With an increasing number of different materials, choosing the best one has become an arduous task. The vast domain of alternatives and decision criteria has led to the complexity of decision making in the conceptual phase for designers. On the other hand, due to the importance of environmental and energy concerns, considering the sustainability principles through the decision process is significantly important. Although sustainable material selection as a strategy leads to some general and main assessment criteria, identification of sub-criteria not only depends on general criteria but also pertains to the specific type of elements in buildings. Interior walls are one of those elements in construction with a complex decision making process due to their great variety of types and features. This paper aims to provide a sustainable multi-criteria decision making framework for choosing the proper interior walls in buildings. A qualitative research method using literature review, unstructured interviews and questionnaires was adopted to achieve the aims of this research. The initial data, including the criteria and sub-criteria, were collected through literature review. A framework consisting of four main components related to environmental, financial, social and technical aspects was finally developed and validated through unstructured interviews held with 23 experts in the construction industry in Iran. By dividing the main criteria into sub-criteria, in total, 23 sub-criteria were identified; to calculate their weight, questionnaires were distributed among 143 experts in the construction industry in Tehran and the analytic hierarchy process method was applied. High-rise residential buildings in Tehran were selected as a case to apply the framework, and finally the results are discussed.

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选择内墙的可持续多标准决策框架

随着不同材料的数量越来越多，选择最好的材料已成为一项艰巨的任务。替代方案和决策标准的广阔领域导致设计师在概念阶段做出决策的复杂性。另一方面，由于环境和能源问题的重要性，在决策过程中考虑可持续性原则非常重要。尽管可持续材料选择作为一种策略会产生一些一般和主要的评估标准，但子标准的确定不仅取决于一般标准，而且还与建筑物中特定类型的元素有关。内墙是建筑中具有复杂决策过程的元素之一，因为它们的类型和特征多种多样。本文旨在为选择合适的建筑物内墙提供一个可持续的多标准决策框架。采用文献综述、非结构化访谈和问卷调查的定性研究方法来实现本研究的目标。包括标准和子标准在内的初始数据是通过文献回顾收集的。通过与伊朗建筑行业的 23 位专家进行的非结构化访谈，最终制定并验证了一个由与环境、财务、社会和技术方面相关的四个主要组成部分组成的框架。通过将主要标准划分为子标准，总共确定了23个子标准；计算它们的重量，调查问卷分发给德黑兰建筑行业的 143 名专家，并采用层次分析法。选择德黑兰的高层住宅作为应用该框架的案例，最后对结果进行了讨论。