The contextual parameters influence on the eco-block building purchase decision in Mauritius

IF 16.4 1区 化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Hashita Joyram
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Concern for unsustainable buildings has obliged the global construction industry to embrace energy-efficient building envelope. In Mauritius, building insulation like the eco-block technology was initiated to reduce energy consumption from air-conditioning, ensure energy cost savings and improve thermal comfort. An investigation of the factors which motivate society’s acceptance of the new building is important to enable its wider-scale implementation. Normally, the adoption decision-making process is a generic model to understand the different stages leading to the purchase decision of a specific innovation. However, the model is restricted in terms of obtaining an in-depth contextual understanding towards the selection process. The contribution of this research is, therefore, to develop a new adoption decision-making framework that aims to explore the contextual factors and examine Mauritians’ purchase decision of the eco-block building, filling the literature gaps. A survey questionnaire was designed and distributed to Mauritians based on the researcher’s judgment, where 257 responses were useful to undergo structural equation modelling. The findings revealed that dissatisfaction with the thermal comfort of existing buildings during hot season, importance to reduce energy, household size, internal product features, economic incentives and public education have significant influence on the building acceptance. Contrastingly, building age, awareness of building insulation alternatives, external product features and past experience have no effect on adoption decision. Accordingly, the predictor variables within the contextual model could satisfactorily explain 21.1% of the eco-block building purchase behaviour. The contextual framework can eventually assist building developers to use the research outcomes and formulate successful implementation strategies.

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环境参数对毛里求斯生态建筑购买决策的影响
对不可持续的建筑的担忧迫使全球建筑业采用节能建筑围护结构。在毛里求斯,为了减少空调能耗、确保节约能源成本和提高热舒适度,开始采用生态砖技术等建筑隔热材料。对促使社会接受新建筑的因素进行调查,对于更广泛地实施新建筑非常重要。通常情况下,采用决策过程是一个通用模型,用于理解导致购买特定创新决策的不同阶段。然而,该模型在深入了解选择过程的背景方面受到了限制。因此,本研究的贡献在于开发了一个新的采用决策框架,旨在探索背景因素,研究毛里求斯人购买生态街区建筑的决策,填补文献空白。根据研究人员的判断,设计了一份调查问卷并分发给毛里求斯人,其中 257 份答复有助于进行结构方程建模。调查结果显示,对现有建筑在炎热季节的热舒适度的不满、对降低能耗的重视程度、家庭规模、内部产品功能、经济激励措施和公共教育对建筑接受度有显著影响。相反,楼龄、对建筑隔热替代品的认识、外部产品特性和以往经验对采用决定没有影响。因此,情境模型中的预测变量可以很好地解释 21.1%的生态砖建筑购买行为。情境框架最终可帮助建筑开发商利用研究成果,制定成功的实施策略。
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Accounts of Chemical Research
Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合
CiteScore
31.40
自引率
1.10%
发文量
312
审稿时长
2 months
期刊介绍: Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.
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