Towards modern sustainable cities: Review of sustainability principles and trends

A Sodiq, AAB Baloch, SA Khan, N Sezer… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Human capital development, attractions of sustainable living standards and renewed
concerns for the planet have redirected city planners to a new frontier: the creation of …

Critical barriers to green building technologies adoption in developing 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 …

Building green retrofit in China: Policies, barriers and recommendations

G Liu, X Li, Y Tan, G Zhang - Energy Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Green retrofit is an effective way of improving the performance of existing buildings to
achieve low energy consumption and low carbon emission. To realize a successful building …

A fuzzy synthetic evaluation approach for risk assessment: a case of Singapore's green projects

X Zhao, BG Hwang, Y Gao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, green building has attracted wide attention from both academia and
industry. As green building projects are inevitably plagued with risks, this study attempted to …

Strategies to promote green building technologies adoption in developing countries: The case of Ghana

A Darko, APC Chan - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Because of its potential to deal with negative environmental impacts of construction activities
and contribute to sustainable development, the adoption of green building technologies …

Risk paths in international construction projects: Case study from Chinese contractors

J Liu, X Zhao, P Yan - Journal of construction engineering and …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Contracting in overseas construction markets involves not only the typical risks at home, but
also the complex and diverse risks peculiar to international transactions. In addition …

Analyzing green building project risk interdependencies using Interpretive Structural Modeling

L Guan, A Abbasi, MJ Ryan - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
Green building (GB) projects have attracted wide attention in the construction industry in
recent years owing to numerous benefits of green practices for sustainable development …

Factors affecting productivity in green building construction projects: The case of Singapore

BG Hwang, L Zhu, JTT Ming - Journal of Management in …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
The construction of green buildings differs from that of traditional buildings in terms of the
design, materials, and processes. The barriers to the development of green buildings, such …

Risk management in green building: a review of the current state of research and future directions

HD Nguyen, L Macchion - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023 - Springer
There has been considerable interest in investigating risk factors in Green Building (GB)
projects, with increasing debates in recent years. This study aims to investigate tendencies …

China's policies of building green retrofit: a state-of-the-art overview

G Liu, Y Tan, X Li - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Green retrofit in existing buildings is of great significance in achieving a sustainable
environment. Various policies have been introduced around the world to promote building …