Issues Regarding the Adoption of Green Building Policies

This presentation discusses the issues and hurdles faced in the policy adoption and implementation of Green Building Technologies in the construction industry of Australia. It examines the barriers affecting the adoption of green building policies and evaluates the challenges to effective policy adoption of green building. The research aims to study the different hurdles and issues which are found in the aspects of implementation of policies regarding green building initiatives in the construction industry.

ISSUES REGARDING
THE ADOPTION OF
GREEN BUILDING
POLICIES
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Overview
Chapter 1: Introduction and Background Information
Chapter 2: Literature Review
Chapter 3: Methodology
Chapter 4: Data analysis and Findings
Chapter 5: Conclusion
Chapter 6: Recommendation
Reference
Appendix

Research Question
What are the main issues or hurdles faced in the
policy adoption and implementation of Green
Building Technologies in the construction industry
of Australia?
Purpose of the study:
 Examine barriers that persist in adopting green building policies
 evaluation of issues affecting the adoption of green building policies
 identify common challenges to effective policy adoption of green
building

Research Objectives
The concerned research aims to study the different hurdles and
issues which are found in the aspects of implementation of
policies regarding green building initiatives in the construction
industry
Construction industry and their perceptions regarding the
viability and need of implementation of green building policies,
in the economy of Australia

Motivation for the Research
 To check Technologies vis-à-vis conventional ones in the construction industry
in Australia?
 To check Are there sufficient databases and information available regarding
the adoption as well as profitability and sustainability of such technologies?
 To check What are the benefits perceived by the stakeholders from
implementation of the GB technologies?
 To check What are the threats perceived by the stakeholders from the
implementation of the GB technologies?
 To check What are the cost advantages or disadvantages of implementation of
GB technologies over conventional ones?
 To check What is the level of trust prevailing in the industry and among the
different stakeholders behind the implementation of the same?

Significance of the Research
 With the rise in demand of healthy lifestyles as well as with the increase in the
global concern regarding the environmental preservation and prevention of
greenhouse emissions, the concept of green building is taking a stole whether it is
the design of an office or a house
 There also remains considerable debates regarding the feasibility and cost
effectiveness of the concept of green building
 Need to take into consideration the initiative and concern of green building policy
adoptions as well as the aspects of the different hurdles which are expected to be
cropping up in the implementation of policy frameworks.
 To enhance the scopes of green building in the construction industry, while
planning for the process within the industry

Limitations/Constraints of the Research
 The study is limited to a sample of population.
 Due to time and cost, the questionnaire will rely on small sample of those who were issued
with survey questions.
 The research specifically concentrates on the respondents in Australia

Literature Review
Article Author Year Major Findings
Article that discuss
about the barriers
affecting environmental
management
Visscher, Laubscher,
and Chan
2016 Barriers that affect
affecting environmental
management systems
are information
scarcity, inadequate
information,
inappropriate
knowledge, and harsh
organizational culture.
Article that describe the
Australian case of
Green Building
Miller, Spivey, and
Florance
2008 With the paucities, it is
crucial to point out that
these hindrances are
correlated and in turn
affect implementation
of green building
policies in Australia.
Article that helped to
discuss the cost of
carrying out green
technology research
McAuley 2018 carrying out of green
technology research is
a matter that is tedious
to developers,
contractors, and clients

Literature Review
Article Author Year Major Findings
Article that discuss
about information lack
Nath 2014 Lack of information is
the critical barrier for
stakeholders to adopt
green policies
Article that Second
most widely-used
barrier to Green
Building program
Hwang, Zhu, Wang, &
Cheong
2017 several populations do
not understand green
technologies making
implementing the
programs trying
Article that review the
other costs associated
with Green Building
Visscher 2016 Third party costs
thwart embracing of
green building
policies

Literature Review
Article Author Year Major Findings
Article that discuss
about the first most
widely-used Optimal
Project Management
Delivery Systems
Love et al. 2012 governments play a
vital role in the
elevation and
relegation of green
technologies.
Article that Second
most widely-used
Optimal Project
Management Delivery
Systems
Koski & Lee 2014 Enforcing regulations
by the government are
critical for the
accomplishment of
government strategies,
and the nonexistence of
enforcement bodies can
creep up rules related
to green buildings like
in China

Literature Review
Article Author Year Major Findings
Article that discuss
about the first most
widely-used Optimal
Project Management
Delivery Systems
Joachim et al. 2015 Green designs are not
approved quickly in
several countries due
to inappropriate
knowledge to its
benefits, and this
discourages the
stakeholders to
participate in green
technology policy
enactment

Applied/Descriptive Research
 the concerned research takes a descriptive research design in order to examine and
analyse the issues and their impacts regarding the design and implementation of policy
frameworks for encouraging adaptation of the Green Building Technologies in the
construction sector of Australia.
 Both Qualitative and Quantitative techniques are used to collect, analyse and
summarise data

Deductive Research
 the deductive research approach the hypotheses are first formulated and then
their viability is tested on the basis of the information or evidences collected.
 Keeping this into consideration, the concerned research takes a deductive
approach, thereby forming the relevant hypotheses and testing the same in the
light of the data collected.

