Analysis and Modeling of Green Building Rating Criteria in Iran Using the Hybrid ISM-SEM Approach

Abstract

As a driver of national development, the construction industry has in recent decades gained substantial environmental importance due to its extent and effects on life, business, and the environment. Due to its economic, social, and environmental impacts, the construction industry has been discussed extensively in the sustainable development literature, contributing to development of Green Building Rating Systems (GBRSs) worldwide. Therefore, the effective criteria were modeled using Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) and categorized through the clustered them through Matrice d’Impacts Croisés-Multiplication Appliquée a un Classement (MICMAC) matrix. In addition, to check the consistency of the results, the ISM-MICMAC results were validated through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results indicated that the modeling of the effective criteria for the rating of the Green Building (GB) consisted of 20 general criteria, which were classified into ten general levels. Moreover, the results of the ISM model showed that the Criterion related to the region-specific conditions had the main role to influence the rating of the green building. In addition, the obtained results were confirmed by SEM with a high level of consistency.