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For each category requirements, indicators, documents and plans required to be submitted as
an improvement of complying with the detailed and required specifications. The certification or
green declaration and the process of the green building guide are in process.
The Jordanian Developed Tool -‘SABA ‘Green Building Rating System
The study published in 2008 by Hikmat and Saba stated that the Jordanian developed tool - SABA
is a computer based program providing a rating tool for green buildings taking the Jordanian local
content in to consideration. It is directed to the Residential Buildings only and based on some of
famous and widely used international Green Building Rating Systems like; LEED, BREEAM, GB Tool,
CASBEE.SABA covers the common categories: Site Selection, Water Efficiency, Energy Efficiency,
Materials & Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, Waste & Pollution and Economics(Fig.2).

Figure 2: Green Building Rating Systems categories and weights

An overview of building sustainability rating systems in the Middle East

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