green9
Green9 is a term used in sustainability discourse to describe a holistic framework for designing and evaluating products, buildings, and services to minimize environmental impact. The framework centers on nine core dimensions of performance intended to guide lifecycle thinking from concept to end of life. The nine dimensions are energy efficiency, materials sustainability, water use, waste minimization, recyclability and end-of-life management, supply chain transparency and ethics, carbon footprint reduction, indoor environmental quality, and resilience and adaptability.
Origins and usage: The term emerged in the 2010s in academic research and industry marketing as a
Applications: In product design, Green9 guides choices from materials to manufacturing processes to disposal. In architecture
Criticism and reception: Proponents praise its integrative scope, while critics warn that without agreed metrics it
Green9 remains a flexible framing rather than a fixed standard, existing primarily as a conceptual toolkit