A MODEL OF GREEN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AMONG THE HOMEBUYERS IN SARAWAK
Green residential building (GRB) has been widely introduced as one of the most effective methods to cope with the issue of global warming. However, the development of GRBs in Malaysia is in an imbalance state whereby none of it has been developed in Sarawak. This might be due to the low awaren...
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| Format: | Final Year Project Report |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
2023
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46323/1/Anny%20ft.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46323/ |
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| Summary: | Green residential building (GRB) has been widely introduced as one of the most effective
methods to cope with the issue of global warming. However, the development of GRBs
in Malaysia is in an imbalance state whereby none of it has been developed in Sarawak.
This might be due to the low awareness level and many homebuyers are reluctant to pay
the higher cost for GRBs. Moreover, there is no specific model of GRBs can be referred
in Sarawak. Thus, this research aimed to establish a model of GRBs among the
homebuyers in Sarawak. The methodologies for this research were questionnaire survey
for collecting data from 200 homebuyers, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
(SPSS) for data analysis and inferential analysis for the establishment of model. The
objectives of this research were to examine the level of awareness of Sarawak
homebuyers towards the benefits of GRBs, to identify the key factors influencing the
purchase intention and to establish a GRBs model. Majority of the respondents were
highly aware of the environmental benefits rather than the socioeconomic benefits of
GRBs. Majority of them perceived that the environmental attitude, and value perception
and trustworthiness were the most important key factors compared to the perceived
financial risk. For the hypothesis testing, the socioeconomic benefits awareness, value
perception and trustworthiness and perceived financial risk were significantly impact the
GRBs purchase intention, and this did not include the environmental benefits awareness
and environmental attitude. The model can assist the related authorities on the readiness
of the Sarawak homebuyers in accepting the green home concept. It is suggested to
expand the sampling size, explore the relationships between the underlying items and the
higher-level constructs, look into the mediator role of GRBs purchase intention and
investigate other determinants which might affect GRBs purchase intention. |
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