SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS AFFECTING MAINTENANCE OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

ABSTRACT Sustainability as that regeneration brings about changes to the local environment ,economy and society and these three dimensions are often used to measure sustainability. So that Sustainability is important expression nowadays to duplicate the natural resources and the wealth of nations . The sustainability of residential buildings demand an attention. One way to achieve this is the adoption of maintenance as essential practice . This research will focus on the maintenance management techniques in residential buildings and the sustainability elements that should be applied to preserve the buildings .This papers aims to focus the most important elements that must be taken into account to increase the life span in the residential buildings and make it more economic and environmental .Questionnaire is designed to collect data to carry out the objectives of the study . The questionnaire includes 73 factors for the maintenance to fulfill its basic role in making the building more sustainable. Also there are environmental elements as care of saving water and power resources that can be applied through the maintenance of the buildings . These factors are divided into eight categories representing all maintenance stages. Beginning from the inspection and ending with behavior of users after the maintenance has been accomplished .Out of 145 questionnaires distributed , only 71 have been responded . Data has been analyzed using "statistical package for social and science" (SPSS) software. Analysis of data shows that the role of consulting offices ,experience engineers ,description of maintenance items and the materials have significant effect on the quality and expense of cost and of the buildings . Checklist has been created to improve the following : registration conditions of each element of the buildings, evaluate the present condition , create a different selections for maintenance decision, create a historic forms and finally evaluate the rate of deterioration for each element and for the building as total