Hindrances to Green Building Developments in Nigeria's Built Environment: "The Project Professionals' Perspectives"

2017 International Conference on Environmental and Energy Engineering

生态环境科学;能源学

Dalibi, S.G.^1 ; Feng, J.C.^1 ; Shuangqin, Liu^1 ; Sadiq, Abubakar^1 ; Bello, B.S.^1 ; Danja, I.I.^2

Business School, Hohai University, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China^1

Architecture Department, South East University, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China^2

关键词: Built environment;    Environmental sustainability;    Green buildings;    Major factors;    Population growth;    Questionnaire surveys;    Residential housings;    Sustainable practices;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/63/1/012033/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/63/1/012033

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Developing countries like Nigeria are faced with the growth of residential housing sector accompanied by huge power, water, and material consumptions etc., which were due to the population growth, increased households and the increased urbanization. The construction industry is guilty of many practices because its activities have adversely affected the environment negatively. It responded with new initiative called Eco / green / sustainable buildings to ensure environmental sustainability. Despite all these glaring challenges green building developments and sustainable practices are embraced very slowly and practiced at slow pace in the Nigeria's construction industry. This is worrisome and is due to some factors hindering such pace. The aim of this paper is to identify, examine and assess the factors that are hindering green building developments based on the project professionals' perceptions. Reviewed literatures were used to identify the various factors that hindered the adoption of green measures and practices within the Nigeria's built environment. A questionnaire survey was conducted within the industry. The results showed the major factors hindering green building developments and practices in the Nigeria's built environment.