Development of a novel psychological model to predict the eco-block building adoption in Mauritius

IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Hashita Joyram , Kannan Govindan , Robin Nunkoo
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As a consequence of energy issues and societal dilemmas, building insulation like the eco-block technology has proven its usefulness to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy security and enhance the living conditions of building occupants. In Mauritius, the eco-block building material was introduced to improve the energy efficiency of conventional buildings. As observed, limited people's knowledge, poor communication with developers and lack of support from policymakers slow the adoption of the building technology. Mauritian residents are the important stakeholders as they are the final decision-makers of the building insulation. Given recent studies reported that green building adoption is rather psychological than technical, the research makes an original contribution to the literature by extending two consistent psychological frameworks (technology of acceptance model and theory of planned behaviour) and proposing a new framework for assessing the unexplored predictors on eco-block building adoption. A survey questionnaire was forwarded to Mauritian residents through the purposive sampling method to collect data, where 283 responses were useful to undergo structural equation modelling. The results disclosed that attitudes, perceived usefulness, social norm, perceived behavioural control, personal innovativeness, energy concern and price sensitivity have an impact on the acceptance of the eco-block building. Contrarily, subjective knowledge and organisational trust have no influence on the adoption intention. Instead, organisational trust affects behavioural intention indirectly through perceived usefulness. The outcome of this research can serve as a roadmap for relevant stakeholders to promote eco-block building usage in Mauritius.

开发新型心理模型,预测毛里求斯采用生态街区建筑的情况
由于能源问题和社会困境,生态砖技术等建筑隔热材料已被证明有助于减少温室气体排放、提高能源安全和改善建筑使用者的生活条件。毛里求斯引进了生态砖建筑材料,以提高传统建筑的能效。据观察,由于人们的知识有限、与开发商的沟通不畅以及缺乏政策制定者的支持,建筑技术的采用速度缓慢。毛里求斯居民是重要的利益相关者,因为他们是建筑隔热的最终决策者。鉴于最近的研究报告指出,绿色建筑的采用是心理因素而非技术因素,本研究扩展了两个一致的心理学框架(接受技术模型和计划行为理论),并提出了一个新的框架,用于评估生态建筑采用方面尚未探索的预测因素,从而为相关文献做出了原创性贡献。通过有目的的抽样方法,向毛里求斯居民发放了调查问卷以收集数据,其中 283 份答复有助于进行结构方程建模。结果表明,态度、感知有用性、社会规范、感知行为控制、个人创新性、能源关注和价格敏感性对生态砖建筑的接受度有影响。相反,主观知识和组织信任对采用意愿没有影响。相反,组织信任会通过感知有用性间接影响行为意向。本研究的结果可作为相关利益方在毛里求斯推广使用生态砖建筑的路线图。
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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Cleaner and Responsible Consumption Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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