Literature review on green cost premium of sustainable building construction

Despite evidence that sustainable construction practice has numerous environmental, economy and societal benefits, many construction practitioners have failed to support sustainable construction practice due to perceive higher initial cost known as 'green cost premium' when compared to tra...

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Main Authors: Mat Russ, Nazirah, Hanid, Mahanim, Ye, Kho Mei
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia 2018
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spelling iium-705012019-06-24T03:57:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70501/ Literature review on green cost premium of sustainable building construction Mat Russ, Nazirah Hanid, Mahanim Ye, Kho Mei TH Building construction Despite evidence that sustainable construction practice has numerous environmental, economy and societal benefits, many construction practitioners have failed to support sustainable construction practice due to perceive higher initial cost known as 'green cost premium' when compared to traditional construction practice. Hence, the factors of green cost premium that are commonly cited as a crucial barrier toward sustainable construction practice must be investigated. Based on the analysis of the existing literature (e.g.: conference paper, journal article), there are 27 factors, that classified into seven elements, that contribute to the cost differential. However, few studies have been conducted on green cost premium in developing countries. Therefore, this study attempts to fill this gap and is expected to contribute to the discussion on green cost premium to improve sustainable construction implementation. Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia 2018-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70501/1/A-2762.pdf Mat Russ, Nazirah and Hanid, Mahanim and Ye, Kho Mei (2018) Literature review on green cost premium of sustainable building construction. International Journal of Technology, 9 (8). pp. 1715-1725. ISSN 2086-9614 https://doi.org/10.14716/ijtech.v9i8.2762 10.14716/ijtech.v9i8.2762
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Mat Russ, Nazirah
Hanid, Mahanim
Ye, Kho Mei
Literature review on green cost premium of sustainable building construction
description Despite evidence that sustainable construction practice has numerous environmental, economy and societal benefits, many construction practitioners have failed to support sustainable construction practice due to perceive higher initial cost known as 'green cost premium' when compared to traditional construction practice. Hence, the factors of green cost premium that are commonly cited as a crucial barrier toward sustainable construction practice must be investigated. Based on the analysis of the existing literature (e.g.: conference paper, journal article), there are 27 factors, that classified into seven elements, that contribute to the cost differential. However, few studies have been conducted on green cost premium in developing countries. Therefore, this study attempts to fill this gap and is expected to contribute to the discussion on green cost premium to improve sustainable construction implementation.
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author Mat Russ, Nazirah
Hanid, Mahanim
Ye, Kho Mei
author_facet Mat Russ, Nazirah
Hanid, Mahanim
Ye, Kho Mei
author_sort Mat Russ, Nazirah
title Literature review on green cost premium of sustainable building construction
title_short Literature review on green cost premium of sustainable building construction
title_full Literature review on green cost premium of sustainable building construction
title_fullStr Literature review on green cost premium of sustainable building construction
title_full_unstemmed Literature review on green cost premium of sustainable building construction
title_sort literature review on green cost premium of sustainable building construction
publisher Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/70501/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/70501/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/70501/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/70501/1/A-2762.pdf
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