Uptake and Adoption of Sustainable Energy Technologies: Prioritizing Strategies to Overcome Barriers in the Construction Industry by Using an Integrated AHP‐TOPSIS Approach

Iqbal, Muzaffar; Ma, Junhai; Ahmad, Naveed; Ullah, Zia; Ahmed, Rahil Irfan

doi:10.1002/adsu.202100026

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“…Most developing countries are unaware of the numerous benefits that sustainable construction may offer, making it difficult for their employees to adopt sustainability principles (Simpeh & Smallwood, 2015). Limited knowledge of sustainable construction approaches has also been identified as a key impediment to the adoption of sustainable construction approaches in construction projects due to incorrect information about sustainability technology (Iqbal et al, 2021). According to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP, 2010), understanding of sustainable construction approaches among many professionals is limited, making it difficult for such professionals to incorporate sustainability initiatives into their projects.…”

Section: Lack Of Knowledge and Awareness To New Approachesmentioning

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The influence of industrial attitudes and behaviours in adopting sustainable construction practices

Maqbool

Saiba

Altuwaim

et al. 2022

Sustainable Development

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Considering the rapid environmental changes, the transitions to sustainable practices in the construction industry is vital now. Though the developed construction industries have already made efforts to switching to more sustainable and environment friendly practices, the developing countries are still lacking it. This research was organised to understand the role of project management practises and integrated methods in the sustainable development in the developing countries, for looking on how such practices can help these construction sectors become sustainable. The moderation effect of industrial attitudes and behaviours on sustainable construction was also conducted to understand the intermediary impacts. A survey based on the snowball sample of 208 construction professionals in Ghana was conducted to determine the impact of project management practises and integrated methods on sustainable construction. Research model was tested by employing bivariate correlation and multiple hierarchical regression analysis techniques, to establish the interrelationships among the project management practices, integrated approaches, industrial attitudes and behaviours, and sustainable construction and to explain these constructs in terms of their common underlying dimensions. The findings highlight that the project management practices and integrated approaches are significantly impacting on the sustainable construction practices in terms of BIM, Digital Twin, LEED, and BREEAM.Whereas the industrial attitudes and behaviours were found to be affecting the project management practises and integrated approaches through moderating role on sustainable construction. The study was concluded by suggesting the importance of sustainable construction practices and shaping industrial attitudes and behaviours towards such practices in the developing construction industries.

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Section: Lack Of Knowledge and Awareness To New Approachesmentioning

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The influence of industrial attitudes and behaviours in adopting sustainable construction practices

Maqbool

Saiba

Altuwaim

et al. 2022

Sustainable Development

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“…However, various MCDM methods can perform the same analysis, e.g., data mining, TOPSIS, game theory, analytical hierarchy processing (AHP) and Bayesian theory. The comparison of these approaches with [48,[55][56][57][58] is given in Table 4. Raj and Shankar [59] defined some attractive features of the ISM technique, which are given below:…”

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“…Refs. [46][47][48][49] stated that ISM transforms erroneous and unclear models into precise and visible models. Different studies employing ISM and MICMAC techniques are listed in Table 3.…”

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Safety Failure Factors Affecting Dairy Supply Chain: Insights from a Developing Economy

Hassan

Ahmad

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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Safety issues in the dairy industry have attracted greater attention in recent years, and the public have showed an intensive concern regarding safety failure in the dairy supply chain. Since the dairy industry is closely associated with humans and fulfills basic necessities, it is necessary to explore safety failure factors (SFFs) affecting the supply chain of the dairy industry. This paper aims to explore the SFFs of the dairy supply chain using an interpretive structural modeling technique (ISM) and Matrice d’Impacts Croises Multiplication Appliques a un Classement (MICMAC) analysis in a Pakistani context. A total of twenty-five failure factors have been identified through literature reviews and the opinion of an expert team, including managerial and technical experts from the dairy industry, as well as academics. Interpretive structural modeling (ISM) is applied to analyze the mutual interaction among barriers and to develop a structural model. The MICMAC technique is used to identify the importance of SFFs based on their driving and dependence power. The results of this study will help decision-makers in the dairy industry to plan their supply chain activities more effectively and efficiently by managing the identified barriers.

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“…According to Enshassi et al, (2018), contractors should adopt energy conservation measures in the building projects to minimize the energy consumption in urban territories, which also could be beneficial for contractors in terms of cost-saving. Different financial schemes such as subsidies, economic, and tax policies are also considered significant DFs to promote EMPs (Iqbal et al 2021d;Enshassi et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, Ravi and Shankar (2005) examine that the minimum number of respondents in the ISM-MICMAC approach should be two. Iqbal et al (2021d) used nine experts to identify the obstacles regarding the adoption of energy efficiency in the construction sector. Most of the previous studies (Bux et al 2020;Hussain et al 2019) employed less than fifteen experts as a sample enough for the ISM-MICMAC approach.…”

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Sustainable construction through energy management practices: an integrated hierarchal framework of drivers in the construction sector

Iqbal

Ahmad

et al. 2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Reducing energy usage and promoting energy management practices remain hot issues in the construction sector. Construction firms are not interested to adopt energy conservation and management practices in their projects. Despite the successful integration of energy management practices in developed nations, their adaptability in developing countries, especially in Pakistan, is at a slow pace. Therefore, drivers to energy management practices need to be realized for its adoption. Based on this, the current study intends to evaluate the drivers of energy management practices adopted in the construction sector of Pakistan by using a four-stage methodology. Fuzzy Delphi method (FDM), interpretive structural modeling (ISM), and Matrice d'Impacts Croises Multiplication Appliques a un Classement (MICMAC) analysis were integrated with prioritizing essential drivers. Increased tax imposition on construction companies for energy usage and pollution contribution, promotion of investment subsidies for energy efficiency technologies, and increased enforcement of government rules and regulations regarding on-site energy management practices arose as significant drivers to adoption of energy management practices in the construction sector of Pakistan. These results will be helpful for policymakers to develop effective policies for integrating energy management practices in the construction sector. This study contributes significantly by developing a novel model of drivers affecting EMP adoption in the Pakistani construction sector. Further research might be expanded to other developing countries to validate current results.

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Uptake and Adoption of Sustainable Energy Technologies: Prioritizing Strategies to Overcome Barriers in the Construction Industry by Using an Integrated AHP‐TOPSIS Approach

Cited by 21 publications

References 107 publications

The influence of industrial attitudes and behaviours in adopting sustainable construction practices

The influence of industrial attitudes and behaviours in adopting sustainable construction practices

Safety Failure Factors Affecting Dairy Supply Chain: Insights from a Developing Economy

Sustainable construction through energy management practices: an integrated hierarchal framework of drivers in the construction sector

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