Towards Application of Green Architecture Principles in Egypt

Abstract

Green architecture practices in Egypt are very limited and their progress does not go with constant steps as required for mitigating local environmental problems. The Research reviews the Egyptian context of green architecture practices to determine potentials and obstacles of applying green architecture principles in Egypt, hence suggesting recommendations that can pave a better way to increase the potentials on account of obstacles towards applying these principles in Egypt in the near future. The research exclusively studies the obstacles of applying green architecture principle locally in Egypt, via examining the practices context. The evaluation of Egypt’s status in applying green architecture practices is achieved via reviewing the contextual factors of green architecture practices in the United States of America, India and Egypt. A comparative study between the three countries is held to address the potentials and obstacles of the context of green architecture practices in Egypt. Finally local environmentally oriented projects are reviewed in terms of green architecture principles (using Green Pyramid Rating System (GPRS)) to determine potentials and obstacles of applying these principles in the Egyptian context. Additional data about the selected environmentally oriented projects is obtained through an open-ended interview with the designers of those projects.