This research provides detailed review of the green building guidelines in the USA, UK, and Japan and analyzes their impact on Indian guidelines. It shows that many developed countries including the USA, UK, and Japan, have made substantial progress in embracing the green building movement. With an exponential growth in the construction industry of the rapidly developing countries, there is a great need to promote the development and adoption of green building guidelines in these countries. India has
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accelerated the development and adoption of its green building guidelines by learning from the experiences of other leading countries and modifying their existing guidelines for its own conditions. It is hoped that the analysis presented in this research can also be helpful for the emergence of green building guidelines in other countries that are facing similar circumstances.