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  • Glossary item | 19 Mar 2025

Green building

Green Buildings (GBs) can be defined as “the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and deconstruction”.

Abdul Ghani Olabi, Nabila Shehata, Usama Hamed Issa, O.A. Mohamed, Montaser Mahmoud, Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem, M.A. Abdelzaher, The role of green buildings in achieving the sustainable development goals, International Journal of Thermofluids, Volume 25, 2025, 101002, ISSN 2666-2027, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2024.101002

Source category: Scientific & Technical Literature