Browsing by Author "Abdulraheem, M.O"
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Item Perception of Construction Industry Practitioners on Success Factors for Green Building Technologies Adoption(USEP: Journal of Research Information in Civil Engineering, 2022-02-23) Amuda-yusuf, Ganiyu; Bamimosu, Halimat Adebukola; Idris, Soliu; Adebiyi, Ranti Taibat; Abdulraheem, M.OClimate change resulting from global warming is fast becoming an important issue globally. Although there have been numerous empirical studies that have identified critical success factors for green building development. However, there is dearth of studies on success factors for the adoption of Green Building Technologies (GBT) as an integral part of green building development. This study is set to examine the success factors affecting the adoption of GBT as a component of green building development. A comprehensive literature review was conducted to identify success factors affecting GBT. This was followed by administration of questionnaires to industry practitioners engaged in the design and construction of buildings. The mean score (ms) and ranking of the success factors revealed five (5) most important factors as social awareness of GBT benefits (ms 4.0133), availability of social and natural environment condition to adopt GBT (ms 3.9867), availability of stable economic condition (ms 3.8933), demand and competitive advantage (ms 3.8533), and team members‟ technical background (ms 3.8533). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to investigate the level of agreement in the perception of industry practitioners based on type of organisations, years of industry experience, academic qualification and professional background. ANOVA results shows that there is no general agreement in the perception of industry practitioners on the ranking of the success factors. In order to ensure adoption of green building technologies, industry stakeholders must ensure that there is incentive for clients to include cost of GBT in the project budget. Additionally, design professionals must be mandated to always incorporate same at the early stage of building projects. This study has contributed to the existing body of knowledge regarding success factors for the adoption of GBT which could guide in formulating policies for its implementation.Item The Practice and Challenges of Biomedical Waste Management: A Study of Selected Medical Facilities in Ile-Ife, Osun State(Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Ilorin, 2018) Ola, A. B; Bako, A.I; Abdulraheem, M.O; Raheem, W.M; Raheem, W.A; Adewale, Y.YIn pursuing their aims of providing treatment and safeguarding the health of the people against illnesses, health-care services inevitably create waste that is hazardous to health and whose management has remained a great challenge due to its highly toxic contents. This paper examines the practice of biomedical waste management in some medical facilities in Ile-Ife with a view to determining the risks associated with the practice. Four medical facilities with some level of sophistication in waste management were purposively selected for study. The type of waste generated was determined by sorting of waste while hand held scale was used to determine the volume of waste generated. Questionnaire was used to obtain information from the waste management and medical staff of the selected medical facilities. Descriptive (frequencies and percentages) and inferential statistics (Multinomial logistic regression) were used in analysing the data. The study established that the daily per capita waste generation in the medical facilities was 0.51kg. Scrap (Syringes and absorbent paper) (96.7%), infectious (Excreta and dressing swabs) (72.9%) and pathological wastes (Human tissue and body fluid) (57.0%)were the most generated waste while open dumping and pit burial of waste were widely practiced among the medical facilities. Exposure to harmful chemical and radioactive waste (68.8%)and injuries from sharps (52.3%)pose serious health risks not only to the waste managers but health care workers. The paper holds that solutions to the challenges of biomedical waste management practices lie in strict adherence to the global best practices as recommended by the World Health Organisation.