Influence of practitioners' characteristics on risk assessment in Green Building projects in emerging economies: a case of Vietnam

Abstract

PurposeRisks are considered a significant obstacle to Green Building (GB) development and have recently received significant attention from both construction practitioners and academics. This study aimed to identify critical GB risks and explore the relationship between participants' characteristics and risk assessment.Design/methodology/approachFirstly, a list of GB risks was developed based on a comprehensive literature review and interviewing GB experts. After that, a survey of 207 construction professionals was then conducted to validate these GB risk factors. Finally, this research adopted the ANOVA test and hierarchical regression analysis to examine the relationship between participants' characteristics and risk assessment.FindingsThe results provided a list of GB risks classified and evaluated according to the GB project life cycle and, thus, may serve as a helpful reference for GB practitioners. Notably, the ANOVA analysis revealed that risk assessment negatively correlates with participants' GB experience, while their industry experience does not affect risk assessment. Furthermore, the hierarchical regression analysis proved that participant roles do not moderate the association between risk assessment and GB experience.Originality/valueThis study contributed to GB literature by implementing empirical research on GB risks in a developing country. The results implied the essential role of professionals with rich GB experience in risk management in GB projects. Furthermore, this research could help construction practitioners understand GB risks adequately and thereby have better risk-management strategies for future GB projects.

A comprehensive risk assessment model based on a fuzzy synthetic evaluation approach for green building projects: the case of Vietnam

“…This finding provides insight and could help practitioners develop a suitable strategy to deal with this factor in implementing GB projects. This result aligns with the research of Nguyen et al (2021), who rated this risk factor as the most critical risk factor. Indeed, this problem could restrain the development of GBs; thus, enhancing owners' awareness and knowledge could mitigate this risk (Nguyen et al, 2021).…”

“…The most critical risk factor is HD4, which relates to GB designers' lack of experience. This indicates that the incapacity of GB designers is a major problem in the design phase of GB projects in Vietnam (Nguyen et al, 2021). This research also revealed that this risk factor has the greatest impact (impact level ranked first) and is a common problem in Vietnam (probability of occurrence ranked third).…”

“…The most critical risk factor is HD4, which relates to GB designers’ lack of experience. This indicates that the incapacity of GB designers is a major problem in the design phase of GB projects in Vietnam (Nguyen et al. , 2021).…”

“…In summary, a number of studies have attempted to investigate the risk factors in implementing GB projects in recent years (Nguyen and Macchion, 2022). However, the identification and classification of GB risks remain inconsistent in previous studies (Nguyen et al, 2021). Several studies have attempted to create models for assessing risk levels in GB projects.…”

“…multiple impact levels with probability) (Nguyen and Macchion, 2022). Moreover, these studies were mainly limited to developed economies such as Singapore, Australia, US and China (Nguyen et al, 2021). There has been a dearth of studies on GB risk in developing economies (Ahmad et al, 2019;Nguyen and Macchion, 2022).…”