Professor Amir’s rating-system research informing a proposed government-building tool

Research reaching practice

A CSIR researcher’s proposed government-building assessment framework draws on Professor Amir’s comparison of green-building rating systems.

How the research was used

The paper cites Professor Amir’s study when examining how rating systems align with government priorities, and again when discussing broader social, economic and institutional criteria. The connection supports the rationale and scope of a proposed assessment approach for public buildings.

The documented contribution

2024 · Printed pages 1–2 and 9 · Reference 7, page 10. A research proposal for an assessment tool, rather than an adopted South African government rating system.

Research and coauthor credit

A critical comparison of green building rating systems — Dat Tien Doan; Ali Ghaffarianhoseini; Nicola Naismith; Tongrui Zhang; Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini; John Tookey. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.07.007

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