Key Potential and Barrier Factors for Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Buildings

Abstract: The world's interest is growing in green development to improve the climate and help countries move toward a low-carbon economy. Still, the slow green and sustainable development movement is a concern for many countries due to barriers to environmental sustainability development. Therefore, Architects and stakeholders should focus on environmentally sustainable buildings. This paper aims to reveal the potential and barriers to promoting environmentally sustainable buildings. The meanings of sustainability were investigated and its Key Performance Indicators, and 121 papers from reputable scholarly journals and conferences were studied through searching, screening, and classifying. The explored literature revealed stakeholders' perceptions towards sustainable buildings and the barriers to environmental sustainability development; this led to the conclusion of the key potential and barrier factors to promote environmentally sustainable buildings. A theoretical framework was proposed to tailor these success factors to architectural practices. This framework can mitigate the barriers to adopting environmental sustainability when validated in further research.