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Construction Professionals’ Perception on Green Building Awareness and Accruable Benefits in Construction Projects in Nigeria
The negative environmental impact of buildings to the environment has led to aclamour for improved practice. Attempts of implementation of environmental friendlyprinciples to the entire construction projects phases is as a result of such clamour and hasbeen linked to the evolution of evolving concept termed “green building”. The study aimsat investigating the construction professionals‟ perceptions on green building awarenessand accruable benefits in construction projects in Nigeria. The study objectives includeassessing the level of the adoption of green building principles in construction projectsand to determine the benefits accruable to its use in projects. A structured questionnairewas used to collect information from various respondents who were built environmentprofessionals. Purposive random sampling technique was used to select one hundred-fifty(150) respondents out of which ninety-one (91) responses were used for the data analysis.The results indicate that most of the building industry professionals in Nigeria arefamiliar with green building principles. Building industry professionals agree on most ofthe rankings of the green building benefits. The study also indicates that there is nosignificant difference in the levels of awareness of green building practices among builtenvironment practitioners. The findings have important implications for policy andpractice. The study recommends full establishment of Green Building Council of Nigeria(GBCN) that will be responsible for awareness creation, introduction of guidelines, toolsand techniques that will drive green building practices for future project.Keywords: Awareness, Construction Professionals, Green Building, Nigeria, Perception.
Construction Professionals’ Perception on Green Building Awareness and Accruable Benefits in Construction Projects in Nigeria
The negative environmental impact of buildings to the environment has led to aclamour for improved practice. Attempts of implementation of environmental friendlyprinciples to the entire construction projects phases is as a result of such clamour and hasbeen linked to the evolution of evolving concept termed “green building”. The study aimsat investigating the construction professionals‟ perceptions on green building awarenessand accruable benefits in construction projects in Nigeria. The study objectives includeassessing the level of the adoption of green building principles in construction projectsand to determine the benefits accruable to its use in projects. A structured questionnairewas used to collect information from various respondents who were built environmentprofessionals. Purposive random sampling technique was used to select one hundred-fifty(150) respondents out of which ninety-one (91) responses were used for the data analysis.The results indicate that most of the building industry professionals in Nigeria arefamiliar with green building principles. Building industry professionals agree on most ofthe rankings of the green building benefits. The study also indicates that there is nosignificant difference in the levels of awareness of green building practices among builtenvironment practitioners. The findings have important implications for policy andpractice. The study recommends full establishment of Green Building Council of Nigeria(GBCN) that will be responsible for awareness creation, introduction of guidelines, toolsand techniques that will drive green building practices for future project.Keywords: Awareness, Construction Professionals, Green Building, Nigeria, Perception.
Construction Professionals’ Perception on Green Building Awareness and Accruable Benefits in Construction Projects in Nigeria
Nduka, David Obinna (author) / Ogunsanmi, Olabode Emmanuel (author)
2016-05-05
Covenant Journal of Research in the Built Environment; Vol 3, No 2 (2015): December 2015
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
690
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