Critical Review on the Theoretical Framework and Critical Success Factors in Green Construction

Abstract

Construction activities must conserved energy, land, water and material to successfully implementing green construction, while planning and managing the work regarding the minimisation of environmental impacts related to the construction process. Notwithstanding this, many arguments and discrepancies between the ideal form of green construction and existing construction due to the practical difficulties in realizing the concept of green construction. This paper critically reviews the existing green building assessment tools, theoretical framework and the critical success factors based on literature review search. Investigating the existing green building assessment tools, theoretical framework and critical success factors are fundamental in determining the successful implementation of green construction in the Malaysian construction environment. Keywords Critical success factors Á Green building assessment tools Á Theoretical framework Á Green construction Á Malaysian construction environment 1 Introduction Construction industry in Malaysia is considered the fastest developing country in Asia and has contributed 3-7 % to the Gross Development Product (GDP). The current GDP has contributed to 6.2 % in the first quarter of 2014. For five consecutive quarters, the construction sector continued to register impressive growth with

The Coupling and Coordinated Development of Green Builds and Financial Development in China

“…The real economy forms the foundation of financial existence and development. Under the same circumstances in terms of technical level, innovation capability, and the market environment of financial institutions, the more features and the greater the complexity of the real economy served by financial capital, the greater the space for the development of the financial industry (Wang et al, 2005 [ 23 ]). Compared with general industry, the construction industry plays a pivotal role in economic development, and its reproduction process has its own particularity, which in turn creates favorable conditions for the sound development of the financial industry (Wedding et al, 2007 [ 24 ]).…”