Abstract
As quality of life has improved, the need for high-performance building materials that meet specific technological requirements has increased. Residential environments have also changed owing to climate change. A technology roadmap could define and systematically reflect a timeline for the development of future core technologies. The purpose of this research is to build a technology roadmap that could be utilized for the development of technology in the eco-friendly building material industry. This research is composed of multiple analysis processes—patent analysis, Delphi, and analytic hierarchy process analysis—that minimize the uncertainty caused by the lack of information in the eco-friendly construction industry by securing objective future forecast data. Subsequently, the quality function deployment test is implemented to verify the feasibility of the technology roadmap that is constructed. The design of various types of functional, low-carbon building materials could reduce carbon emissions and save energy by ensuring a hazardous-material-free market in the future. This design development roadmap is required to complement this technology roadmap.
Highlights
Climate change is gradually progressing, affecting all sectors of society
Could a roadmap that achieves objectivity and validity be developed in the eco-friendly building material industry based on insufficient data and information on the market and technology? This study demonstrates the challenging work, as well as its results, of investigating this research question
It was observed that, among the functions required by customers in the eco-friendly building material market, humidity control demonstrated the highest order of priority, followed by the demand for building materials with resistance to bacteria and fungi
Summary
Climate change is gradually progressing, affecting all sectors of society. Consolidated and systematic measures to respond to climate change that can be applied in all sectors of society are required. Climate change and energy problems have become a priority when establishing national policies, and the focus is on nurturing eco-friendly technologies and green energy businesses as major industries [1,2,3]. The European Union (EU) demands the control of greenhouse gas emissions through the entire process of product manufacturing, with plans to reduce greenhouse gases by 20% and to replace 20% of the total energy with renewable energy by the year 2020. Japan announced the ‘New Growth Strategy’ in 2011, with the objective of becoming an environmental and energy power, and is in the process of implementing its 4th basic plan of science and technology, which has ‘green innovation’ as a major driving force. Japan has achieved globally superior technological levels in fields related to re-utilization and re-resourcing of waste [2]
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