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Evaluation of greenness of green buildings based on carbon emissions

Jingqi Zhang (School of Management Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, China)
Hui Zhao (School of Management Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, China)
Zhijie Li (School of Management Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, China)
Ziliang Guo (School of Management, Beijing Normal University–Zhuhai Campus, Zhuhai, China)

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 14 June 2022

Issue publication date: 1 November 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate green buildings from the angle of greenness and improve the evaluation system. And the matter-element extension method is used to evaluate the greenness of green buildings, in order to provide useful references for the evaluation system of green buildings.

Design/methodology/approach

First, this paper studies the aspects of safety and durability, health and comfort, living convenience, resource-saving, environmental liability and ecological quality, etc. For the first time, carbon emission is included in the evaluation system, 18 key evaluation indexes are determined by using the Delphi method, and the green building evaluation index system is established. Then, the combined weight method is proposed to determine the weight of each evaluation index, and the greenness evaluation model of green building is established with the matter-element extension method. Finally, taking Beijing Daxing International Airport as an example, the evaluation model of green building greenness was established to evaluate the building.

Findings

In this paper, the greenness evaluation model of green building established by the matter-element extension method solves the problem of incompatibility between qualitative and quantitative material elements in multi-factor evaluation. It makes the evaluation indexes more accurate and objective relative to the affiliation calculation of the evaluation set and improves the scientific, accuracy and reliability of the evaluation model.

Originality/value

In this paper, for the first time, carbon emission-related indicators are included in the green building evaluation system, which makes the evaluation system more perfect. In addition, a more scientific extension matter-element method is used to evaluate the greenness of green buildings, breaking the previous rough star evaluation method.

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Acknowledgements

Authors' contributions: Jingqi Zhang: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software. Hui Zhao: Data curation, Writing – Original draft preparation; Zhijie Li formal analysis and investigation. Ziliang Guo: Writing – Reviewing and Editing.

Data availability statement: All data supporting the results are provided in the manuscript and appendices and were gathered or derived from the associated references.

Funding: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. The authors have no financial or proprietary interests in any material discussed in this article.

Conflicts of interest/competing interests: The authors declare that they have no financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that can inappropriately influence the work, and there is no professional or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service and/or company that could be construed as influencing the position presented in, or the review of, the manuscript entitled.

Citation

Zhang, J., Zhao, H., Li, Z. and Guo, Z. (2023), "Evaluation of greenness of green buildings based on carbon emissions", Kybernetes, Vol. 52 No. 10, pp. 4645-4667. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-03-2022-0378

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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