Weighting the assessment categories of Egypt's green hospitals rating system using analytical hierarchy process

Abstract EN

Green building rating systems are important tools widely used to assess buildings’ sustainability and certify a building as “green”.

some of these tools are applied in different regions regardless of the weights or the priority of different indicators within a specific region.

the analytical hierarchy process method is used to weight sustainability assessment categories as part of the process of developing a green building rating system for healthcare facilities in Egypt.

an expert survey has been conducted and team expert choice software was used to calculate the relative weight of the weighting criteria and assessment categories based on the relative importance of the challenges and pressing environmental issues in Egypt.

the results showed that resource efficiency and economic viability are the challenges with high relative importance and the final weights of assessment categories determined the highest weights for three categories: energy efficiency, indoor quality, and materials and resources.