Sustainable development and realistic assessment of building sustainability have attained greater importance all over the world. In order to promote sustainable construction practices, Building Sustainability Assessment Systems (BSAS) has been developed by various organisations, academicians and practitioners. The BSAS mainly include Green Building Rating Systems (GBRS). Apart from GBRS there exist hundreds of BSAS. Several authors have reviewed and summarized GBRS existing in different countries. However, hardly any articles exist, that have consolidated and summarized the published literature on the development of BSAS. The literature search also revealed Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) as the most widely used method for developing BSAS. Therefore, the current study has attempted to review and summarize the published literature on BSAS developed using MCDM methods. The study has revealed the major research efforts conducted by various countries. The study has also summarized the hierarchy tree/structural framework considered by BSAS. Moreover, the review has identified six major steps involved in the development of BSAS using MCDM methods and summarized the methods adopted at each step by various authors. The article also discusses the changes and enrichments that happened in the domain of BSAS. The article also delves into the opportunities for future research in the development of BSAS. The study would be first of its kind to comprehensively review the published literature on the development of BSAS across the globe. The study outcome would serve as a useful reference for practitioners and academicians while developing and customizing BSAS, and would add significant value to the body of knowledge of BSAS.

可持续发展和对建筑可持续性的现实评估在世界范围内已变得越来越重要。为了促进可持续的建筑实践，各种组织，院士和从业人员已经开发了建筑可持续性评估系统（BSAS）。BSAS主要包括绿色建筑评级系统（GBRS）。除了GBRS，还有数百个BSAS。几位作者回顾并总结了不同国家/地区现有的GBRS。但是，几乎没有任何文章可以对BSAS的发展进行汇总和总结。文献搜索还显示，多标准决策制定（MCDM）是开发BSAS的最广泛使用的方法。因此，当前的研究试图回顾和总结使用MCDM方法开发的有关BSAS的已发表文献。该研究揭示了各国进行的重大研究工作。该研究还总结了BSAS考虑的层次树/结构框架。此外，审查还确定了使用MCDM方法开发BSAS的六个主要步骤，并总结了各个作者在每个步骤中采用的方法。本文还讨论了BSAS领域中发生的变化和充实。本文还探讨了BSAS开发中未来研究的机会。该研究将是首次全面审查已发表的有关BSAS在全球范围内发展的文献的研究。