Green technology awareness: A case of Malaysia

Rahim, Fadhlur; Musa, Haslinda

doi:10.18063/esp.v3.i1.674

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“…The key significant factors revealed by the study are in line with the findings of previous studies (e.g. Renaud and Van Billion, 2006;Mudgal et al, 2010;Renwick et al, 2013;Azmi et al, 2017ab;Ogunde et al, 2018;Rahim and Musa, 2018;Oyewole et al, 2019). The analysis on the significant interrelationship between the influencing factors and the level of awareness of SBTs derived two key factors namely; "training programs" and "individual knowledge", which popped out to be the key significant factors capable of influencing the SBTs awareness level.…”

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“…From Table 2, the study identified "Environment (government regulation and policy)" as being statistically insignificant in influencing the level of awareness of SBTs (P-value greater 0.05). Again, the study discovered that "Organizational context (training program)" and "Individual (Knowledge of the executive)" are statistically significant in influencing the level of awareness of SBTs in the construction industry (p-value less than 0.05), which is consistent with the studies by Azmi et al (2017ab) and Rahim and Musa (2018), as illustrated on Figure 3. This then proved to the fact that "Organizational context (training program)" and "Individual (Knowledge of the executive)" were prioritized equally to be capable of influencing the level of SBTs awareness in developing countries based on mean score ranking.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…The outcome is consistent with the study by Renwick et al (2013), when asserted that knowledge and skills of employees are requirement to make a significant contribution to the adoption and implementation of new technologies, such as SBTs. Training programs and knowledge of individuals have been regarded as the significant factors capable of influencing the adoption and implementation of innovative technologies by Mudgal et al (2010), Lin and Ho (2011), Sarkis (2012) and Rahim and Musa (2018). This, then, depicts that the organizations, as well as practitioners and policymakers in Ghana can rely on “training programs” such as continuous professional development (CPD) to enhance individual workers’/professionals’’ knowledge on the awareness of SBTs.…”

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“…"moderate" f = 106; "low" f = 39 and "very low" f = 2); hence, the awareness of SBTs is not sufficient and still needs to be enhanced. Therefore, there is a need to create awareness of SBTs and its practices to construction professionals/employees which can increase their level of knowledge on SBTs (Azmi et al, 2017a(Azmi et al, , 2017bRahim and Musa, 2018). The study further examined the level of awareness by requesting the respondents to answer the questions, as shown in Table 1.…”

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“…The level of awareness is also determined by various factors such as the availability of information. This study explored the factors that influence awareness, namely, “organizational context (training program) (Lin and Ho, 2011; Rahim and Musa, 2018), environment (government regulation and policy) (Diabat and Govindan, 2011), and individual (Knowledge of the executive) (Mudgal et al ,2010). ”…”

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Assessing the level of awareness of smart building technologies (SBTs) in the developing countries

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the awareness level of smart building technologies (SBTs) among construction professionals in developing countries such as Ghana, and identify the key factors that have the significant capability of influencing the awareness level significantly. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through questionnaire survey from 227 construction design team and project managers in the Ghanaian construction industry. Descriptive analysis and multivariate analysis using multiple regression were used to analyze the data. Findings Averagely low level of SBTs awareness was observed to exist among professionals in the construction industry of Ghana. The study further revealed “training programs” by organizations and “individual knowledge” as the key factors capable of significantly influencing the level of SBTs awareness in the construction industry of developing countries, particularly Ghana. Practical implications This paper identified training programs by organizations and individual knowledge as the two key factors having significant capability of influencing the SBTs awareness in the construction industry of developing countries such Ghana. The two factors can be incorporated in policymaking process via considerations to help create SBTs awareness, such as encouragement of continuous professional development toward smart building concept in relation to construction sustainability. Originality/value This study conceptualizes from a systematic professional perspective and provides empirical evidence on the key significant factors capable of influencing the awareness of SBTs in the developing countries such as Ghana.

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