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Abstract

Green building is an environmentally sustainable building that created by using the processes that are environmentally responsible from the initial stage of planning to the design, construction, maintenance, renovation and last but not least the deconstruction of the building. The green buildings also known as a high performance and a well-designed building that will save money and create healthier environments for people to live and work which through an improved indoor environmental quality and thermal comfort. Nowadays, the green building is being evaluated by using various sustainable rating tools that available worldwide focusing on different areas of sustainable development and are designed for different types of projects and climates. These tools include energy systems assessments, management of building, indoor environmental quality, site planning, maintenance and many more. Hence, the objective of this paper is to provide a literature overview of various sustainable rating tools available worldwide in relation with the indoor environment quality aspects centering on the indoor thermal comfort. The paper wills emphasis on the sustainable rating tools criteria in three (3) tabulated summary form that will deliver better understanding on the relationship between the rating tools, the indoor air quality and the thermal comfort aspects in all selected green building’s sustainable rating tools.