Barriers to construction industry stakeholders’ engagement with sustainability: toward a shared knowledge experience
Sustainability ill-practices in the construction industry can have major drawbacks on meeting governmental targets on carbon and energy reduction. Using a mixed-method approach drawn from three studies to explore the level of engagement of construction stakeholders in adopting government sustainabil...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Technological and Economic Development of Economy |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/TEDE/article/view/4249 |
| Summary: | Sustainability ill-practices in the construction industry can have major drawbacks on meeting governmental targets on carbon and energy reduction. Using a mixed-method approach drawn from three studies to explore the level of engagement of construction stakeholders in adopting government sustainability agendas, the research identifies a wide range of perceived barriers, which operate broadly at ‘individual’ and ‘organisational’ levels. Sustainability knowledge in construction is fragmented, diverse, embedded in various documents, and developed in a non-concerted and integrated way across stakeholders, localities, regions, and countries. There is an emergent need for a socio-technical ‘knowledge solution’ to create circles of impacts that bind building professionals, energy administrations, and citizens in a shared sustainability experience to address a number of issues. |
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| ISSN: | 2029-4913 2029-4921 |