Ogunba, O A; Dabara, D I and Gbadegesin, J T (2023) Sustainable real estate management practice: Exploring the priority of operational stage for actualizing sustainable built environment goal in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Construction Management, 23(10), pp. 1746-1755. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
In the real estate and construction industry, the built environment contributes to environmental crises and climate threats. However, what are the environmental negative effects/impacts at the post-development stage (operational stages)? Are they different from those at virgin constructions? After the construction phase, what factors inhibit the adoption of sustainable real estate management practice, herein referred to as the green lease movement? To what extent has sustainable real estate management practice been adopted in Nigerian commercial cities? Specifically, this study examines negative environmental crises at the operational stages and confirms if different from the conventional counterpart. It also examines the factors inhibiting the full adoption of sustainable real estate management practices. Similar to conventional construction, carbon dioxide emissions and toxic waste generation emerged as the major negative effects/impacts during the operational stage. Lack of prerequisite skills, enforcement of green leases, inadequate training, and empowerment of licenced property managers and occupiers on how such leases operate significantly inhibit the full adoption of green leases in the region. Energy conservation bulbs and digital metering are the most adopted features. The current property management practice does not address these negative effects/impacts.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building life cycle; green building; green lease; property manager; sustainability |
| Index terms: | building life cycle, waste generation, lease, construction phase, enforcement, property management, construction industry, energy conservation, real estate, built environment, Sub-Saharan Africa, empowerment, manager, carbon dioxide emission, movement, green leases, management practice, green building |
| Subjects: | real estate economics, project delivery, property law, energy systems, practitioner, health behaviours and lifestyles, climate science, environmental impact, asset management, infrastructure and transport systems, industry analysis, land economics, physical geography and landforms, design practice, management, health safety and environment |
| Topics: | Health and Safety, Business Strategy, Project Management, Geographical Context, Research Practice, Roles and Professions, Sustainability, Urban Studies, Legal Issues, Design Practice, Human Resources |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here