Enhancing Public Education for Sustainability: Assessing Awareness of the Importance of Green Home Elements

Large-scale environmentally-friendly residences have been introduced globally, but these features have not been consolidated into a unified source of information. The choices of home buyers differ according to cultural, living conditions, and personal inclinations. This study seeks to assess the level of awareness of importance environmentally friendly home attributes to prospective home purchasers in Selangor, Malaysia. The study employed purposive and random sampling techniques and an online questionnaire survey was given to potential house buyers, resulting in 288 valid responses (response rate of 75<sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">%</sup>). The findings revealed that the respondents' top three green home elements that are considered as important are energy efficiency, indoor environment quality, and innovation. This study seeks to address this gap by investigating the extent of public awareness regarding the importance of various factors related to the concept of environmentally friendly housing. This study aims to assess individuals' knowledge, attitudes, and views towards green home aspects to identify opportunities for enhancing public education and outreach activities in sustainable housing.