Analyzing factors influencing the adoption of low loss microwave transmission glass among green buildings in Malaysia

• Main Author: Safri, Nursyairalia
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TH Building construction
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/26934/1/Analyzing%20factors%20influencing%20the%20adoption%20of%20low%20loss%20microwave%20transmission%20glass%20among%20green%20buildings%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/26934/2/Analyzing%20factors%20influencing%20the%20adoption%20of%20low%20loss%20microwave%20transmission%20glass%20among%20green%20buildings%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/26934/; https://plh.utem.edu.my/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=122195
• Institution: Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

The building sector is a major energy user and emitter of greenhouse gases. This sector consumes a significant amount of power in many nations, including Malaysia. As a result, energy conservation strategies must be developed in order to minimise both energy use and emissions in the building sector. Several practitioners are considering incorporating glass technology into buildings. Glazing systems often have a major impact on the overall energy usage of a structure. Thus, energy-saving glass is a suitable technology to adopt in the building sector. Low loss microwave transmission glass (LLMTG), also known as energy-saving glass, is an innovative product that can be used by industry. However, there is still low knowledge about how it is produced. Therefore, to fill the research gap, this study analysed the adoption of LLMTG among users in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors perceived as adoption factors of LLMTG and examine the relationship between adoption factors and the adoption of LLMTG. The study utilised a quantitative method approach whereby employing survey instruments in order to get users' perceptions of the adoption of LLMTG. The study selects the sample from the Green Building Index (GBI) website directory. The target respondents of the study are certified buildings by GBI, which has seven types of building in Malaysia (non-residential new construction, industrial existing buildings, industrial new construction, non-residential existing buildings, residential new construction, interiors, and township). Based on GBI-certified buildings in Malaysia, the study found 226 total certified green buildings, and a total of 144 usable questionnaires were obtained from a simple ramdol sampling technique. To address these research questions, the study performed exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and regression analysis. The result from EFA shows that factors perceived as characteristics of LLMTG are relative advantage, complexity, compatibility, observability, and trialability. Moreover, factors perceived as users' characteristics are commitment to the product field, innovation-related core benefit, expected financial benefit, and user-manufacturer interaction. Lastly, factors perceived as external factors are technological opportunity, market demand conditions, and appropriability. Furthermore, from regression analysis, the study found eleven out of twelve factors have a significant relationship with the adoption of LLMTG. This study contributes to the body of knowledge, industry, and government of Malaysia. This study contributes to new knowledge of innovation characteristics by applying LLMTG as a subject of innovation, whereby innovation characteristics can be categorised as characteristics of LLMTG, user characteristics, and external factors. From an industry perspective, the manufacturer can minimise the complexity of the LLMTG products by providing knowledge to the users in order to make it easier to market these products. Meanwhile, the government should consider that construction costs must always be predicted, monitored, budgeted, accounted for, and reviewed in order to adopt LLMTG.