Critical barriers to green building technologies adoption in develo** countries: The case of Ghana

APC Chan, A Darko, AO Olanipekun… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although green building technologies (GBTs) have been advocated in the construction
industry to address sustainability issues, their adoption is still plagued with barriers. The …

Turning green into gold: A review on the economics of green buildings

L Zhang, J Wu, H Liu - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
Adoption of green design and technology in buildings, which can mitigate negative impacts
on the environment, has been recognized as a key step towards global sustainable …

Go for green: green innovation through green dynamic capabilities: accessing the mediating role of green practices and green value co-creation

Z Yousaf - Environmental science and pollution research, 2021 - Springer
Increasing business organizations are also damaging the natural infrastructure, and
researchers are pressing hard on this issue since several decades. Moreover, the studies …

Extreme gradient boosting-based machine learning approach for green building cost prediction

O Alshboul, A Shehadeh, G Almasabha, AS Almuflih - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Accurate building construction cost prediction is critical, especially for sustainable projects
(ie, green buildings). Green building construction contracts are relatively new to the …

Examining issues influencing green building technologies adoption: The United States green building experts' perspectives

A Darko, APC Chan, EE Ameyaw, BJ He… - Energy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Green building (GB) has been viewed as an effective means to implement environmental,
economic, and social sustainability in the construction industry. For the adoption of GB …

A comparative study of environmental performance between prefabricated and traditional residential buildings in China

X Cao, X Li, Y Zhu, Z Zhang - Journal of cleaner production, 2015 - Elsevier
Prefabrication technology has been heavily promoted by the Chinese government due to its
potential to improve construction quality and productivity. However, there is an urgent need …

Review of barriers to green building adoption

A Darko, APC Chan - Sustainable Development, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The need to implement sustainable development (SD) in the construction industry has given
birth to the green building (GB) movement. GB is a promising construction approach through …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable building processes' challenges and strategies: The relative important index approach

J Ayarkwa, DGJ Opoku, P Antwi-Afari, RYM Li - Cleaner Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainability has been increasingly advocated by the global construction industry due to
the need to minimise the industry's adverse impacts. An important area when focusing on …

Green, lean, six sigma barriers at a glance: a case from the construction sector of Pakistan

K Hussain, Z He, N Ahmad, M Iqbal - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The construction sector consumes a massive amount of resources, produces a large volume
of emissions, and generates large-scale waste. Earlier studies considered green, lean, and …