Identifying the key barriers to promote sustainable construction in the United States: A principal component analysis

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dc.contributor.authorKarji, A.
dc.contributor.authorNamian, M.
dc.contributor.authorTafazzoli, M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-29T18:01:16Z
dc.date.available2021-09-29T18:01:16Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-22
dc.descriptionThis is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly citeden_US
dc.description.abstractThe need to build more facilities has intensified the inherited adverse impacts of the construction industry on the triple bottom lines of sustainability (i.e., people, planet, and profit). The current practice of sustainability in the construction industry is far from reaching the targeted green goals. In order to foster these endeavors, this study aims to explore sustainable construction barriers in the United States. To achieve the objective, first, 12 sustainability barriers were identified based on an excessive and comprehensive literature review and solicitation of experts’ opinions to validate the barriers. Next, a questionnaire survey was developed and distributed among 135 industry professionals to evaluate the relative importance of factors. To offer a practical solution, principal component analysis (PCA) was used to analyze the data and find the most effective barriers. The results show that four major barriers, including (1) pre-construction constraints, (2) managerial constraints, (3) legislative constraints, and (4) financial and planning constraints are the most influential challenges that the industry faces to foster sustainable construction. Practical solutions are suggested to tackle sustainable construction barriers. The findings of this study are beneficial to the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry members along with owners and policymakers.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipECU Open Access Publishing Support Funden_US
dc.identifier.citationKarji, A., Namian, M., & Tafazzoli, M. (2020). Identifying the key barriers to promote sustainable construction in the United States: A principal component analysis. Sustainability, 12(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125088en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12125088
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/9439
dc.relation.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/12/5088en_US
dc.subjectsustainable constructionen_US
dc.subjectsustainability barriersen_US
dc.subjectprincipal component analysisen_US
dc.subjectconstruction managementen_US
dc.subjectsustainable developmenten_US
dc.titleIdentifying the key barriers to promote sustainable construction in the United States: A principal component analysisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
ecu.journal.issue12en_US
ecu.journal.nameSustainabilityen_US
ecu.journal.pages5088en_US
ecu.journal.volume12en_US

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