Cika wannan jumla: A tsakiyar shekarun 1980, al'amuran muhalli sun kasance cikin labarai da kuma hankalin jama'a saboda bala'o'i daban-daban na kasa da kasa kamar bala'in Bhopal (1984), fashewar nukiliya na Chernobyl (1986) da kuma
Exxon Valdez mai tanki ya zubar da ruwa (1989). Binciken rayuwar rayuwa (LCAs) ya fara samun karfin gwiwa daga matakan farko a cikin shekarun 1970 zuwa 1980 kuma a 1991 ne aka fara amfani da kalmar. Tare da kara fahimtar tasirin muhalli saboda ayyukan ɗan adam, an nemi cikakken kimantawa na gine-gine ta amfani da ka'idodin LCA. A cikin 1990, an fitar da Hanyar Nazarin Dorewa na farko don gine-gine, BREEAM. A cikin 1993, Rick Fedrizzi, David Gottfried da Mike Italiano sun kafa Majalisar Gina Gida ta Duniya (GBC) ta farko tare da Majalisar Gina Gida ta Amurka. Manufar su ita ce inganta ayyukan da suka dace da dorewa a cikin ginin da masana'antar gine-gine da kuma ci gaba da ka'idodin gine-gine mai dorewa. USGBC ya kuma kasance mai alhakin ƙirƙirar Jagoranci a cikin Makamashi da Tsarin Muhalli (LEED) tsarin ƙididdigar ginin kore a cikin 1998. Haɗakar da amfani da makamashi, aikin kayan aiki da sauran batutuwan muhalli da suka shafi gine-gine, tare da burin daidaita daidaitattun kwatancen kimantawa ya haifar da hanyoyin kimanta gine-gine da yawa.