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Abstract
Globally, the construction industry has many adverse effects, including waste generation, toxic air emissions, excessive consumption of natural resources, reliance on fossil fuels, and greenhouse gas emissions. This has led to natural resource depletion in addition to an abundance of negative consequences such as global warming, climate change, and pollution of the environment. As a result, it has become critical to use sustainable construction to avoid design, there is a need to move toward a closed-loop approach. Hence, A recent trend has emerged that aims to learn from nature to achieve the three dimensions of sustainability. This trend is known as Biomimicry. It is a novel approach that sustainably solves human problems by mimicking nature’s forms, processes and strategies. Biomimicry employs Life’s Principles to create a functional, efficient, and long-lasting design. Life’s Principles are the basic patterns found in all living things that survive, exist on Earth and obey the rules of nature. However, it is unclear how these principles are applied to achieve sustainability in the construction sector. Hence, this thesis aims to provide a novel framework for evaluating sustainability in the construction industry based on Biomimicry Principles. So, to assess the building’s sustainability level within the suggested framework, the Council House 2 building is used as a case study. The evaluation of the CH2 building has shown that the environmental dimension in Council House 2 stands at 66 %. The assessment revealed that CH2 scored 53% in the economic aspect and only 42% in the social one. According to the proposed framework, the overall sustainability score of the Council House 2 building is only 55%, although it has obtained a six Green Star certification. This low score highlights the deficiencies of current sustainable building rating systems. As a result, to create a structure that fosters life, architects should learn from nature’s principles and incorporate them as an evaluation checklist for sustainable construction. This study is merely an idea for implementing Biomimicry Principles in the construction sector. It could be enhanced in future work to produce the most accurate results and to hasten the transition of the twenty-first century to the true era of sustainability.