Strategies to Accelerate Adoption of Sustainable Construction in the Built Environment

Abstract: Sustainable construction remains under-adopted due to first-cost premiums, uneven enforcement, capability gaps, and fragmented information. This article contributes a context-fit roadmap by identifying and prioritizing strategies across regulatory, market, informational, and capability levers. A mixed-methods, cross-sectional design combined a structured Likert-scale questionnaire with semi-structured interviews of purposively sampled industry actors; descriptive statistics ranked strategies and narratives clarified complementarities. All strategies were rated effective (aggregate mean ≈ 4.21; SD ≈ 0.96). Highest support emerged for client/end-user education via case studies and county-level demonstration centres, followed by curriculum integration, building-code revision, stakeholder empowerment, approval-stage sustainability checklists, and targeted financial incentives. Findings corroborate diffusion and international evidence, adding nuance on the outsized role of visible exemplars and client-facing education. Recommended actions include updating codes, embedding approval checklists, deploying time-bound incentives, expanding labeling and cost–benefit data, integrating sustainability in curricula/CPD, establishing demonstration centres, and instituting adaptive monitoring. Keywords: Sustainable Construction, Adoption Strategies, Policy Instruments, Financial Incentives, Diffusion of Innovations, Capacity Building. Title: Strategies to Accelerate Adoption of Sustainable Construction in the Built Environment Author: Odongo Edna Wayodi, Lamka H. V. Absalom, King’oriah George Kinoti International Journal of Novel Research in Civil Structural and Earth Sciences ISSN 2394-7357 Vol. 12, Issue 3, September 2025 - December 2025 Page No: 14-21 Novelty Journals Website: www.noveltyjournals.com Published Date: 12-September-2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17107454 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.noveltyjournals.com/upload/paper/Strategies%20to%20Accelerate%20Adoption-12092025-1.pdf