Abstract
The construction industry is energy intensive and contributes to both embodied and operational carbon emissions. Carbon trading has been identified as an effective mechanism in mitigating the emissions of greenhouse gases. The purpose of this study is to undertake a systematic literature review of the drivers of carbon trading in the construction industry. Scopus and Web of Science were the databases adopted. Relevant keywords aided by Boolean search operators were used. Of 65 articles retrieved, a two-stage filtering was undertaken. The final number of articles adopted for analysis was 32. Content analysis was used to extract and synthesize the drivers. From the findings, the significant social factors were rate of social network, population growth rate, energy usage from urbanisation, trust and credibility in carbon trading. This study is significant and contributes to climate change reduction agenda by the construction industry.
Presenters
Augustine Senanu Komla KukahDoctoral Researcher, School of Engineering Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia Xiao-Hua Jin
Lecturer, Construction Management, Deakin University
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Social, Carbon trading, Carbon emissions, Construction, Systematic review
