Will green building development take off? An exploratory study of barriers to green building in Vietnam

Nguyen, Hong Trang; Skitmore, Martin; Gray, Matthew J.; Zhang, Xiaoling; Olanipekun, Ayokunle Olubunmi

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.08.012

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“…In view of this problem, government departments should actively support the transformation of scientific research achievements of GBTS [41], and strengthen the matching of the research results of academic institutions with the adoption of design units [41]. They should reduce barriers to the adoption of GBTS on both supply and demand sides [25,91,92] as well. Post-evaluation (Post Occupancy Evaluation, (POE)) is a set of systematic evaluation procedures and methods for the performance of buildings and built environments through certain program methods.…”

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Key Factors to Green Building Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Chinese Designers

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Zhang

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Green building is deemed an effective means to realize the sustainable development of environment, economy and society in the construction industry. Green building technologies (GBTS) are important to realize green buildings. In order to make the application of GBTS be adopted and popularized effectively, it is especially important for us to gain thorough comprehension of the key problems that affect the adoption of GBTS. The target of this paper is to better understand the adoption of GBTS from the perspective of designers. This article utilizes a questionnaire to investigate Chinese architectural designers. Through establishing a structural equation model and an analysis of the survey data, the key factors influencing the adoption of GBTS by designers in the Design Company were found out. The results denote that the adoption motivation, the capability of GBTS, the knowledge structure and the defects of GBTS are the significant factors that affect designers' adoption behaviors. However, the management support of GBTS has no significant effect on designers' adoption behavior. The research results are helpful to improve adoption of GBTS in design units and accelerate the transformation of GBTS achievements. Additionally, they can promote the application of GBTS in the field of construction. Based on the quantitative theoretical model (the structural equation model), this paper finds out the key factors that affect the application of GBTS from the perspective of designers, enriching the theoretical methods of GBTS research and complementing the relevant literature of GBTS research. Future research will analyze the adoption behavior of GBTS from the point of other stakeholders and from the internal level of the design units.Sustainability 2018, 10, 4135 2 of 22 environmentally responsible and improve the effective utilization of energy efficiency" [7]. Because of the negative impact of conventional buildings on both the environment and the climate, green buildings are perceived as effective substitutes for traditional buildings. It plays an important role in environmental protection and resource conservation [8,9].GBTS are an important means to improve energy efficiency and an effective way to realize green building [10,11]. In recent years, due to its advantages, there has been some research on GBTS. From the perspective of the whole life cycle of architecture, researchers study the environmental pollution and other issues [10][11][12][13][14][15]. GBTS include solar systems, green roofs and walls, heat pumps and the application of corresponding technologies throughout the construction project delivery process [8,13,16]. Some GBTS, such as green roofs, solar energy and precast concrete, have been introduced into the development of green projects. Green buildings are required to integrate the interactions between GBTS and other building components to reduce the impact on the environment [17,18]. Building energy efficiency can be remarkably improved by the use of GBTS to renovate existing buildings [15,19]. A large n...

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Key Factors to Green Building Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Chinese Designers

Wang

Zhang

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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“…Regardless of the various benefits involved, green building practice has encountered much resistance in its progress towards the mainstream market [27]. The most reported barriers to green building adoption in the literature are inadequate information, incremental cost, insufficient incentives, scant market motivation, and deficient policy and regulations [28].…”

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“…However, these results differ according to the region involved. For example, the cost premium, the differences in the design of the existing buildings and green buildings, and insufficient economic incentives are the main barriers in Hong Kong [4]; government-and company-related barriers are the most important in Ghana [29]; -sustainability strategies and company policies play a more significant role in Norway, the UK; and the U.S. [30]; while social and cognitive barriers account for the major green building practice challenges in Vietnam [27]. Despite regional differences, economic related issues are listed as the most influential in green building practice almost everywhere [31].…”

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“…The state-of-the-art of sustainable building has attracted much attention all over the world [58,[60][61][62] and various influencing factors have been explored [5,6,73]. Of all the factors involved, the high initial cost of green building is considered to have the most negative influence on green building implementation worldwide [5,6,27]. Thus, the green building cost premium started to receive attention from researchers.…”

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Mapping Knowledge in the Economic Areas of Green Building Using Scientometric Analysis

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This paper presents the first inclusive scientometric review of the economic areas of green building (GBE). The aim is to methodically examine and summarize the state-of-the-art of the GBE body of knowledge. To this end, this study analyses 1713 GBE-related bibliographic records retrieved from the Web of Science by using the quantitative method of knowledge mapping. The knowledge base, knowledge domain, and knowledge evolution of how they interacted with each other are explored using document co-citation analysis and keywords co-citation analysis of the existing body of literature. The research findings are informative in recognizing and interpreting the underlying structure and trends in GBE. A knowledge map provides a valuable and instructive understanding of the evolution and status quo of the GBE knowledge body, as well as assisting in recognizing the gaps and deficiencies involved. The results will help in understanding how GBE knowledge is evolving and its role played in green building, and thus provide suggestions of how academic research can enhance sustainability practices in terms of economic area in the future.

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“…Table 1 summarizes a number of green building rating systems in various countries, including developed and developing countries. Vietnam Lotus [26,37] Numerous studies on the optimization of building materials take into account environmental objectives. Zang et al [38] presented an optimal method under the cap-and-trade (C&T) mechanism Sustainability 2020, 12, 2769 3 of 19 for transporting and storing construction materials to reduce carbon emissions during the project implementation towards sustainable development.…”

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The Development of a Decision Support Model for Eco-Friendly Material Selection in Vietnam

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In recent years, the awareness of sustainable construction has increasingly risen in countries around the world, with the main goal being to avoid depleting energy resources and raw materials and to greatly reduce carbon emissions. Therefore, the selection of eco-friendly building materials becomes a difficult task and choosing the best construction strategy is a complicated process. Most of the studies of the building material selection often focus on optimizing material-related green building scores with budget constraints based on the environmental impacts of those materials. However, these studies do not pay attention to the impact of sustainable materials on two important aspects of a project: The initial investment cost and the total labor-working days. Hence, this study developed a model that optimizes a material mix for buildings considering the building budget, total labor-working days, and material-related green building scores. A case study in Vietnam was conducted to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed model. This proposed model provides a guidance for decision-makers in selecting approximate materials for buildings toward sustainability.Sustainability 2020, 12, 2769 4 of 19 of materials type, construction strategy, and the Lotus-based green building certification system in Vietnam (Figure 1). toward green buildings. 132 2. Problem Definition 133 2.1. Definition of the Optimization Problem. 134The problem in this study aims to build an eco-friendly material selection integrated platform 135 that will enable building owners and designers to optimize decision making through knowledge of 136 materials type, construction strategy, and the Lotus-based green building certification system in 137 Vietnam (Figure 1).

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Will green building development take off? An exploratory study of barriers to green building in Vietnam

Cited by 145 publications

References 40 publications

Key Factors to Green Building Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Chinese Designers

Key Factors to Green Building Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Chinese Designers

Mapping Knowledge in the Economic Areas of Green Building Using Scientometric Analysis

The Development of a Decision Support Model for Eco-Friendly Material Selection in Vietnam

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