Developing a sustainability assessment model for public building projects

This study developed a comprehensive sustainability assessment model for public building projects. The study has considered a unique socio-economic, cultural, environmental and climatic context of Saudi Arabia and its rapidly developing construction industry in the design, implementation and testing of the model. The study developed 11 sustainability categories and 57 evaluation criteria along with the appropriate weighting system to assess and evaluate sustainability of new public building construction projects. The developed model contributes to facilitate sustainable construction practices and provides a systematic approach to developing a rating system to other building stocks