Barriers To Undertaking Green Building Projects in Developing Countries: a Turkish Perspective

dc.authorid Akcay, Emre Caner/0000-0003-4426-369X
dc.authorscopusid 57194605354
dc.contributor.author Akcay, Emre Caner
dc.contributor.other Civil Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-05T15:24:57Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-05T15:24:57Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.department Atılım University en_US
dc.department-temp [Akcay, Emre Caner] Atilim Univ, Dept Civil Engn, TR-06830 Ankara, Turkiye en_US
dc.description Akcay, Emre Caner/0000-0003-4426-369X en_US
dc.description.abstract Green buildings (GBs) play an important role in achieving sustainable development goals. However, the implementation of green technologies in building projects has not reached the desired level in developing countries such as Turkey because of barriers stemming from country-related factors as well as factors related to design and construction. The objective of this study was to explore the barriers to undertaking GB projects in Turkey. A questionnaire survey was administered to 116 construction practitioners to analyze the criticality of barriers to GB design and construction in the Turkish construction industry. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were adopted to evaluate the data obtained from the questionnaire survey. The findings suggest that the major barriers that hinder the adoption of GBs in Turkey are higher construction cost, lack of knowledge about GBs, lack of an authorized GB rating system, unavailability of GB materials, and inadequate market demand, whereas longer design time is the least critical barrier. The results of factor analysis indicate that the barriers to undertaking GB projects can be grouped under five "factors", i.e., cost- and demand-related barriers, market-related barriers, people-related barriers, government-related barriers, and time-related barriers. In light of the results, policy makers and construction practitioners can devise strategies to promote GBs in Turkey, which can also be valid in other developing countries with similar socio-economic conditions. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 5
dc.identifier.doi 10.3390/buildings13040841
dc.identifier.issn 2075-5309
dc.identifier.issue 4 en_US
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85153699045
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13040841
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/2483
dc.identifier.volume 13 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000983113900001
dc.institutionauthor Akçay, Emre Caner
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Mdpi en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 17
dc.subject barrier en_US
dc.subject construction industry en_US
dc.subject factor analysis en_US
dc.subject green building en_US
dc.subject sustainability en_US
dc.title Barriers To Undertaking Green Building Projects in Developing Countries: a Turkish Perspective en_US
dc.type Article en_US
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