Rating tools adoption in green building technologies implementation for construction project from sustainability perspective
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Date
2019-06
Authors
Wan Nor Aliza Binti Wan Mahtar
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Abstract
Green Building Technologies (GBT) is a method that can be used to manage the
issues of climate change and sustainability. GBT has raised the public’s awareness in
recent years due to global climate change. The construction industry is also aware that
natural resources will be depleted if it does not practice sustainable development. Based on
the fact that the design of built environment has various impacts on human being and the
earth, experts are beginning to focus on the design and construction of buildings using
sustainable practices that will support the construction industry with a more responsible
way to manage natural resources. Global construction output is predicted to grow
significantly by year 2030. In order to preserve the environment for future generations, it is
important to implement GBT in the building construction industry. This study aims to
determine the awareness of rating tools adoption in GBT implementation among the
construction stakeholders. An online questionnaire survey method was used in this study.
The result from the survey shows that every level of GBT implementation has its own
sustainability element; awareness significant in economy, adaptation on social and
adoption and application significant on environment. The most significant sustainability
perspective is economy with “GBT is also a method that can save electricity consumption”
with a Relative Importance Index (RII) of 4.37, out of 5.00. It is expected that this study
can assist the construction industry’s stakeholders to understand GBT implementation for
decision making and policy development, besides can be used as a reference for future
comparative studies.