TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial-temporal investigation of green building promotion efficiency
T2 - The case of China
AU - Chen, Linyan
AU - Chan, Albert P.C.
AU - Darko, Amos
AU - Gao, Xin
N1 - Funding Information:
This article is a part of a large-scope Ph.D. research project aimed at promoting regional GB adoption in China. The authors acknowledge that this paper shares a similar background and methodology with other related papers published by the authors, but with different scopes and objectives. The authors would like to thank the Joint PhD Programmes Leading to Dual Awards (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Tongji University ) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant number: 72174146 ) for funding this research. We are very thankful to the editors and reviewers whose invaluable comments and suggestions helped to improve the quality of this paper significantly.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/8/15
Y1 - 2022/8/15
N2 - Green building, a significant sustainable practice to enhance the relationship between buildings and the environment, has received much attention worldwide. Although green buildings spread fast around the world, the efficiency of resources for green building construction has great potential to improve. Meanwhile, the spatial correlations of green building construction need to strengthen to benefit from the spillover effects. However, only few previous studies focused on efficiency problems in the green building promotion process and their spatial correlations. This study aims to propose a framework to examine green building promotion efficiency and investigate its spatial relationships between regions in different time slices. As a case study, data from 28 regions in China were collected. Data envelopment analysis and social network analysis were used to analyze the data. Results show that the overall green building promotion efficiency in China increased gradually, but significant efficiency gaps existed among regions. Regional collaborations made great contributions to efficiency enhancement, especially in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta areas. Furthermore, only a small proportion of regions performed well in the efficiency and spatial correlations, mainly in southeast China. Most regions had low efficiency and weak correlations with the developed regions. This study contributes to the knowledge body of green buildings by presenting the first investigation into the green building promotion efficiency and the spatial correlations in green building development. The findings would enable researchers, policymakers and practitioners to develop efficient policies and strategies to promote the widespread implementation of green buildings.
AB - Green building, a significant sustainable practice to enhance the relationship between buildings and the environment, has received much attention worldwide. Although green buildings spread fast around the world, the efficiency of resources for green building construction has great potential to improve. Meanwhile, the spatial correlations of green building construction need to strengthen to benefit from the spillover effects. However, only few previous studies focused on efficiency problems in the green building promotion process and their spatial correlations. This study aims to propose a framework to examine green building promotion efficiency and investigate its spatial relationships between regions in different time slices. As a case study, data from 28 regions in China were collected. Data envelopment analysis and social network analysis were used to analyze the data. Results show that the overall green building promotion efficiency in China increased gradually, but significant efficiency gaps existed among regions. Regional collaborations made great contributions to efficiency enhancement, especially in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta areas. Furthermore, only a small proportion of regions performed well in the efficiency and spatial correlations, mainly in southeast China. Most regions had low efficiency and weak correlations with the developed regions. This study contributes to the knowledge body of green buildings by presenting the first investigation into the green building promotion efficiency and the spatial correlations in green building development. The findings would enable researchers, policymakers and practitioners to develop efficient policies and strategies to promote the widespread implementation of green buildings.
KW - China
KW - Efficiency
KW - Green building
KW - Network structure
KW - Spatial correlations
KW - Spatial-temporal analysis
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85130579501
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132299
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132299
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85130579501
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 362
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
M1 - 132299
ER -
