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Sustainability or bust: Malaysian home buyers' stated preferences for sus-tainable housing

The lack of data on sustainable home buying behaviour in developing countries such as Malaysia is due to the absence of sustainable housing itself. However, it is still possible to solicit home buyers for their stated preferences and quantify its effects on housing demand. In this study, a sample of...

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Main Authors: Syahid, A., Tareq, M. A., Zaki, S. A.
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Published: EDP Sciences 2016
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T Technology (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/73106/
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spelling my.utm.731062017-11-29T23:58:43Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/73106/ Sustainability or bust: Malaysian home buyers' stated preferences for sus-tainable housing Syahid, A. Tareq, M. A. Zaki, S. A. T Technology (General) The lack of data on sustainable home buying behaviour in developing countries such as Malaysia is due to the absence of sustainable housing itself. However, it is still possible to solicit home buyers for their stated preferences and quantify its effects on housing demand. In this study, a sample of 300 responses to a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) on sustainable housing features was analysed using the "support.CEs" program. This study found that the addition of sustainable features; renewable energy generation, enhanced soundproofing and ventilation, energy saving features, and higher green area ratios significantly increase home buyer's willingness to pay (WTP) for sustainable housing. EDP Sciences 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Syahid, A. and Tareq, M. A. and Zaki, S. A. (2016) Sustainability or bust: Malaysian home buyers' stated preferences for sus-tainable housing. In: 2016 3rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, ICIEA 2016, 28 April 2016 through 30 April 2016, Hong Kong. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84982085291&doi=10.1051%2fmatecconf%2f20166813001&partnerID=40&md5=26a79ec125d1f1e3b43d226ac688cc9e
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topic T Technology (General)
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Syahid, A.
Tareq, M. A.
Zaki, S. A.
Sustainability or bust: Malaysian home buyers' stated preferences for sus-tainable housing
description The lack of data on sustainable home buying behaviour in developing countries such as Malaysia is due to the absence of sustainable housing itself. However, it is still possible to solicit home buyers for their stated preferences and quantify its effects on housing demand. In this study, a sample of 300 responses to a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) on sustainable housing features was analysed using the "support.CEs" program. This study found that the addition of sustainable features; renewable energy generation, enhanced soundproofing and ventilation, energy saving features, and higher green area ratios significantly increase home buyer's willingness to pay (WTP) for sustainable housing.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Syahid, A.
Tareq, M. A.
Zaki, S. A.
author_facet Syahid, A.
Tareq, M. A.
Zaki, S. A.
author_sort Syahid, A.
title Sustainability or bust: Malaysian home buyers' stated preferences for sus-tainable housing
title_short Sustainability or bust: Malaysian home buyers' stated preferences for sus-tainable housing
title_full Sustainability or bust: Malaysian home buyers' stated preferences for sus-tainable housing
title_fullStr Sustainability or bust: Malaysian home buyers' stated preferences for sus-tainable housing
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability or bust: Malaysian home buyers' stated preferences for sus-tainable housing
title_sort sustainability or bust: malaysian home buyers' stated preferences for sus-tainable housing
publisher EDP Sciences
publishDate 2016
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