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Identification and evaluation of barriers and drivers to sustainable construction in China

The rapid economic development of China is also a threat to environmental sustainability, there is an urgent need to boost the environment friendly construction to cope with the rising issues. In this regard, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted to identify and evaluate the major barriers and...

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Main Authors: Sajjad, M., Anfeng, H., Qureshi, A.H., Yonghua, L.
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Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85125052502&doi=10.1109%2fIEEECONF53624.2021.9668070&partnerID=40&md5=8f5aacc22a73edba971f2b636535fb2e
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spelling my.utp.eprints.291552022-03-25T01:03:45Z Identification and evaluation of barriers and drivers to sustainable construction in China Sajjad, M. Anfeng, H. Qureshi, A.H. Yonghua, L. The rapid economic development of China is also a threat to environmental sustainability, there is an urgent need to boost the environment friendly construction to cope with the rising issues. In this regard, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted to identify and evaluate the major barriers and drivers to sustainable construction (SC) in China. Moreover, SC experts were interviewed to get an insight of where these barriers are likely to cause hinderance during the construction phases and where the drivers can help up to some extent to tackle the problems. The overall aim of the research was to identify barriers that need to be overcome so that progress can be made towards the adoption of sustainable development. The results show that, lack of clear benefits from SC; lack of technical knowledge or trainings; concerns about durability and performance; affordability or financing; and de-lay in decision making; are the top five barriers with extremely high impact to slowdown the race towards sustainability in construction. On the other hand, financial incentives; more demonstration on policies and procedures; developing regulatory mechanism; client demand; and legislation or legal requirement; are the top five drivers which can spur the green buildings construction in China. © 2021 IEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85125052502&doi=10.1109%2fIEEECONF53624.2021.9668070&partnerID=40&md5=8f5aacc22a73edba971f2b636535fb2e Sajjad, M. and Anfeng, H. and Qureshi, A.H. and Yonghua, L. (2021) Identification and evaluation of barriers and drivers to sustainable construction in China. In: UNSPECIFIED. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/29155/
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description The rapid economic development of China is also a threat to environmental sustainability, there is an urgent need to boost the environment friendly construction to cope with the rising issues. In this regard, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted to identify and evaluate the major barriers and drivers to sustainable construction (SC) in China. Moreover, SC experts were interviewed to get an insight of where these barriers are likely to cause hinderance during the construction phases and where the drivers can help up to some extent to tackle the problems. The overall aim of the research was to identify barriers that need to be overcome so that progress can be made towards the adoption of sustainable development. The results show that, lack of clear benefits from SC; lack of technical knowledge or trainings; concerns about durability and performance; affordability or financing; and de-lay in decision making; are the top five barriers with extremely high impact to slowdown the race towards sustainability in construction. On the other hand, financial incentives; more demonstration on policies and procedures; developing regulatory mechanism; client demand; and legislation or legal requirement; are the top five drivers which can spur the green buildings construction in China. © 2021 IEEE.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Sajjad, M.
Anfeng, H.
Qureshi, A.H.
Yonghua, L.
spellingShingle Sajjad, M.
Anfeng, H.
Qureshi, A.H.
Yonghua, L.
Identification and evaluation of barriers and drivers to sustainable construction in China
author_facet Sajjad, M.
Anfeng, H.
Qureshi, A.H.
Yonghua, L.
author_sort Sajjad, M.
title Identification and evaluation of barriers and drivers to sustainable construction in China
title_short Identification and evaluation of barriers and drivers to sustainable construction in China
title_full Identification and evaluation of barriers and drivers to sustainable construction in China
title_fullStr Identification and evaluation of barriers and drivers to sustainable construction in China
title_full_unstemmed Identification and evaluation of barriers and drivers to sustainable construction in China
title_sort identification and evaluation of barriers and drivers to sustainable construction in china
publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
publishDate 2021
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