Identification and assessment of sustainability performance indicators for construction projects
Improving the sustainability performance of construction projects is essential to the sustainability of regions, nations, and the world as a whole. Sustainability key performance indicators (KPIs) can play an essential role in advancing the practice of sustainable construction. Despite the numerous...
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| description | Improving the sustainability performance of construction projects is essential to the sustainability of regions, nations, and the world as a whole. Sustainability key performance indicators (KPIs) can play an essential role in advancing the practice of sustainable construction. Despite the numerous studies on sustainability indicators, there is still a gap in identifying applicable sustainability KPIs that can be used during the execution phase of construction projects for contractors. This research aims to identify and assess KPIs for monitoring and evaluating the sustainability performance of construction projects during the execution phase. Twenty-two sustainability indicators were identified and shortlisted based on a comprehensive review of related literature. The indicators were grouped into two groups environmental and socio-economic. A survey was then designed and sent to construction professionals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Thirty-one respondents evaluated the importance of indicators using pair-wise comparison using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The results highlighted that the use of renewable energy indicator was ranked as the most important with a global weight of 0.164 (environmental group). In contrast, the construction site safety indicator was the most important, with a global weight of 0.093 (socio-economic group). This research is important as it fills the identified research gap. Additionally, this study benefits contractors in identifying the most appropriate sustainability indicators for their construction projects to assess sustainability performance during the construction phase. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dd459baa789d42e79881b9f8203d9aa22022-12-22T02:43:55ZengElsevierEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators2665-97272022-09-0115100193Identification and assessment of sustainability performance indicators for construction projectsSareh Rajabi0Sameh El-Sayegh1Lotfi Romdhane2Engineering Systems Management PhD Program, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Corresponding author. Engineering Systems Management, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.Construction Management Graduate Program, Civil Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesGraduate Affairs and Research, Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesImproving the sustainability performance of construction projects is essential to the sustainability of regions, nations, and the world as a whole. Sustainability key performance indicators (KPIs) can play an essential role in advancing the practice of sustainable construction. Despite the numerous studies on sustainability indicators, there is still a gap in identifying applicable sustainability KPIs that can be used during the execution phase of construction projects for contractors. This research aims to identify and assess KPIs for monitoring and evaluating the sustainability performance of construction projects during the execution phase. Twenty-two sustainability indicators were identified and shortlisted based on a comprehensive review of related literature. The indicators were grouped into two groups environmental and socio-economic. A survey was then designed and sent to construction professionals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Thirty-one respondents evaluated the importance of indicators using pair-wise comparison using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The results highlighted that the use of renewable energy indicator was ranked as the most important with a global weight of 0.164 (environmental group). In contrast, the construction site safety indicator was the most important, with a global weight of 0.093 (socio-economic group). This research is important as it fills the identified research gap. Additionally, this study benefits contractors in identifying the most appropriate sustainability indicators for their construction projects to assess sustainability performance during the construction phase.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972722000253Construction sustainabilityKey performance indicatorsKPIsAnalytic hierarchy processConstruction managementSustainability |
| spellingShingle | Sareh Rajabi Sameh El-Sayegh Lotfi Romdhane Identification and assessment of sustainability performance indicators for construction projects Environmental and Sustainability Indicators Construction sustainability Key performance indicators KPIs Analytic hierarchy process Construction management Sustainability |
| title | Identification and assessment of sustainability performance indicators for construction projects |
| title_full | Identification and assessment of sustainability performance indicators for construction projects |
| title_fullStr | Identification and assessment of sustainability performance indicators for construction projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identification and assessment of sustainability performance indicators for construction projects |
| title_short | Identification and assessment of sustainability performance indicators for construction projects |
| title_sort | identification and assessment of sustainability performance indicators for construction projects |
| topic | Construction sustainability Key performance indicators KPIs Analytic hierarchy process Construction management Sustainability |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972722000253 |
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