Post-2000 Building Industry in Kabul City from Sustainability Perspective

Najib Rahman Sabory, Tomonobu Senjyu, Mir Sayed Shah Danish, Sayed Maqbool Sayed, Arash Ahmadi and Edris Saeedi
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Najib Rahman Sabory: Department of Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kabul University, Kabul 1004, Afghanistan
Tomonobu Senjyu: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
Mir Sayed Shah Danish: Department of Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kabul University, Kabul 1004, Afghanistan
Sayed Maqbool Sayed: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kabul University, Kabul 1004, Afghanistan
Arash Ahmadi: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kabul University, Kabul 1004, Afghanistan
Edris Saeedi: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kabul University, Kabul 1004, Afghanistan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 14, 1-21

Abstract: Buildings are one of the major consumers of energy and producers of greenhouse gases globally. Reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from buildings helps decrease global warming and enhances the natural environment. This can only happen by transitioning from traditional to sustainable architecture and urban planning. For decades, sustainable architecture and urban planning have been applied in many countries’ building sectors, but others among the poor and least developed countries are left behind. Kabul, the capital of one of the least developed countries, Afghanistan, has experienced a remarkable growth rate in population and building since 2001. This rapid and uncontrolled growth of building construction caused problems from different perspectives, especially from the sustainability perspective. In this paper, the current state of the building industry in Kabul is evaluated from a sustainability perspective, especially those constructed after the year 2000. This assessment helps to rate and see how sustainable each type of building is. Analysis of the collected data clarifies that buildings’ sustainability level in Kabul city is significantly low. Based on the results, recommendations provide a better future for the building industry and ensure that existing and future buildings are sufficiently sustainable to protect the environment of Kabul city and of the globe.

Keywords: sustainability; Kabul city; building industry; renewable energy; energy efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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