Capability readiness model for green design practices for affordable housing delivery in Ghana

Titus Ebenezer Kwofie, Michael Nii Addy, Alexander Boakye Marful, Clinton Aigbavboa, Samuel Amos-Abanyie, Barbara Simons and Samuel Owusu Afram

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 2025, vol. 19, issue 3, 724-746

Abstract: PurposeCreating green design capability readiness has become an emerging necessity toward increasing sustainable performance. However, the understanding of the green design readiness markers for housing delivery is lacking. The purpose of this study is to highlight a green design capability readiness model for affordable housing delivery.Design/methodology/approachThrough the use of the self-determination theory and the Technology–Organization–Environment framework, a comprehensive review of related literature revealed 23 indicators on motivational, technological, organizational and environmental markers for green design practices capability readiness for affordable housing delivery. Adopting a deductive design, a questionnaire was developed from these markers for a survey on practitioners with knowledge and experience in green design, sustainability and housing supply chain through purposive and snowballing sampling. Mean score analysis and fuzzy synthetic evaluation were subsequently used to develop the capability readiness model.FindingsThis study affirmed the markers and revealed the top indicators in each of the markers. The markers subsequently accounted for 28%, 29%, 17.7% and 25.3% of green design capability readiness for affordable housing delivery. Accordingly, technological and motivational markers had the greatest contributions to green design readiness for affordable housing followed by environmental marker and organizational being the least.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study will contribute to developing the right motivations, technological capability and regulatory factors for green design practices to optimize the capability readiness for affordable housing delivery in Ghana.Originality/valueThe model serves as a valuable resource that could be used to objectively align actions and gauge readiness for green design practices toward sustainability performance improvement in affordable housing delivery. It could also aid in benchmarking the readiness potential of future regulations, policies and motivations for green design practices, concepts and technologies for housing delivery.

Keywords: Affordable housing; Sustainability performance; Fuzzy synthetic evaluation; TOE framework; Capability readiness; Green design practices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1108/IJHMA-12-2024-0184

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