scholarly journals The Socio-Economics of Women Inclusion in Green Construction

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adedeji Olushola Afolabi ◽  
Patience Fikiemo Tunji-Olayeni ◽  
Opeyemi Olanrewaju Oyeyipo ◽  
Rapheal Abiodun Ojelabi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Green Construction ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Career Growth ◽  
Female Professionals

The female population represents one of the greatest untapped resources for economic growth and revitalization in most sectors. The purpose of the study was to examine the socio-economics of women’s inclusion in green construction. The study utilized the use of questionnaires which were distributed to female professionals in the Nigerian construction industry. A total of 120 female construction professionals were used for this study. The data gathered was analysed using SPSS v17.0 with tests such as Frequencies, Percentages, Mean Score, ANOVA, and Factor Analysis. The result revealed a low level of participation by women in green construction. Women in construction exhibited moderate participation in Solar panel manufacturing, installation, and maintenance and in the enforcement of environmentally friendly practices on-site. The study revealed that the stressful nature of works, low interest from women, low career growth/progression and low investments in green works are significant barriers affecting women’s inclusion in green construction. In conclusion, the study identified three (3) socio-economic benefits of women’s inclusion in green construction. These are family/women related benefits, environment related benefits, and green energy market related benefits. The study suggested measures to increase women’s participation in green construction.

Problem Analysis and Countermeasures of the Construction Enterprises in the Green Construction

2013 ◽  
Vol 291-294 ◽  
pp. 1016-1020
Author(s):  
Jia Sheng Jin
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Problem Analysis ◽  
Construction Work ◽  
Construction Enterprise ◽  
Construction Enterprises ◽  
Green Construction ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Countermeasures And Suggestions ◽  
Relative Concept

Green construction is a relative concept, development, become the subject of the relevant departments of the State and enterprises need to seriously consider building green construction to carry out construction work in sustainable development boom. This paper describes the construction enterprise green construction; analysis learned difficult to implement green construction, mainly in four areas, namely the lack of awareness of green construction, current management mechanism is not perfect, irrational development of the construction industry as well as economic benefits can not be is embodied, and for these reasons put forward countermeasures and suggestions to expedite the implementation of green construction in the construction work carried out.

The Management Objectives of Green Construction and Difficulties on its Dissemination

2013 ◽  
Vol 689 ◽  
pp. 90-94
Author(s):  
Chao Xun Zhou ◽  
Xiao Feng Xu ◽  
Feng Yao
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Green Technologies ◽  
Green Construction ◽  
Management Objectives ◽  
Incentive Policies ◽  
Trend Of Development

Green construction originated in the 1980s, and attracted the attention of the construction industry with its social and environmental benefits. The implementation of green construction has changed the traditional project management objectives. Compared to the traditional objectives which are simply concerned with economic benefits, those of green construction are concerned about social and environmental benefits and pursue long-term benefits and contribution to society and environment. As a new trend of development, green construction has difficulties with its dissemination. The survey taken by this article indicates that the main difficulties in dissemination of green construction in China are: high cost, lack of the government’s support or incentive policies, unfamiliarity with green technologies, lack of codes and regulations, and lack of awareness. Finally several suggestions are given to overcome the difficulties.

scholarly journals Towards lean and green thinking in construction projects at Gaza Strip

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1827-1838
Author(s):  
Nabil I. El-sawalhi ◽  
Bilal Majid Jaber ◽  
Abed Al Shukri
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Lean Construction ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Green Construction ◽  
Lean And Green ◽  
The Gaza Strip

Abstract Background and problem: Integrating lean and green principles while implementing construction project has become an important aspect of modern construction. Lean construction and green building are used to maxi­mize the economic benefits, address quality, reduce waste and minimize the negative environmental impacts in con­struction. Aims: The objectives of this paper were to measure the degree of knowledge of lean and green approaches in con­struction industry in Gaza Strip and to identify the most important benefits from application of lean and green in construction. Methodology: Literature review and questionnaire survey were used in this study. A total of 155 copies of the questionnaire were distributed randomly to owners, con­sultants and contractors in the Gaza Strip, and 119 copies of the questionnaire were received. Results: The results revealed that the awareness level of lean and green construction by owners, consultants and contractors in the construction industry in Gaza Strip is moderate. There are very important benefits of applying lean and green construction such as “reduce non-useful work that does not add value to work”, “reduce the environmental impact of the construction process” and “saving the money needed to complete the project”. Conclusions: It was concluded that integrating both concepts on projects showed that lean leads to green but not necessarily vice versa. The fields of lean and green thinking, however, have been developed largely independent of each other. There is a big gap in the knowledge and application of the lean construction and the green application.

scholarly journals Photovoltaics Enabling Sustainable Energy Communities: Technological Drivers and Emerging Markets

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1862
Author(s):  
Alexandros-Georgios Chronis ◽  
Foivos Palaiogiannis ◽  
Iasonas Kouveliotis-Lysikatos ◽  
Panos Kotsampopoulos ◽  
Nikos Hatziargyriou
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Local Energy ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Open Research ◽  
Energy Community

