Environmental Benefits of Sustainable Green Buildings (SGBs): A Project Life Cycle Perspective

Green building technology is one of several sustainability practices and technologies that have been developed with the goal of achieving environmental sustainability. The benefits of establishing sustainable green buildings (SGBs) are numerous and mirror various parts of the building’s life cycle. One of the most significant variables that benefit from the development of SGBs is the environmental factor. There is various research in the area of SGBs but less focus is given on the environmental benefits of SGBs during their life cycle stages. This study intends to identify the environmental benefits of SGBs throughout their life cycle, based on the results of the in-depth semi-structured interviews with 25 professionals in the field of the built environment of Jordan in order to accelerate the adoption of this new building technology. The result of this research was obtained by the content analysis of data using Atlas ti software. The outcomes of this study shows that SGBs have several environmental advantages throughout their life cycle. The main environmental benefit in the design stage was related to “Innovative environmental solutions,” while the major environmental benefit in the construction stage was regarding “Conservation of resources and environment,” followed by the operational stage that was linked to “Decrease harmful environmental impacts of buildings”. Lastly, the most significant environmental benefit in the maintenance stage was concerning “Preserving the environment.” The importance of this research rests in the significant addition it will make to the literature in this field, and the relevance of green building technology adoption as an important topic in the construction industry.