Housing projects have been increasing rapidly during the previous years to fulfil community needs and achieve the national and international sustainable development objectives. Due to their nature, housing projects generate a significant amount of waste that accounts for approximately 40% of the solid waste that the construction industry generates annually. Many of these wastes are a result of inappropriate decisions adopted during the design process such as using non-sustainable materials and inefficient use of natural recourses. Meanwhile, research has revealed that achieving sustainability within housing projects is a crucial challenge, yet an essential one. This called to think differently and adopting creative strategies for reducing construction waste during the design process. Therefore, this research
aims to develop a matrix that correlates the aspects of sustainability with design out waste strategy as an approach within RIBA design phases for achieving sustainability in Egyptian public housing projects. A research methodologyconsists of literature review and case study was designed to achieve a working matrix by accomplishing three objectives. Firstly, literature review was used to investigate the topics of sustainability, design out waste strategy and housing projects. Secondly, a case study collected by literature presentedand analysed to identify the design out waste strategy for reducing waste as an approach to achieve sustainability. Finally, developing a matrix that correlates sustainability and design out waste strategy within RIBA design phases.