The influence of labelled green building materials on the performance of green construction projects

Abstract

Green buildings depend on the application of environmental protection standards and the preservation of natural resources. The need for environmentally friendly materials that rationalize electricity and water consumption, reduce pollution and use clean energy sources and recycled materials significantly arises. It raises the importance of developing and promoting green materials and the need to label them as green building materials. This paper discusses the important role of labelled green building materials in the construction industry in supporting the sustainable performance of in the construction sector and defining their standards and specifications when selected by stakeholders in the construction sector. A research method consisting of a review of the literature was applied in order to collect opinions and inputs related to green materials. Then a questionnaire was designed consisting of two lists, the first related to the demographic information of the participants in the questionnaire, while the second list related to the impact of sustainable materials on sustainable performance in green building projects, the list consists of 13 questions was distributed to study the impact of the availability of labelled green materials on the green construction project team and in rising the sustainable performance in the construction sector as well as its environmental, economic and social benefits. The results of the study showed the importance of the abundance of labelled green building materials in raising sustainable performance in green construction projects, which calls for manufacturers and suppliers to move towards supporting the construction market with labelled green products that achieve an abundance of this type of products in the market and support the green supply chain.