Green and sustainable construction industry: A systematic literature review of the contractor's green construction capability

J Gu, F Guo, X Peng, B Wang - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Contractors are the main implementers to achieve green construction, and the contractor's
green construction capability (CGCC) is far-reaching for green construction. Research on …

Green and sustainable practices in the construction industry: A confirmatory factor analysis approach

J Shurrab, M Hussain, M Khan - Engineering, Construction and …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to differentiate between sustainable and green
construction and significantly contribute to empirical investigations related to the impact of …

Becoming greener in construction: Overcoming challenges and developing strategies

M Tafazzoli - International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Considering the significant impacts of the construction industry on global warming,
consuming natural resources, and nonrenewable energy, as well as the generation of …

Investigating the relative importance barriers to sustainable construction related to owners, contractors, and government

M Tafazzoli, S Kermanshachi, K Shrestha… - Construction Research …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Green construction has been able to mitigate the substantial negative impacts of the
construction industry on the triple bottom lines of sustainability. However, existing attempts …

[PDF][PDF] Accelerating the green movement: Major barriers to sustainable construction

M Tafazzoli - Proceedings of the 54rd ASC Annual …, 2018 - ascpro0.ascweb.org
Despite the growing trend of adopting more sustainable practices in construction, the
paradigmshift of “becoming green” still has to respond to serious challenges for further …

Analyzing sustainable building construction project delivery practices: builders' perspective

S Gunhan - Practice periodical on structural design and …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Sustainable building projects gained momentum in the last decade, and the trend continues.
This article explores the factors affecting the sustainable building delivery process. It …

[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 construction and environmental performance: an assessment framework

DG Owusu-Manu, P Babon-Ayeng, E Kissi… - Smart and Sustainable …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Construction firms worldwide are increasingly taking pragmatic steps towards
addressing environmental problems arising from their activities. Nonetheless, there is a …

Drivers and barriers of sustainable design and construction: The perception of green building experience

YH Ahn, AR Pearce, Y Wang… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Sustainability in the built environment is becoming a strong force in the construction industry
to achieve social and environmental benefits and to lower negative environment impacts …

A structural equation model of stakeholder roles in the implementation of green construction strategies in the Indian construction industry

SKR Bijivemula, SJ Sai, A Chepuri - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The construction industry is one of the leading contributors to greenhouse gas emissions
into the atmosphere. Hence, the construction industry needs to start implementing green …