College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Jul;28(26):34793-34823. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-12917-7. Epub 2021 Mar 3.
In the recent era, energy management practices (EMPs) have gained significant importance in developed countries, due to their cost efficiency and the potential to protect the environment. However, developing countries are not particularly serious about adopting and implementing sustainable construction practices, due to the different barriers that hinder them from doing so. Therefore, the complete adoption of effective EMPs is still at the initial stage. The objective of this study is to identify the barriers to EMPs adoption, in the construction sector of Pakistan. Initially, the barriers were identified from the earlier studies and screened by the fuzzy Delphi method (FDM). These screened barriers were then evaluated through the ISM. The results of the ISM show that there happens to be a "lack of communication and collaboration among project stakeholders," "attitudinal, cultural and behavioral resistance to adopt EMPs", "lack of top management support and interest in energy management issues," "no condition for implementing EMPs on construction site," and "lack of financing schemes to implement energy management technology," as the top barriers to EMPs adoption in the construction projects pertaining to Pakistan. Thus in this regard, this study empirically contributes to EMPs literature that is based on the developing countries and supports the policymakers in developing appropriate strategies to reduce energy consumption in construction projects-especially in developing countries.
在当今时代，能源管理实践（EMPs）在发达国家变得非常重要，因为它们具有成本效益，并且有潜力保护环境。然而，发展中国家并没有特别认真地采用和实施可持续建筑实践，因为存在各种障碍阻碍了它们这样做。因此，全面采用有效的 EMP 仍处于初始阶段。本研究的目的是确定巴基斯坦建筑领域采用 EMP 的障碍。最初，这些障碍是从早期的研究中确定的，并通过模糊德尔菲法（FDM）进行了筛选。然后，通过 ISM 对这些筛选出的障碍进行评估。ISM 的结果表明，存在“项目利益相关者之间缺乏沟通和协作”、“对采用 EMP 的态度、文化和行为抵制”、“缺乏高层管理支持和对能源管理问题的兴趣”、“施工现场没有实施 EMP 的条件”和“缺乏实施能源管理技术的融资方案”等障碍，这些障碍是巴基斯坦建筑项目采用 EMP 的主要障碍。因此，在这方面，本研究根据发展中国家的情况为 EMP 文献做出了实证贡献，并为政策制定者提供了支持，以制定适当的战略来减少建筑项目中的能源消耗——特别是在发展中国家。
