VIBGYOR: A SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

Linu T.Kuriakose, L. Krishnaraj, P.T.Ravichandran, R.Annadurai

Abstract: Sustainable development is forward looking and also a continuous mission for the development of human society. This paper intends to identify the key indicators of sustainability for residential projects by maintaining a proper balance between the environmental, economic, social and cultural aspects in the design, construction and use of the buildings. A survey has been conducted to identify the principal indicators leading to the success of sustainability principles. Based on extensive literature work, 73 indicators concerning sustainability were summarized. Software Package for Social Science and relative importance index technique was used to find the ranking of the variables. This paper also aims at simulating a tool for the sustainability assessment of residential buildings which can be used by the architects, designers, planners and local bodies as well as it acts as a auditing tool.

Keywords: Sustainability, Indicators, Domains, Relative Importance Index, SPSS, Questionnaire Analysis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0304088