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dc.contributor.author Rathnayake, P
dc.contributor.author Soorige, D
dc.contributor.author Amarasinghe, SDIA
dc.contributor.author Dissanayake, P
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T04:49:27Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T04:49:27Z
dc.date.issued 2021-12-03
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/16819
dc.description.abstract The construction industry plays a significant role in the economic growth of a country. Nevertheless, the construction industry has created severe adverse environmental impacts. Therefore, green building technologies are implemented to alleviate the adverse effects of the construction industry. Using green materials instead of conventional building materials with high environmental impacts has been identified as one such implementation. However, there seems to be much confusion in defining green building materials. Hence, it is vital to explore the features of green building materials. Therefore, this article investigates green features that qualify the building materials as green building materials. A qualitative research approach was selected as the research methodology, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven green building experts. The data was analysed using content analysis. Findings revealed that recycled content, local availability of materials, embodied energy of materials, use of rapidly renewable material, usage of waste material for the production process, material wastage content in the production process and pollution prevention in the production process are the green features. The study results guide the identification of green building materials that can replace the materials with poor environmental sustainability. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Architecture Research Unit (FARU)
dc.subject Building materials en_US
dc.subject Construction industry en_US
dc.subject Green building materials en_US
dc.subject Green buildings en_US
dc.subject Sustainability en_US
dc.title Exploring green features that make building materials green en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Beyond sustainability reflections across spaces en_US
dc.identifier.place Moratuwa en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 160 - 168 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding 14th International Research Conference - FARU 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.email prathibharathnayake@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email dumindu.soorige@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email isuriamarasignhe@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email piumi2d@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31705/FARU.2021.15 en_US


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