Factors affecting the adoption of smart building projects in the Kingdom of Bahrain

【Author】 AlMuharraqi, Mohamed; Sweis, Ghaleb; Sweis, Rateb; Sammour, Farouq

【Source】JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING

【影响因子】7.144

【Abstract】The construction industry is gradually adopting smart building projects due to the need for sustainable development and superior building performance. This study aimed to examine the characteristics, challenges, and barriers that a Smart Building Project (SBP) would experience during its life cycle in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The challenges encountered in implementing smart building projects in Bahrain were examined for the first time in this study. It is hypothe-sized that there are no statistically significant differences in the level of response with SBP characteristics and challenges between respondents according to their experience, affiliation, and project type. A questionnaire was distributed to professional engineers and the quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Structure Equation Modelling (SEM) to test the research hypotheses. The experience and affiliation did not affect the response level with SBP characteristics and challenges while the project type did with a 95% confidence level. Over-coming the challenges, enhancing awareness, clarifying purpose objectives, creating standards, and opening a deep discussion about SBP in Bahrain should occur and further improvements to the SBP sector could be achieved in Bahrain by studying digital building twins and blockchain technology for performance-based smart contracts.

【Keywords】Smart building projects; Sustainability; Smart building; Smart technology; Energy

【发表时间】2022 15-Dec

【收录时间】2022-11-15

【文献类型】实证数据

【主题类别】

区块链应用-实体经济-建筑领域