The issue of subjectivity in assigning weights for the domains and aspects in sustainability rating systems has not received much attention, and is hence explored in this study. A survey carried out among building construction sector professionals in a particular national context sought relative...

This paper describes a computerised relational database management system to represent and calculate (i) the energy inputs to a building material or element up to the point of utilisation or construction and (ii) the carbon emitted to the atmosphere up to that point. All building elements,...