Open Conference Systems, 6th Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organisation

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Influences of Consumers-Constructors relationships in the green-building market
Ektewan Manowong

Last modified: 2011-03-05

Abstract


Green building market is rapidly expanding around the globe as the concept of green building and sustainable construction are becoming increasingly recognized by stakeholders in construction industry. In response to consumers' concerns on sustainability issues, the construction industry has to adjust their attitudes and perception towards planning and utilizing of the built environments. Having perceived that interactions and relationships between consumers and constructors play an important role in exerting efforts to promote and attain the prospective achievement of green building market, this paper introduces a conceptualized framework for examining influences of the consumers-constructors relationships (CCR) by using qualitative research methods. It is expected that findings in this study will facilitate conceptualizing improvement of interactive CCR among construction stakeholders so that they can eventually attain mutual benefits from green building markets.