the construction industry, and the selection of green building elements based on the client perspective. Most of the buildings are involved in waste reduction and use local resources. The green building should be developed due to save resources, decrease pollution and energy consumed reduction. The data collected mentioned that reluctance to adopt the new sustainable technologies is one of the client’s viewpoints in selecting green buildings compared to conventional buildings. Therefore, the discussion revealed and reviewed the data collected from the 12 previous research articles