In this paper, we investigate the economic benefits of an energy community investing in small-scale photovoltaics (PVs) when local energy trading is operated amongst the community members. The motivation stems from the open research question on whether a community-operated local energy market can enhance the investment feasibility of behind-the-meter small-scale PVs installed by energy community members. Firstly, a review of the models, mechanisms and concepts required for framing the relevant concepts is conducted, while a clarification of nuances at important terms is attempted. Next, a tool for the investigation of the economic benefits of operating a local energy market in the context of an energy community is developed. We design the local energy market using state-of-the-art formulations, modified according to the requirements of the case study. The model is applied to an energy community that is currently under formation in a Greek municipality. From the various simulations that were conducted, a series of generalizable conclusions are extracted.

scholarly journals Bioclimatic and Regenerative Design Guidelines for a Circular University Campus in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8238
Author(s):  
Noemi Bakos ◽  
Rosa Schiano-Phan
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Regenerative Design ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Social Environmental

To transform the negative impacts of buildings on the environment into a positive footprint, a radical shift from the current, linear ‘make-use-dispose’ practice to a closed-loop ‘make-use-return’ system, associated with a circular economy, is necessary. This research aims to demonstrate the possible shift to a circular construction industry by developing the first practical framework with tangible benchmarks for a ‘Circular University Campus’ based on an exemplary case study project, which is a real project development in India. As a first step, a thorough literature review was undertaken to demonstrate the social, environmental and economic benefits of a circular construction industry. As next step, the guideline for a ‘Circular University Campus’ was developed, and its applicability tested on the case study. As final step, the evolved principles were used to establish ‘Project Specific Circular Building Indicators’ for a student residential block and enhance the proposed design through bioclimatic and regenerative design strategies. The building’s performance was evaluated through computational simulations, whole-life carbon analysis and a circular building assessment tool. The results demonstrated the benefits and feasibility of bioclimatic, regenerative building and neighbourhood design and provided practical prototypical case study and guidelines which can be adapted by architects, planners and governmental institutions to other projects, thereby enabling the shift to a restorative, circular construction industry.

The Researches on the Green Construction Model of the Steel Building System of Residence Project

2011 ◽  
Vol 52-54 ◽  
pp. 773-776
Author(s):  
Wei Chen ◽  
Li Jie Duan ◽  
Yu Chun Cai
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Steel Structure ◽  
Suitable Model ◽  
Green Construction ◽  
Steel Building ◽  
Project Construction ◽  
Building System ◽  
Construction Model ◽  
Different Levels

The steel building system of residence project has more advantage in environment protection and project management than the traditional residence project construction. The main steel structure residence components can be manufactured in the green construction base as the manufacturing industry. The key issue to realize the green construction model of steel building system of residence project is to apply with a suitable model of green construction base. This paper introduced four types of green construction base which are different levels related with project, enterprise, industry and region to combine construction industry with manufacturing. The TOPSIS method was applied to evaluate and analyze to figure out the optimization model of green construction base in steel building system of residence project.

scholarly journals Informality and Economic Growth in Nigeria: 1980-2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Yelwa ◽  
A. J. Adam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Demand Deposit ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Adf Test ◽  
The Relationship

<p><em>The paper examines the impact of informal sector activities on economic growth in Nigeria between 1980-2014. The contributions of informal sector activities to the growth of Nigerian economy cannot be over emphasized. It is the source of livelihood to the majority of poor, unskilled, socially marginalized and female population and is the vital means of survival for the people in the country lacking proper safety nets and unemployment insurance especially those lacking skills from formal sector jobs. The relationship between informality and economic growth is not clear because the sector is not regulated by the law also there is no concrete evidence that this sector enhances growth because the sector’s contributions to growth is not measured. The use of endogenous growth model becomes relevant in this study. The theory emphasizes the role of production on the long-run via a higher rate of technological innovation. The variables that were tested are official economy nominal GDP, informal economy nominal GDP, currency in circulation, demand deposit, ratio of currency in circulation to demand deposit, narrow money, informal economy as percentage of official economy. ADF test was conducted to establish that the data series of all variables are stationary t levels. Having established the stationarity test we also, conducted causality test of the response of official economy nominal GDP to informal economy nominal GDP. In conclusion, the impact of informal sector economy on economic growth in Nigeria is quiet commendable. Even though, the relationship between informality and economic growth is not straight. The paper recommended thus, the need for the government to integrate the activities of the informal economy into formal sector and size of the sector is measured and regulated because their roles are commendable. As it will improve tax collection and enhance fiscal policy.</em></p>

scholarly journals Impact of Transport Infrastructure on Gross Regional Products: Evidence from Chinese Provinces under the “Belt and Road Initiative”

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-45
Author(s):  
Jin-Hui Li ◽  
Chol-Ju An ◽  
Gwang-Nam Rim
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Development Levels ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Belt And Road

Purpose: This paper analyzes the impact of transport infrastructure on Gross Regional Products in Chinese provinces under the “Belt and Road Initiative”. Methods: The impact of the key elements of transport infrastructure on Gross Regional Products is analyzed based on the data related to development levels of transport infrastructure and economic development. Correlation and regression analyses were used for data analysis. Results: It is found that railways and highways, which are the key elements of transport infrastructure, have a strong correlation with Gross Regional Products, and their effects are diverse among provinces under study. Implications: The findings demonstrate the position and role of diverse infrastructural elements in enhancing the economic benefits of infrastructural investment and promoting economic growth. Thus, it is expected to facilitate decision-making related to infrastructural investment under the “Belt and Road Initiative”.

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