Perception of Construction Industry Practitioners on Success Factors for Green Building Technologies Adoption
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2022-02-23
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USEP: Journal of Research Information in Civil Engineering
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Climate 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.
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building projects; global warming; green building technology; practitioners; success factors
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Amuda-Yusuf, G., Taibat Adebiyi, R., Ganiyu, A.-Y., Halimat Adebukola, B., Soliu, I., & Ranti Taibat, A. (2022). Perception of Construction Industry Practitioners on Success Factors for Green Building Technologies Adoption Whole Life Cycle Costing (WLCC) For Solar Technologies in Public Buildings View project Risk factors impacting cost and time performance of mechanical and electrical services projects View project Perception of Construction Industry Practitioners on Success Factors for Green Building Technologies Adoption. In et al Amuda-Yusuf USEP: Journal of Research Information in Civil Engineering (Vol. 19, Issue 1). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360631381