Motivating Factors for the Delivery of Sustainable Housing Projects in Nigeria

Abstract

Sustainable housing projects are expected to alleviate the poor performance in energy consumption, and carbon emission of built
environments and also a reduction in the cost-in-use of a building. Some factors promote the delivery of sustainable housing projects and these factors are described as motivators. This study therefore assessed motivating factors influencing the performance of sustainable housing projects. These were to enhance sustainable housing delivery. Primary data were collected using a structured questionnaire survey to elicit information on factors influencing the delivery of sustainable housing projects. A total enumeration of all the 259 stakeholders involved in the identified 167 units of sustainable housing projects was included in the survey. The respondents comprised Contractors, Developers, and Government. The data collected were analysed using mean ranking analysis (MRA) and factor analysis. The top 5 motivating factors of sustainable housing projects were; monitoring compliance with regulations (MS= 3.99); availability of stable macroeconomic (MS = 3.87); sustainable environment (MS = 3.87), appropriate sustainable design (MS = 3.86), efficient data management system and clear project criteria and standards (MS = 3.86). The study concluded that the 33 identified motivating factors could be parsimoniously reduced to 4 components of project-related factors, government-related factors, management-related factors, and individual stakeholder-related factors.