Environmental Management Strategy | Mean Score | Standard Deviation | Rank |
1) Clients should consider environmental track records when selecting consultants and contractors | 3.97 | 0.216 | 1st |
2) Consultants/designers should consider environmentally friendly materials in their design | 3.95 | 0.143 | 2nd |
3) Waste generated from construction activities should be recycled into other construction materials | 3.94 | 0.254 | 3rd |
4) Government should lead the campaign by ensuring all government funded construction projects are environmentally friendly | 3.92 | 0.165 | 4th |
5) Education and awareness raising are critical in promoting environmentally sustainable construction | 3.91 | 0.432 | 5th |
6) Clients should consider environmental protection as a project objective in all projects in addition to the traditional objectives i.e. Cost, time, quality etc. | 3.89 | 0.465 | 6th |
7) Contractors/builders should minimize waste during construction works | 3.87 | 0.324 | 7th |
8) Government should come up with special legislations, codes or standards relating to environmentally sustainable construction practices | 3.86 | 0.365 | 8th |
9) Manufacturers should create new designs which facilitate material recycling | 3.85 | 0.536 | 9th |
10) All stakeholders in the construction industry should cooperate for an environmentally sustainable construction industry | 3.83 | 0.477 | 10th |
11) Clients should set up environmental policy for every project | 3.76 | 0.635 | 11th |
12) Builders/Contractors should use environmentally friendly construction methods on site | 3.75 | 0.543 | 12th |
13) Suppliers must ensure materials supplied are produced through environmentally friendly means | 3.73 | 0.645 | 13th |
14) Stakeholders such as clients, contractors, consultants, government, suppliers/manufacturers all have a key role to play collectively to achieve sustainable construction | 3.72 | 0.485 | 14th |
15) The final product of construction must be energy efficient and environmentally friendly in its operation. | 3.66 | 0.691 | 15th |
16) Designers should show environmental consciousness in their design | 3.58 | 0.768 | 16th |
17) There is the need to improve land use by controlling the rate of conversion of agric lands to support human settlements and urbanization | 3.52 | 0.788 | 17th |
18) Environmental impact assessment should be integrated into the building permit process | 3.49 | 1.104 | 18th |
19) The national building regulations must be reviewed to include some environmental regulations | 3.45 | 0.985 | 19th |
20) The environmental protection act should be reviewed to compel Environmental impact assessment to be carried out for all construction projects | 3.43 | 1.032 | 20th |