Development of a ranking algorithm for the green building attributes- a

case of Indian cities

G. S. Vyas
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering Pune, India
K. N. Jha
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
D. A. Patel
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat,
India

environment. The green building has high-

ABSTRACT
The density of the buildings in Indian cities has
become higher and higher due to the social and
economic evolution. It will make a great impact
on the ecological environment leading to the
climatic changes, deteriorating weather
conditions, depletion of resources, and lowering
down of public hygiene. For sustainable
building constructions, it is important to avoid
construction methods which negatively affects
the environment and results in increasing the
pollution. Therefore, the green building
becomes a significant factor. This study
evaluates the green building attributes by
entropy method and ranks them as per their
impact on the environment. The ranking is
performed by a procedure based on the
Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to
Ideal Solution. Based on the analysis, the study
finds out five prominent attributes in green
building rating system for India. These are
indoor air quality; water recycles, and the cost
of investment, daylight, and water pollution.
India is the seventh largest country in
the world. It has a leading economy, and it is
home to over one billion people living in
various climatic zones. Rapid urbanization has
resulted in environmental degradation caused
by increased pressures on the limited land
available, leading to a reduction in open spaces,
increased air and water pollution, and problems
of waste disposal and its management. Various
climatic changes pose additional stresses on the
efficiency in the use and consumption of natural
resources, water, energy, and materials that are
used throughout building’s life- cycle i.e.
design, construction, operation, maintenance,
renovation, and demolition. Green building
practices can substantially reduce negative
environmental impacts. So in this study the 24
significant green building attribute are
shortlisted based on stakeholder’s judgement
and ranking is done. Ranking of the attribute
has been done by Technique for Order
Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution
(TOPSIS), a ranking multi-criteria decision-
making method (MCDM) based on their overall
sustainable performance. This method
considers three types of attributes as cost
attributes, quantitative benefit attributes and
qualitative benefit attributes.
RESULTS:
The weight of 24 green attributes is calculated
by entropy and result of 10 attributes is as
shown in Table 1. Renewable energy got the
highest weight followed by daylight, BIM,
water efficient landscaping and Occupant's
health and safety. However ranking by TOPSIS
is indoor air quality, water recycle, cost of
investment, daylight and water pollution