Using SITES for Sustainable Rehabilitation of Cultural Heritage Landscape Areas; Case of Giza Zoo

Green rating systems act as tools to support the decision making process for sustainable plans and actions. They provide guidelines and assessment methods to achieve sustainable performance along projects' lifecycle. This study investigates the application of SITES rating system to draw sustainable rehabilitation plans for Giza Zoo, which is considered one of the oldest and largest public parks in the Middle East. This comes as a response to the initiative of the Egyptian foreign alliance to rehabilitate Giza Zoo. The result of the study draws three scenarios for sustainable rehabilitation plans according to SITES checklist; in case of obtaining maximum, minimum and average points. Comparing between those three scenarios presents a preliminary assessment for the sustainable rehabilitation plan for Giza Zoo. This is developed to draw a preliminary project management framework incorporating sustainable rehabilitation practices along the project life cycle.