Abstract
Malaysia is looking forward in achieving developed country status which drives several strategic plans in construction, as it plays a vital role in country’s economic growth and development. Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP) has been introduced to boost its performance with sustainable construction. However, most of the construction industry players are not involved in sustainable construction especially on green building concept and thus decelerating the development. Therefore, this study is conducted to identify the drivers and challenges faced by the construction industry players through questionnaire survey where the market demand from stakeholders is placed primarily in implementing green building. The findings showed that awareness and understanding of the stakeholders about green building concept are lacked due to unforeseen circumstances. Detail explanations or descriptions on the benefits and contributions from green building application are needed to be delivered to stakeholders. A framework is proposed for future implementation by improving the education and delivered information, as well as providing the mechanism of promoting the green building concept among the stakeholders.
Highlights
During the last 20 years, the average contribution of services, manufacturing, agriculture and construction industries in gross domestic product (GDP) were 48.3%, 28.2%, 9.3% and 4.1% respectively [1]
The findings showed that awareness and understanding of the stakeholders about green building concept are lacked due to unforeseen circumstances
Market demands There was 71.1 % of respondents strongly agree that the market demand is one of the drivers for construction industry player to implement the green building which is quite a big number compared to the others drivers
Summary
During the last 20 years, the average contribution of services, manufacturing, agriculture and construction industries in gross domestic product (GDP) were 48.3%, 28.2%, 9.3% and 4.1% respectively [1]. In order for the environmental sustainability policy to be achieved, green building is one of the current practice approached by Malaysia‟s government to implement in the construction industry. This paper addresses the perceptions and opinions from the industry players on the implementation of green building concept in their construction practices. A framework of solution is proposed to the relevant organization such as the state government and public sector in finding the alternatives for construction players to implement the green building concept and promoting the Malaysia national agenda in achieving sustainable construction. For part B, it was to identify the drivers contributing to implementation of green building concept among the developers. For part C, the question aimed to identify the challenges by the developer in order to implement green building concept in their construction project. Based on [6], the population was 160, and needed 113 responses
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