Research Philosophy
The concerned research taking into account both quantitative as well as qualitative
research methods for analysing a small but detailed sample, both the positivism and
realism philosophical frameworks are taken into account.

Research Methodology
Research Question Approach Methodology
What are the main
issues or hurdles faced
in the policy adoption
and implementation of
Green Building
Technologies in the
construction industry of
Australia?
The concerned
research taking into
account both
quantitative as well as
qualitative research
methods for analysing
a small but detailed
sample, both the
positivism and realism
philosophical
frameworks are taken
into account.
The main instruments
for the collection of
primary quantitative
and qualitative data are
by the methods of
interviews and research
surveys in the sample
population.

Research Data
Primary data
 It has been collected in the form of interviews and surveys from a sample size of 60
respondents consisting of Green Building experts from different fields, with the
relevance of the construction industry of Australia.
 Primary quantitative data has been collected in the form of quantitative surveys from
these 60 chosen respondents, focussing on the primary issues which are present in
the aspects of policy development and implementation of GB technologies.
 For the purpose of the depth and qualitative analysis, 10 out of the chosen 60
respondents are re-selected on the basis of random sampling
Secondary data
 secondary data collection method, in spite of being cost efficient, easy and time
saving, often face the problem of biasness or faults in the data, thereby distorting
the analysis as a whole. Keeping this into consideration, primary data is collected
and analysed in the concerned research

Research Design
Hypothesis Research Questions Instruments
1. There exists higher economic
costs and market prices in
the aspects of adoption of
Green Building Technology as
compared to the
conventional technologies
used in the construction
industry
2. Unwillingness to change or
replace the conventional
methods by new green
building techniques have
been one of the primary
reason behind its slow
adaptation
1. Do the higher economic
costs and market prices
adopt Green Building
Technology as compared to
the conventional
technologies?
2. Is there the lack of financial
schemes and supports to
implement in Green Building
technologies?
Primary Data
Survey Questions are asked
specifically addressing the cost
and market price for adopting
Green Building.
Survey Questions are asked
specifically addressing the
financial schemes and supports
to implement in Green Building
technologies

Research Design
Hypothesis Research Questions Instruments
3. There exists a lack of financial
schemes and supports (like that
of bank loans) in the aspect of
implementation of Green
Building technologies
4. There exists high degree
of scepticism about the
implementation of the GB
technologies
5. There exists a lack of
sufficient and productive
databases regarding the
adoption and
implementation of GB
technologies
3. Is slow adaption the
reason of unwillingness to
replace the conventional
methods by green building
techniques?
4. Is there available any kind of
scepticism about the
implementation of the Green
Building technologies?
5. Is there present any kind of
high conflicts among the
different stakeholders stall the
growth of the Green Building
Technology in the contemporary
construction scenario?
Primary Data
Survey Questions are asked
specifically addressing the
unwillingness to replace the
conventional methods by green
building techniques.
Survey Questions are asked
specifically addressing the
implementation of the Green
Building technologies.
Survey Questions are asked
specifically addressing the any
kind of high conflicts among the
different stakeholders stall the
growth of the Green Building
Technology in the contemporary
construction scenario

Research Design
Hypothesis Research Questions Instruments
6. There exist lack of
inadequate incentives on
part of the government to
promote and encourage the
implementation of Green
Building technologies in the
construction industries
7. High conflicts of interests
among the different
stakeholders in the industry
stalls the growth of the
Green Building Technology in
the contemporary
construction scenarios
1. Is the role of Project Delivery
systems clearly defined?
2. 2. Is the separation of
optimal view points between
the two most widely used
Project Delivery systems
clearly distinct?
3. Is the separation of optimal
view points between the two
most widely used Project
Delivery systems adhered to
within PMBOK? 4. Do all
PMBOK areas have influence
to separation of optimal view
points between the two most
widely used Project Delivery
systems ?
Primary Data
Survey Questions are asked
specifically addressing the
definition of the roles of the role
of Project Delivery systems.
Questions asked project
stakeholders to identify who
carried out separation of
optimal view points .
Comparisons were drawn
between the Project Delivery
systems .
Secondary Data
From NSW Government

Data collection/Analysis
The heights of bars are
proportional to the frequencies of
each level of a variable.
Out of 60 respondents only 11
(18.3%) employees either
strongly disagree or disagree with
the fact that there exists higher
economic costs and market
prices in the aspects of adoption
of Green Building Technology as
compared to the conventional
technologies used in the
construction industry (Field,
2013). 32 people either agree or
strongly agree with that fact.
Higher economic costs and market prices adopt
Green Building Technology as compared to the
conventional technologies

Data collection/Analysis
Among 60 responders a
significant number of 26 (43.3%)
responders regard that there
exists a lack of financial
schemes and supports in the
aspect of implementation of
Green Building technologies.
Only 12 (20%) responders
denied the proposition.
Lack of financial schemes and supports to
implement in Green Building technologies

Data collection/Analysis
Unwillinggreen ness to replace the conventional
methods by new building techniques is the reason
of slow adaptation
Here, a very high proportion of
responders agreed (58.3%) that
there remains unwillingness to
change or replace the
conventional methods by new
green building techniques that
have been one of the primary
reason behind the slow adaption
of green building technologies.
Only 11.3% responders
disregarded the consideration.
Only 9 responders are neutral
about this fact.

