Enabling the green total factor productivity of the construction industry with the prospect of digital transformation

Li, Hui; Peng, Xiaqing; Zhang, Jingxiao; Ballesteros‐Pérez, Pablo; Philbin, Simon P.; Li, Zhaoling; Tang, Xiaoying; Cheng, Jiawei

doi:10.1007/s10668-023-03165-5

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“…For the past few years, promoting urban digital transformation has emerged as an essential determinant to foster economic growth [7]. Urban digital transformation relies on the use of digital technologies [8]. One of the most important technologies for urban digital transformation is big data.…”

Section: The Literature On the Digital Revolution And Big Datamentioning

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The Power of Big Data: The Impact of Urban Digital Transformation on Green Total Factor Productivity

Xiao,

Tan,

Han

2023

Systems

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Focusing on the construction of the National Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Zone (NBDCPZ), we adopted the difference-in-differences model to examine the impact of big data on green total factor productivity (GTFP), using data from 276 cities in China for the period of 2012 to 2019. We also conducted mediating effects and moderating effects tests to explore whether a factor exists through which, or relying on it, big data influences the GTFP. The result of the baseline regression showed that the construction of the NBDCPZ significantly increased GTFP. After a series of robustness tests, this conclusion remains valid. In addition, we examined the mediating effects of industrial structure and green innovation and found that the construction of the NBDCPZ increased the level of GTFP, mainly by promoting industrial structure upgrading and green innovation activities. We identified the moderating effects of different types of environmental regulation on the relationship between urban digital transformation and GTFP and found that market incentive environmental regulation (MIER) has a significant positive moderating effect on big data increasing GTFP. Conversely, the moderating effects of command and control environmental regulation (CCER) and social participation environmental regulation (SPER) were found to be insignificant. These findings suggest that urban digital transformation, through its contribution to increasing GTFP, is an important pathway to high-quality development.

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Section: The Literature On the Digital Revolution And Big Datamentioning

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The Power of Big Data: The Impact of Urban Digital Transformation on Green Total Factor Productivity

Xiao,

Tan,

Han

2023

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“…• The DT idea and its use could be expected to play a nodal role in facilitating and impacting sustainable transformation through widespread technological development [34,35].…”

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Digital Twin Approach in Buildings: Future Challenges via a Critical Literature Review

Lauria,

Azzalin

2024

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In 2011, the term Digital Twin was originally introduced by Michael Grieves to define the synchronization between two realities: physical objects placed in a real space and virtual objects within in virtual space, linked through the mutual exchange of data throughout the entire lifecycle, both in real-time and asynchronously. Nowadays, Digital Twin is among the principal and emerging technological innovations of both Industry 4.0 and the emerging Industry 5.0, enabling an interaction between physical and virtual objects, Big Data, Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence. The construction sector, too, is now exploring the potentialities offered by the Digital Twin approach in enhancing innovative, responsible, and sustainable governance of buildings’ lifecycles. Concerning these issues, this paper proposes visualizing future challenges with a specific focus on the operation and maintenance phase and its related impact on decarbonization via a critical literature review of the current statements. The applied methodology is based on three different questions related to certain research issues performed in the Scopus database. The selected findings were filtered, classified, and discussed. Some future challenges on specific issues have been identified, defining and promoting novel research ideas.

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“…The construction industry employs millions of people in the United States and is a cornerstone sector for the US economy. However, its productivity is notably lower in comparison to other sectors (Firth et al, 2022;Li et al, 2023). This low productivity is observable in different phases of construction projects such as supply chain, design, build, operation, and end of life.…”

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Understanding Students’ perceptions of Construction Technology Utilizing UTAUT Framework

Wen,

Adhikari,

Latifinowsoud

EPiC Series in Built Environment

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While technology adoption promises benefits like cost savings, safety improvements, and enhanced collaboration, the construction sector traditionally lags in adopting these innovations, leading to sustained inefficiencies. The emergence of Construction 4.0, aligned with Industry 4.0 principles, integrates emerging technologies to revolutionize design, construction, and asset management. Amidst these advancements, the construction workforce, particularly students in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) programs, plays a pivotal role in industry transformation and technology advancement. While digital technologies and construction innovation are widely accepted in construction education, it is unclear how much such acceptance will translate into students’ future usage of construction technology when they enter the industry. Utilizing the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) framework, the study aims to predict and understand students' technology adoption, providing valuable insights for enhancing current education on construction technology and preparing the future workforce for industry advancements. This study distributed surveys to AEC students, and 88 valid data were obtained and analyzed. It was found that students’ effort expectancy and behavioral intention vary across different educational levels and working experiences. The results emphasized the significance of persistence in incorporating the construction technology curriculum in construction educational programs.

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Enabling the green total factor productivity of the construction industry with the prospect of digital transformation

Cited by 4 publications

References 33 publications

The Power of Big Data: The Impact of Urban Digital Transformation on Green Total Factor Productivity

The Power of Big Data: The Impact of Urban Digital Transformation on Green Total Factor Productivity

Digital Twin Approach in Buildings: Future Challenges via a Critical Literature Review

Understanding Students’ perceptions of Construction Technology Utilizing UTAUT Framework

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