The Development of a Decision Support Model for Eco-Friendly Material Selection in Vietnam

Anh-Duc Pham, Quang Trung Nguyen, Duc Long Luong and Quynh Chau Truong
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Anh-Duc Pham: Faculty of Project Management, The University of Danang, University of Science and Technology, Danang City 550000, Vietnam
Quang Trung Nguyen: Faculty of Project Management, The University of Danang, University of Science and Technology, Danang City 550000, Vietnam
Duc Long Luong: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNU-HCM, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
Quynh Chau Truong: Faculty of Project Management, The University of Danang, University of Science and Technology, Danang City 550000, Vietnam

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: In recent years, the awareness of sustainable construction has increasingly risen in countries around the world, with the main goal being to avoid depleting energy resources and raw materials and to greatly reduce carbon emissions. Therefore, the selection of eco-friendly building materials becomes a difficult task and choosing the best construction strategy is a complicated process. Most of the studies of the building material selection often focus on optimizing material-related green building scores with budget constraints based on the environmental impacts of those materials. However, these studies do not pay attention to the impact of sustainable materials on two important aspects of a project: The initial investment cost and the total labor-working days. Hence, this study developed a model that optimizes a material mix for buildings considering the building budget, total labor-working days, and material-related green building scores. A case study in Vietnam was conducted to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed model. This proposed model provides a guidance for decision-makers in selecting approximate materials for buildings toward sustainability.

Keywords: green building; sustainable material; material selection; green building assessment system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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