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Awareness of Green Building Prerequisites for Skill Development Among Built-Industry Professionals in Nigeria

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The Construction Industry in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (CIDB 2019)

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This paper assessed the level of awareness of the prerequisites for green building development among built industry professionals in South-West Nigeria. Data was collected using the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4. The LEED v4 Project checklist for New Construction and Major Renovation was adapted on a 5 point Likert’s scale. The methods for the data analysis included the Mean Item Score (MIS) and the Kruskal Wallis H Test. The Kruskal Wallis H Test showed no statistically significant difference in the level of awareness of the prerequisites. The paper concluded that there is no significant difference in the level of awareness of the prerequisites for green building development among the built industry professionals in the study area. The study recommended the need for professional bodies to propagate the principles of green building for adequate skill development among their members.

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  1. Department of Quantity Surveying, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo-State, Nigeria

    Comfort Olubunmi Ade-Ojo & O. A. Awodele

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Ade-Ojo, C.O., Awodele, O.A. (2020). Awareness of Green Building Prerequisites for Skill Development Among Built-Industry Professionals in Nigeria. In: Aigbavboa, C., Thwala, W. (eds) The Construction Industry in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. CIDB 2019. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26528-1_19

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