Implementation of green building materials in construction industry in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

The research paper is to investigate the implementation of green building materials by construction industry stakeholders in Johor Bahru. Several features and the main types of green building material used in construction industry in Johor Bahru is determined. Barriers and solutions is identified in...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2019-06, Vol.268 (1), p.12006
Main Authors: Kuppusamy, S, Chew, H Y, Mari, T S, Chai, C S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Building materials
Construction industry
Construction materials
Energy efficiency
Green buildings
Green development
Reinforced concrete
Scientific papers
Silicones
Sustainable materials
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Summary:The research paper is to investigate the implementation of green building materials by construction industry stakeholders in Johor Bahru. Several features and the main types of green building material used in construction industry in Johor Bahru is determined. Barriers and solutions is identified in adopting the green building materials and questionaire is used to gauge response from targetted respondends. The design structure of the questionnaire is to achieve the three objectives of the research. The first objective of the study intends to investigate the importance level for features of green building and the types of green building materials. The second objective of the research is to investigate importance level of the core barriers for the usage of green building materials and the third objective is to investigate importance level of the solutions for the barriers in adopting green building materials. The data collected is analysed using SPSS software, descrptive statistics eg. mean score and standard deviation interpretations. In conclusion, the GBM features preferred are energy efficiency, low carbon emission and raw material and waste is recyclable. Preferred GBM types are "sustainable brick", "lightweight reinforced concrete" and "wood flooring" are the top three ranked GBM in Johor Bahru. The research also found that, "Higher cost", "Lack of awareness" and "Lack of rules and regulations" are the top three ranked core barriers. Finally, the research concluded that, "Reduce green building material cost", "Education" and "Training campaign" are the top three ranked solutions importance level in adopting GBM in Johor Bahru.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/268/1/012006