Abstract:
As the world moves achieving sustainable built environment, the concept of green
building has emerged as one of the most important trends in the construction sector
around the world. Buildings that are sustainable, use less energy and less water, save
money while preserving natural resources. As a result of growing interest in the topic
on a global scale, the development of sustainable buildings has recently appeared as
an emerging trend in Sri Lanka. According to the findings of several studies, the initial
expenditure required for the construction of sustainable buildings is considerably more
than that of conventional buildings. Adopting a green concept for the construction of
buildings, in a state of crisis like Sri Lanka needs to understand the advantages and
difficulties that may arise in the process. In the face of the current crisis in Sri Lanka.
This study is conducted to examine the co-benefits that can be obtained from the
concept of green buildings and the methods used in creating such buildings that are
adaptive to prevailing crisis. A questionnaire survey is deployed to accumulate primary
data, and the statistical approach of the relative importance index was utilized in the
analysis of data. According to the findings, green buildings offer numerous
environmental co-benefits, economic co-benefits, and social co-benefits, creating
energy efficient, and crisis-adaptive built environment. Further the study reveals the
relative significance level of each building element within the context of sustainable
built- environment, and barriers in the construction industry in its achievement.
