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Critical Review on the Theoretical Framework and Critical Success Factors in Green Construction

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Construction activities must conserved energy, land, water and material to successfully implementing green construction, while planning and managing the work regarding the minimisation of environmental impacts related to the construction process. Notwithstanding this, many arguments and discrepancies between the ideal form of green construction and existing construction due to the practical difficulties in realizing the concept of green construction. This paper critically reviews the existing green building assessment tools, theoretical framework and the critical success factors based on literature review search. Investigating the existing green building assessment tools, theoretical framework and critical success factors are fundamental in determining the successful implementation of green construction in the Malaysian construction environment.

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Acknowledgments

This paper is supported by FRGS research grant (project no. 600 RMI/FRGS 5/3(37/2012). The authors also would like to thank Universiti Teknologi MARA for supporting this paper.

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  1. Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Architecture Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Sarawak, Malaysia

    Afzan Ahmad Zaini

  2. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Sarawak, Malaysia

    Intan Rohani Endut

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  1. Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

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  2. IIESM, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

    Marina Yusoff

  3. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

    Anizahyati Alisibramulisi

  4. IIESM, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

    Norliyati Mohd Amin

  5. Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

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Zaini, A.A., Endut, I.R. (2015). Critical Review on the Theoretical Framework and Critical Success Factors in Green Construction. In: Hassan, R., Yusoff, M., Alisibramulisi, A., Mohd Amin, N., Ismail, Z. (eds) InCIEC 2014. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-290-6_21

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