Analysis of green technology on construction industry

Tanbibur Rahman(1323004) & Akib Zaman(1323022)

The objective of this study is to identify the current level of Green Technologies
application in construction industry among the local construction stakeholders. The
study will indicate the present state of usage of green technology as well as the
barrier that prevents’ from using green technology. The scope and necessity of using
green technology and discuss some effective methods as well.
The sample of this study was determined using simple random sampling technique.
This type of sample is most suitable where every element in the population has a
known and equal chance of being selected as a subject. In other word, each single of
element in the list has the same or equal probability of being chosen. The quantitative
research was carried out and the main respondents were the local construction
stakeholders. Previous researchers who carried out research in the sustainable
development assessment frameworks suggested that the following stakeholders are
crucial in attaining construction sustainability which include the Consultants
(architects, quantity surveyors and engineers), Contractors (manifesting the design
into reality), and the Clients (the ones who drive the sustainability needs of the
projects). The numbers of questionnaires received were 128. However, only 122
questionnaires were usable out of the total responds.

Awareness of professionals about the green building in Bangladesh 55% ,

in Asia 70%, in Africa 35%, in Europe 83.2%
Company commitment to green building in Bangladesh 15%, in Asia 55%, in
Australia 80%
The level of developing green building in the world is increasing day by day.

Barriers:
Lack of building codes and regulation, Lack of incentives, Higher investment cost,
Risk of investment, Higher final price, Lack of credit resources to cover up front
cost, Lack of Public awareness, Lack of demand, Lack of strategy to promote green
building, Lack of design and construction team, Lack of expertise, Lack of
professional knowledge, Lake of database and information (case study), Lack of
technology, Lack of government support.

General objective was met through the accomplishments of the research. More
importantly, the current level of sustainability performances were identified among
the construction stakeholders. Currently, the application of Green Technologies in
construction industry can be categorized as moderately adopted. Based on this study,
it proved that there are a lot of initiatives that need to be done in order to improve
the application of Green Technologies specifically in the construction industry.