This paper presents a review on recent advances dedicated on different state-of-art articles in the area of green building. The paper raises serious concern to take the necessary actions for green building development. | Green building project management obstacles and solutions for sustainable development Journal of Project Management 1 2016 21 26 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Journal of Project Management homepage Green building project management obstacles and solutions for sustainable development Tahereh Khodadadzadeha a Growing Science Toronto Canada CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history Building sector is considered as the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions around the Received October 1 2016 world. Being green or sustainable is one of primary issues coming from internal external driv- Received in revised format No- ers for construction and engineering firms. The green building practice extends and supplement vember 16 2016 the traditional building design perspectives including economy utility durability and comfort. Accepted January 7 2017 Available online This paper presents a review on recent advances dedicated on different state-of-art articles in January 19 2017 the area of green building. The paper raises serious concern to take the necessary actions for Keywords green building development. Green building Project management Building sector 2017 Growing Science Ltd. 1. Introduction Green building is normally associated with the structure and the implementation of processes which are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient in a building s life-cycle from design construc- tion operation maintenance renovation to demolition Maltzman amp Shirley 2011 . Green building design includes locating the balance on both homebuilding and the sustainable environment. This needs more cooperation of the design team the architects the engineers and the client at different stages of project Kubba 2010 . The green building practice expands and contributes the classical building de- sign associated with economy utility durability and comfort Ji amp Plainiotis 2006 Qi et al. 2011 . Green building includes several components including Energy
