The main function of architects is to design buildings for the present, with awareness of the past, but without compromising the design of future generations. Unfortunately, current building construction around the world has a huge impact on the environment, contributing to global warming because 30-40% of the world's energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to buildings. Therefore, architects should give necessary importance to designing energy-efficient buildings as it would significantly reduce the percentage of damage that current buildings have on the environment. Scientists have spent a lot of time trying to find out what is causing global warming. They looked at natural cycles and events that are known to influence climate. However, the amount and pattern of warming measured across the planet cannot be explained by natural factors alone. Therefore, the best way to explain the changing climate pattern is to include the effect of greenhouse gases emitted by humans that endanger important and necessary things. In fact, power plants burn non-renewable energy sources such as fossil fuels to generate electricity for homes and industries around the world. Current building construction and the environmental disadvantages it brings have concerned many countries around the world, pushing them to look for alternative ways to meet the growing demand for fossil energy production more efficiently. In addition to other contributors, obtaining natural resources as materials to build any structure consumes energy and impacts environmental degradation. The development of green buildings is extremely important because it would decrease the release of gre...... half of paper ...... design in different stages, for example, from the economic point of view because it would determine the total cost and the cost overall costs have thought over the years, and long-term efficiency and safety because with more details taken into consideration during the design and construction of the structure, the more effective results the building will have. Works Cited Huat, Ng Ban and Zainal Abidin bin Akasah. “An Overview of Malaysia Green Technology Corporation Office Building: An Energy Efficient Construction Project in Malaysia.” Journal of Sustainable Development 4.5 (2011): 212-228. Network. February 3, 2014.Newman, Peter and Anne Matan. Green urbanism in Asia: the emerging green tigers. World Science Publishing Society, Singapore: 2012. Web. 3 February 2014. Tang, Pamela. “The Attractiveness of 'Green' Building Growth in Asia: Report.” Asiamoney 21.3 (2010): 47. Company source completed. Network. February 3. 2014.