Barriers to Green Building Technology Adoption in Bali’s Sustainable Construction Sector

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10.2991/978-94-6463-926-1_33How to use a DOI?

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Barriers; Green Building Technology; Sustainable Construction

Abstract

Green buildings offer significant solutions to global environmental challenges. Nonetheless, adopting green building technology in small island tourist destinations, such as Bali, faces complex obstacles that are not yet fully understood. This research aims to identify and analyse barriers to adopting green building technology in Bali’s sustainable construction sector through a comprehensive empirical approach. The research methodology employed a quantitative survey of 50 experienced construction engineers, utilising validated questionnaire instruments that had been pre-tested through surveys and in-depth interviews with industry experts. Data analysis using the Relative Importance Index (RII) successfully identified and ranked 20 main barriers into five categories: policy and regulation, economic and financial, social and cultural, knowledge, and technical and infrastructure. The results showed that high initial investment costs were the most critical barrier (RII = 0.91), followed by the dominance of the short-term-oriented tourism sector (RII = 0.88) and the absence of adequate government incentives (RII = 0.87). The findings reveal Bali’s unique contextual characteristics that create specific barriers, including policy fragmentation between levels of government and the paradox between local philosophy and modern development practices. This research contributes to developing a knowledge base for sustainable technology adoption in small island tourist destinations, while also providing strategic recommendations to support the achievement of Indonesia’s net-zero housing target by 2050 and the global Sustainable Development Goals.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - I G. A. G. Suryanegara Dwipa
AU  - W. Sri Kristinayanti
AU  - I G. A. I. Mas Pertiwi
AU  - I K. Mahardika Putra
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/31
TI  - Barriers to Green Building Technology Adoption in Bali’s Sustainable Construction Sector
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Engineering Science 2025 (iCAST-ES 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 286
EP  - 296
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-926-1_33
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-926-1_33
ID  - Dwipa2025
ER  -