Data collection/Analysis
High degree of scepticism about the
implementation of the GB technologies
Only 13.3% people denied the
fact that there exists high degree
of scepticism about the
implementation of the green
building technologies. A large
percentage of 36 people (60%)
responders supported and
strongly supported the fact that
there exists high degree of
scepticism about the
implementation of the green
building technologies. The
significant number of 16 people
had no idea about that fact.

Data collection/Analysis
High conflicts among the different stakeholders
stall the growth of the GB Technology in the
contemporary construction
Out of 60 samples 29 people accepts
and 15 people denies the that high
conflicts among the various
stakeholders in the industry stalls the
growth of the green building
technology in the contemporary
construction scenarios. Therefore, the
number of responders for the
acceptance of the proposed
consideration are greater in number
than the number of people who
disregard the presence of high
conflicts of interest.

Data collection/Analysis
Lack of sufficient and productive databases
regarding the adoption and implementation of GB
technologies
Out of 60 responders 31 (51.7%)
respondents proposed that they agree
with the fact that there exists a lack of
sufficient and productive databases
regarding the adoption and
implementation of the green building
technologies. 21.7% people either
strongly disagreed or disagreed with
the fact. Similarly, 21.7% people kept
their equal types of consideration
about the proposition.

Data collection/Analysis
Lack of inadequate incentives of government to
promote and encourage the implementation of GB
technologies
Out of 60 responders, a huge
percentage of 40% people are neural
about the fact that there exists the
lack of inadequate incentives on the
part of the government for
promoting and encouraging the
implementation of the green building
technologies in the construction
industries. Similarly, 40% people
agree or strongly agree with the fact.
Only 20% people disregarded the
consideration.

Findings/Major contributions
 All the people agreed to the fact that there is not enough funding for the green
buildings.
 While finding the causes regarding financial behaviour, it was mostly found that lack of
required capital is the reason behind it. Besides the issues of debt crisis, low returns,
implementation techniques, political issues and lack of foreign information has come
under the light of consideration.
 The response about Green Building policies of the government are mixed. Five of them
informed that government has already taken proper policies in case of funding, trading
and taxation that would improving the current status.
 Except Ninth responder, all the responders conveyed that people has lack of knowledge
in the technical field to have green building policies.
 The whole scenario according to the qualitative analysis of the interviews refer that the
scarcity of green building policies, funding, support of government and technical
knowledge to have green buildings are available.
 High economic costs and lack of willingness to change are found to be present along

Future Research
 In the report, the policy instruments and market failures are also discussed. With the
brief review of global green building programs, it could be interpreted that by
describing challenges for the implementation of green building policies and priorities
for future research.
 It could be inferred that as perthe discussion of the challenges of implementing policies
and seeking to understand the issues regarding green buildings, some priorities for
future research and policies are to be undertaken.

Conclusions
 This thesis represents an overview of economics and policies through the evidences
retrieved from quantitative and qualitative survey concerning green building policies.
 The findings discovered that higher economic cost and market price is one of the greatest
obstacle to adopt green building technology as compared to conventional construction
technology.
 It was found that there exists the lack of inadequate incentives on the governmental
promotional part to implement green building technologies in the construction industries. It
intends an approach towards incomplete community sustainability for green building
conception.
 The drastic amount of heterogeneity of individual green-certified buildings has made it
critical to evaluate the non-market and market facilities of green constructions.
 It could be inferred that as perthe discussion of the challenges of implementing policies
and seeking to understand the issues regarding green buildings, some priorities for future
research and policies are to be undertaken.

Recommendation
 Firstly, the flexibility inherent in green building programs and recommendations results in
a scarcity of consensus on the follow ups to be measured.
 The environment protection agencies and governmental associates should have a clean
planning to provide an opportunity for cleaning the negative externalities.
 The investments in dynamic water supply system, smart-grid technology and real-time
electricity permit the policymakers to reconstruct the potential towards building
operation.
 Environmental policies and policy preferences need to be linked with the help of urban
growth patterns for green consumers, investors, stakeholders or donors.
 Government should grant “Green Action Plan” and implement the green building
ordinances in green-city building movement.
 Government should approach to build the green constructions with the help of local
green building organisations for growing the green building practice of the country.

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